Am 29.07.2015 um 15:28 schrieb Paolo Bonzini:
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/kvm_host.h | 4 ++++
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c      | 2 ++
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> index bd1097a95704..81089cf1f0c1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> @@ -427,6 +427,10 @@ struct kvm {
> 
>  static inline struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_get_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, int i)
>  {
> +     /* Pairs with smp_wmb() in kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu, in case
> +      * the caller has read kvm->online_vcpus before (as is the case
> +      * for kvm_for_each_vcpu, for example).
> +      */
>       smp_rmb();

Hmmm, wouldnt something like smp_mb__after_atomic

>       return kvm->vcpus[i];
>  }
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index 8dc4828f623f..093b3d10b411 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -2206,6 +2206,8 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, 
> u32 id)
>       }
> 
>       kvm->vcpus[atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus)] = vcpu;

and  smp_mb__before_atomic

be the better function?


> +
> +     /* Pairs with smp_rmb() in kvm_get_vcpu.  */
>       smp_wmb();
>       atomic_inc(&kvm->online_vcpus);
> 

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