On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 09:10:01PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_comms.c uses > full memory barriers to communicate with the other side. > > For guests compiled with CONFIG_SMP, smp_wmb and smp_mb > would be sufficient, so mb() and wmb() here are only needed if > a non-SMP guest runs on an SMP host. > > Switch to virt_xxx barriers which serve this exact purpose. > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_comms.c | 8 ++++---- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_comms.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_comms.c > index fdb0f33..ecdecce 100644 > --- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_comms.c > +++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_comms.c > @@ -123,14 +123,14 @@ int xb_write(const void *data, unsigned len) > avail = len; > > /* Must write data /after/ reading the consumer index. */ > - mb(); > + virt_mb(); > So its possible to remove this barrier entirely, see the "CONTROL DEPENDNCIES" chunk of memory-barrier.txt. But do that in a separate patch series and only if you really really need the performance.
