Re: [PATCH] oslat: Avoid out-of-order memory accesses to precede counter read

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On Tue, 14 Sep 2021, Peter Xu wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 07:55:42PM +0200, Nicolas Saenz Julienne wrote:
> > In arm64 it's possible for the processor to access memory appearing in
> > program order after the read of the counter before the counter has been
> > read. This would skew the counter value to a later point than intended.
> > 
> > Fix this my adding an isb() following the counter read instruction.
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Punit Agrawal <punitagrawal@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Acked-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> -- 
> Peter Xu
> 
> 
Signed-off-by: John Kacur <jkacur@xxxxxxxxxx>




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