Re: [patch 18/21] Xen-paravirt: Add Xen grant table support

Andrew Morton
2007-02-16T06:53:37Z

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:25:07 -0800 Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> wrote:

> +int gnttab_grant_foreign_access(domid_t domid, unsigned long frame,
> + int readonly)
> +{
> + int ref;
> +
> + if (unlikely((ref = get_free_entry()) == -1))
> + return -ENOSPC;
> +
> + shared[ref].frame = frame;
> + shared[ref].domid = domid;
> + wmb();
> + shared[ref].flags = GTF_permit_access | (readonly ? GTF_readonly : 0);
> +
> + return ref;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gnttab_grant_foreign_access);

We have lots of open-coded mysteriously unexplained barriers in here.

I assume they're not smp_wmb() because this could be a !SMP guest talking
to an SMP host?