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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:13:34 -0700 From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> To: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, virtualization@...ts.osdl.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>, Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@...cam.ac.uk> Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/25] xen: Account for time stolen by Xen Andi Kleen wrote: >> + >> + do { >> + state_time = state->state_entry_time; >> + barrier(); >> > > Should be likely rmb We discussed this, and decided that it wasn't necessary. The state is always updated by the current CPU, so if it changes under our feet it will be because we were preempted, and so that should shoot down any speculated reads. J - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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