smp_store_release in io_commit_sqring already orders the store to dropped before the update to SQ head. Signed-off-by: Stefan Bühler <source@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/io_uring.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c index f93a9fca8311..0287f6694e3b 100644 --- a/fs/io_uring.c +++ b/fs/io_uring.c @@ -1843,8 +1843,6 @@ static bool io_get_sqring(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct sqe_submit *s) /* drop invalid entries */ ctx->cached_sq_head++; ring->dropped++; - /* See comment at the top of this file */ - smp_wmb(); return false; } -- 2.20.1