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[Xen-devel] Re: [patch 18/21] Xen-paravirt: Add Xen grant table support

To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [patch 18/21] Xen-paravirt: Add Xen grant table support
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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:52:29 -0800
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On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:25:07 -0800 Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +int gnttab_grant_foreign_access(domid_t domid, unsigned long frame,
> +                             int readonly)
> +{
> +     int ref;
> +
> +     if (unlikely((ref = get_free_entry()) == -1))
> +             return -ENOSPC;
> +
> +     shared[ref].frame = frame;
> +     shared[ref].domid = domid;
> +     wmb();
> +     shared[ref].flags = GTF_permit_access | (readonly ? GTF_readonly : 0);
> +
> +     return ref;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gnttab_grant_foreign_access);

We have lots of open-coded mysteriously unexplained barriers in here.

I assume they're not smp_wmb() because this could be a !SMP guest talking
to an SMP host?

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