[PATCH 1/4] virtio: Improve vq->broken access to avoid any compiler optimization

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Currently vq->broken field is read by virtqueue_is_broken() in busy
loop in one context by virtnet_send_command().

vq->broken is set to true in other process context by
virtio_break_device(). Reader and writer are accessing it without any
synchronization. This may lead to a compiler optimization which may
result to optimize reading vq->broken only once.

Hence, force reading vq->broken on each invocation of
virtqueue_is_broken() and ensure that its update is visible.

Fixes: e2dcdfe95c0b ("virtio: virtio_break_device() to mark all virtqueues broken.")
Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 89bfe46a8a7f..7f379fe7d78d 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -2373,7 +2373,7 @@ bool virtqueue_is_broken(struct virtqueue *_vq)
 {
 	struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);
 
-	return vq->broken;
+	return READ_ONCE(vq->broken);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtqueue_is_broken);
 
@@ -2387,7 +2387,9 @@ void virtio_break_device(struct virtio_device *dev)
 
 	list_for_each_entry(_vq, &dev->vqs, list) {
 		struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);
-		vq->broken = true;
+
+		/* Pairs with READ_ONCE() in virtqueue_is_broken(). */
+		smp_store_release(&vq->broken, true);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_break_device);
-- 
2.27.0

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