Ensure good ordering of memory instruction in cpu_exec

The IO thread, when it senses cpu_single_env == 0, expects exit_request
to be checked later on. A compiler scheduling constraint is not strong
enough to ensure this on modern architecture. A memory fence is needed
as well.

Signed-off-by: Olivier Hainque <hainque@adacore.com>
Signed-off-by: Fabien Chouteau <chouteau@adacore.com>
Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de>
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Olivier Hainque 2013-04-09 18:06:54 +02:00 committed by Stefan Weil
parent ed9164a354
commit ec9bd89fa4

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@ -217,6 +217,14 @@ int cpu_exec(CPUArchState *env)
cpu_single_env = env;
/* As long as cpu_single_env is null, up to the assignment just above,
* requests by other threads to exit the execution loop are expected to
* be issued using the exit_request global. We must make sure that our
* evaluation of the global value is performed past the cpu_single_env
* value transition point, which requires a memory barrier as well as
* an instruction scheduling constraint on modern architectures. */
smp_mb();
if (unlikely(exit_request)) {
cpu->exit_request = 1;
}