[PATCH v2] KVM: apic: reuse smp_wmb() in kvm_make_request()

From: linmiaohe
Date: Fri Feb 07 2020 - 10:20:36 EST


From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>

kvm_make_request() provides smp_wmb() so pending_events changes are
guaranteed to be visible.

Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1->v2:
Collected Vitaly's R-b
Use Vitaly's alternative wording
Drop unnecessary comment as suggested by Sean Christopherson
---
arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index eafc631d305c..afcd30d44cbb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1080,9 +1080,6 @@ static int __apic_accept_irq(struct kvm_lapic *apic, int delivery_mode,
result = 1;
/* assumes that there are only KVM_APIC_INIT/SIPI */
apic->pending_events = (1UL << KVM_APIC_INIT);
- /* make sure pending_events is visible before sending
- * the request */
- smp_wmb();
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, vcpu);
kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
}
--
2.19.1