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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 18:40:29 +0800 From: Peng Hao <flyingpenghao@...il.com> To: pbonzini@...hat.com, seanjc@...gle.com Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v2] kvm:vmx: Fix typos comment in __loaded_vmcs_clear() From: Peng Hao <flyingpeng@...cent.com> Fix a comment documenting the memory barrier related to clearing a loaded_vmcs; loaded_vmcs tracks the host CPU the VMCS is loaded on via the field 'cpu', it doesn't have a 'vcpu' field. Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com> Signed-off-by: Peng Hao <flyingpeng@...cent.com> --- arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c index 6101c2980a9c..75ed7d6f35cc 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c @@ -644,10 +644,10 @@ static void __loaded_vmcs_clear(void *arg) /* * Ensure all writes to loaded_vmcs, including deleting it from its - * current percpu list, complete before setting loaded_vmcs->vcpu to - * -1, otherwise a different cpu can see vcpu == -1 first and add - * loaded_vmcs to its percpu list before it's deleted from this cpu's - * list. Pairs with the smp_rmb() in vmx_vcpu_load_vmcs(). + * current percpu list, complete before setting loaded_vmcs->cpu to + * -1, otherwise a different cpu can see loaded_vmcs->cpu == -1 first + * and add loaded_vmcs to its percpu list before it's deleted from this + * cpu's list. Pairs with the smp_rmb() in vmx_vcpu_load_vmcs(). */ smp_wmb(); -- 2.27.0
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