From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 15:09:39 +0100 From: Peter Zijlstra Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 33/34] xenbus: use virt_xxx barriers Message-ID: <20160104140939.GC6344@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> References: <1451572003-2440-1-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com> <1451572003-2440-34-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1451572003-2440-34-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20160104140939.2oFv8cJUzG5BsLc0VqrTLs_X_iXvrxaHAJAxgRS8aDI@z> List-Archive: List-Post: To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Cooper , virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, Stefano Stabellini , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" , David Miller , linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-metag@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org, x86@kernel.org, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, adi-buildroot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk , Boris Ostrovsky , David Vrabel List-ID: 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 > --- > 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.