xen/time: use READ_ONCE
authorStefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Fri, 20 Nov 2015 15:02:44 +0000 (15:02 +0000)
committerDavid Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:41:00 +0000 (14:41 +0000)
Use READ_ONCE through the code, rather than explicit barriers.

Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
drivers/xen/time.c

index 433fe24..7107842 100644 (file)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static u64 get64(const u64 *p)
 
        if (BITS_PER_LONG < 64) {
                u32 *p32 = (u32 *)p;
-               u32 h, l;
+               u32 h, l, h2;
 
                /*
                 * Read high then low, and then make sure high is
@@ -34,15 +34,14 @@ static u64 get64(const u64 *p)
                 * XXX some clean way to make this endian-proof?
                 */
                do {
-                       h = p32[1];
-                       barrier();
-                       l = p32[0];
-                       barrier();
-               } while (p32[1] != h);
+                       h = READ_ONCE(p32[1]);
+                       l = READ_ONCE(p32[0]);
+                       h2 = READ_ONCE(p32[1]);
+               } while(h2 != h);
 
                ret = (((u64)h) << 32) | l;
        } else
-               ret = *p;
+               ret = READ_ONCE(*p);
 
        return ret;
 }
@@ -66,9 +65,7 @@ void xen_get_runstate_snapshot(struct vcpu_runstate_info *res)
         */
        do {
                state_time = get64(&state->state_entry_time);
-               barrier();
-               *res = *state;
-               barrier();
+               *res = READ_ONCE(*state);
        } while (get64(&state->state_entry_time) != state_time);
 }