xen: Use wmb instead of rmb in xen_evtchn_do_upcall().
authorIsaku Yamahata <yamahata@valinux.co.jp>
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:58:13 +0000 (14:58 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:56:30 +0000 (14:56 +0200)
This patch is ported one from 534:77db69c38249 of linux-2.6.18-xen.hg.
Use wmb instead of rmb to enforce ordering between
evtchn_upcall_pending and evtchn_pending_sel stores
in xen_evtchn_do_upcall().

Cc: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@eu.citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@valinux.co.jp>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Cc: the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
drivers/xen/events.c

index 4f0f22b020ea4aa192dbab56cba76edd6076a837..76e5b7386af953d7a8ee7c1ff7b17ec28a0fe407 100644 (file)
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ void xen_evtchn_do_upcall(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_X86 /* No need for a barrier -- XCHG is a barrier on x86. */
                /* Clear master flag /before/ clearing selector flag. */
-               rmb();
+               wmb();
 #endif
                pending_words = xchg(&vcpu_info->evtchn_pending_sel, 0);
                while (pending_words != 0) {