linux-kernel - [PATCH] vhost-scsi: remove incorrect memory barrier

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Date:   Tue, 16 Apr 2019 10:56:08 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>, mst@...hat.com,
        jasowang@...hat.com, stefanha@...hat.com,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: [PATCH] vhost-scsi: remove incorrect memory barrier

At this point, vs_tpg is not public at all; tv_tpg_vhost_count
is accessed under tpg->tv_tpg_mutex; tpg->vhost_scsi is
accessed under vhost_scsi_mutex.  Therefor there are no atomic
operations involved at all here, just remove the barrier.

Reported-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/vhost/scsi.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
index 618fb6461017..c090d177bd75 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
@@ -1443,7 +1443,6 @@ static void vhost_scsi_flush(struct vhost_scsi *vs)
 			tpg->tv_tpg_vhost_count++;
 			tpg->vhost_scsi = vs;
 			vs_tpg[tpg->tport_tpgt] = tpg;
-			smp_mb__after_atomic();
 			match = true;
 		}
 		mutex_unlock(&tpg->tv_tpg_mutex);
-- 
1.8.3.1