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Message-Id: <1458780837-4367-3-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com>
Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:53:53 -0700
From:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com,
	vkuznets@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com
Cc:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix a bug in hv_need_to_signal_on_read()

We need to issue a full memory barrier prior making a signalling decision.

Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c b/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
index 2919395..67dc245 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ static bool hv_need_to_signal_on_read(struct hv_ring_buffer_info *rbi)
 	u32 cur_write_sz;
 	u32 pending_sz;
 
+	mb();
 	pending_sz = READ_ONCE(rbi->ring_buffer->pending_send_sz);
 	/* If the other end is not blocked on write don't bother. */
 	if (pending_sz == 0)
-- 
1.7.4.1

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