Message header is modified by the hypervisor and we read it in a loop,
we need to prevent compilers from optimizing accesses. There are no such
optimizations at this moment, this is just a future proof.
Suggested-by: Radim Krcmar <rkrc...@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuzn...@redhat.com>
---
drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
index 1e43967..b10e8f74 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static void vmbus_wait_for_unload(void)
bool unloaded = false;
while (1) {
- if (msg->header.message_type == HVMSG_NONE) {
+ if (READ_ONCE(msg->header.message_type) == HVMSG_NONE) {
mdelay(10);
continue;
}
--
2.5.0
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