[PATCH 27/49] Staging: hv: vmbus: Fix the memory barrier in hv_ringbuffer_read()

From: K. Y. Srinivasan
Date: Mon Jun 06 2011 - 18:43:32 EST


Use the correct barrier interface.

Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Abhishek Kane <v-abkane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.c b/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.c
index 3da3330..932af1a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/ring_buffer.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ int hv_ringbuffer_read(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *inring_info, void *buffer,
/* Make sure all reads are done before we update the read index since */
/* the writer may start writing to the read area once the read index */
/*is updated */
- mb();
+ smp_mb();

/* Update the read index */
hv_set_next_read_location(inring_info, next_read_location);
--
1.7.4.1

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