Use READ_ONCE() before cmpxchg() to prevent that the compiler generates code that fetches the to be compared old value several times from memory. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c b/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c index 1dae78deddf2..a3bf1b6a7962 100644 --- a/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c +++ b/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c @@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ static int sca_inject_ext_call(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int src_id) struct esca_block *sca = vcpu->kvm->arch.sca; union esca_sigp_ctrl *sigp_ctrl = &(sca->cpu[vcpu->vcpu_id].sigp_ctrl); - union esca_sigp_ctrl new_val = {0}, old_val = *sigp_ctrl; + union esca_sigp_ctrl new_val = {0}; + old_val = READ_ONCE(*sigp_ctrl); new_val.scn = src_id; new_val.c = 1; old_val.c = 0; @@ -95,8 +96,9 @@ static int sca_inject_ext_call(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int src_id) struct bsca_block *sca = vcpu->kvm->arch.sca; union bsca_sigp_ctrl *sigp_ctrl = &(sca->cpu[vcpu->vcpu_id].sigp_ctrl); - union bsca_sigp_ctrl new_val = {0}, old_val = *sigp_ctrl; + union bsca_sigp_ctrl new_val = {0}; + old_val = READ_ONCE(*sigp_ctrl); new_val.scn = src_id; new_val.c = 1; old_val.c = 0; @@ -126,16 +128,18 @@ static void sca_clear_ext_call(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) struct esca_block *sca = vcpu->kvm->arch.sca; union esca_sigp_ctrl *sigp_ctrl = &(sca->cpu[vcpu->vcpu_id].sigp_ctrl); - union esca_sigp_ctrl old = *sigp_ctrl; + union esca_sigp_ctrl old; + old = READ_ONCE(*sigp_ctrl); expect = old.value; rc = cmpxchg(&sigp_ctrl->value, old.value, 0); } else { struct bsca_block *sca = vcpu->kvm->arch.sca; union bsca_sigp_ctrl *sigp_ctrl = &(sca->cpu[vcpu->vcpu_id].sigp_ctrl); - union bsca_sigp_ctrl old = *sigp_ctrl; + union bsca_sigp_ctrl old; + old = READ_ONCE(*sigp_ctrl); expect = old.value; rc = cmpxchg(&sigp_ctrl->value, old.value, 0); } -- 2.34.1