On 10/03/2016 16:26, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > Compared to smp_load_acquire(), smp_mb() adds an ordering between stores > and loads.
Here, the ordering is load-store, hence... > The load of kvm->tlbs_dirty should then be > > /* > * Read tlbs_dirty before setting KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH in > * kvm_make_all_cpus_request. This > */ > long dirty_count = smp_load_acquire(kvm->tlbs_dirty); > > Tianyu, I think Xiao provided the information that I was missing. Would > you like to prepare the patch? Thanks, Paolo