Commit d0a69d63 authored by Michael S. Tsirkin's avatar Michael S. Tsirkin Committed by Avi Kivity

x86, bitops: note on __test_and_clear_bit atomicity

__test_and_clear_bit is actually atomic with respect
to the local CPU. Add a note saying that KVM on x86
relies on this behaviour so people don't accidentaly break it.
Also warn not to rely on this in portable code.
Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
parent ab9cf499
......@@ -264,6 +264,13 @@ static inline int test_and_clear_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
* This operation is non-atomic and can be reordered.
* If two examples of this operation race, one can appear to succeed
* but actually fail. You must protect multiple accesses with a lock.
*
* Note: the operation is performed atomically with respect to
* the local CPU, but not other CPUs. Portable code should not
* rely on this behaviour.
* KVM relies on this behaviour on x86 for modifying memory that is also
* accessed from a hypervisor on the same CPU if running in a VM: don't change
* this without also updating arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
*/
static inline int __test_and_clear_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
{
......
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