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 _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization