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srcu: Add an API for a memory barrier after SRCU read lock
To avoid redundant memory barriers, add smp_mb__after_srcu_read_lock() to
pair with smp_mb__after_srcu_read_unlock() for use in paths that need to
emit a memory barrier, but already do srcu_read_lock(), which includes a
full memory barrier. Provide an API, e.g. as opposed to having callers
document the behavior via a comment, as the full memory barrier provided
by srcu_read_lock() is an implementation detail that shouldn't bleed into
random subsystems.
KVM will use smp_mb__after_srcu_read_lock() in it's VM-Exit path to ensure
a memory barrier is emitted, which is necessary to ensure correctness of
mixed memory types on CPUs that support self-snoop.
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <[email protected]>
Cc: Kevin Tian <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Yan Zhao <[email protected]>
[sean: massage changelog]
Tested-by: Xiangfei Ma <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Yongwei Ma <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <[email protected]>
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