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authorRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2009-06-13 08:27:00 +0400
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2009-06-12 16:57:00 +0400
commitf7027c6387d0c3acf569845165ec7947e2083c82 (patch)
tree306f36650d615491d468e040d7055b07053d2fb6 /Documentation/lguest
parent1028375e93a7aa4dbe466947d1c65f368b1f61c1 (diff)
downloadlinux-f7027c6387d0c3acf569845165ec7947e2083c82.tar.xz
lguest: get more serious about wmb() in example Launcher code
Since the Launcher process runs the Guest, it doesn't have to be very serious about its barriers: the Guest isn't running while we are (Guest is UP). Before we change to use threads to service devices, we need to fix this. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/lguest/lguest.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
index 1a2b906a3ae6..1e31d1ec12a3 100644
--- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
+++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
@@ -182,9 +182,10 @@ struct virtqueue
/* Remember the arguments to the program so we can "reboot" */
static char **main_args;
-/* Since guest is UP and we don't run at the same time, we don't need barriers.
- * But I include them in the code in case others copy it. */
-#define wmb()
+/* We have to be careful with barriers: our devices are all run in separate
+ * threads and so we need to make sure that changes visible to the Guest happen
+ * in precise order. */
+#define wmb() __asm__ __volatile__("" : : : "memory")
/* Convert an iovec element to the given type.
*