Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6:
  vhost: fix barrier pairing

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index e69d238..49fa953 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -1035,7 +1035,12 @@ int vhost_add_used(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, unsigned int head, int len)
 /* This actually signals the guest, using eventfd. */
 void vhost_signal(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 {
-       __u16 flags = 0;
+       __u16 flags;
+       /* Flush out used index updates. This is paired
+        * with the barrier that the Guest executes when enabling
+        * interrupts. */
+       smp_mb();
+
        if (get_user(flags, &vq->avail->flags)) {
                vq_err(vq, "Failed to get flags");
                return;