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virtio: Improve vq->broken access to avoid any compiler optimization
Currently vq->broken field is read by virtqueue_is_broken() in busy loop in one context by virtnet_send_command(). vq->broken is set to true in other process context by virtio_break_device(). Reader and writer are accessing it without any synchronization. This may lead to a compiler optimization which may result to optimize reading vq->broken only once. Hence, force reading vq->broken on each invocation of virtqueue_is_broken() and also force writing it so that such update is visible to the readers. It is a theoretical fix that isn't yet encountered in the field. Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]>
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