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			virtio has the equivalent of:
	if (vq->last_avail_index != vring_avail_idx(vq)) {
		read descriptor head at vq->last_avail_index;
	}
In theory, processor can reorder descriptor head
read to happen speculatively before the index read.
this would trigger the following race:
	host descriptor head read <- reads invalid head from ring
		guest writes valid descriptor head
		guest writes avail index
	host avail index read <- observes valid index
as a result host will use an invalid head value.
This was not observed in the field by me but after
the experience with the previous two races
I think it is prudent to address this theoretical race condition.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
		
	
			
		
			
				
	
	
		
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| #ifndef __QEMU_BARRIER_H
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| #define __QEMU_BARRIER_H 1
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| 
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| /* Compiler barrier */
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| #define barrier()   asm volatile("" ::: "memory")
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| 
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| #if defined(__i386__)
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| 
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| /*
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|  * Because of the strongly ordered x86 storage model, wmb() and rmb() are nops
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|  * on x86(well, a compiler barrier only).  Well, at least as long as
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|  * qemu doesn't do accesses to write-combining memory or non-temporal
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|  * load/stores from C code.
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|  */
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| #define smp_wmb()   barrier()
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| #define smp_rmb()   barrier()
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| /*
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|  * We use GCC builtin if it's available, as that can use
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|  * mfence on 32 bit as well, e.g. if built with -march=pentium-m.
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|  * However, on i386, there seem to be known bugs as recently as 4.3.
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|  * */
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| #if defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4
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| #define smp_mb() __sync_synchronize()
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| #else
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| #define smp_mb() asm volatile("lock; addl $0,0(%%esp) " ::: "memory")
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| #endif
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| 
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| #elif defined(__x86_64__)
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| 
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| #define smp_wmb()   barrier()
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| #define smp_rmb()   barrier()
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| #define smp_mb() asm volatile("mfence" ::: "memory")
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| 
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| #elif defined(_ARCH_PPC)
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| 
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| /*
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|  * We use an eieio() for wmb() on powerpc.  This assumes we don't
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|  * need to order cacheable and non-cacheable stores with respect to
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|  * each other
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|  */
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| #define smp_wmb()   asm volatile("eieio" ::: "memory")
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| 
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| #if defined(__powerpc64__)
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| #define smp_rmb()   asm volatile("lwsync" ::: "memory")
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| #else
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| #define smp_rmb()   asm volatile("sync" ::: "memory")
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| #endif
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| 
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| #define smp_mb()   asm volatile("sync" ::: "memory")
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| 
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| #else
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| 
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| /*
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|  * For (host) platforms we don't have explicit barrier definitions
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|  * for, we use the gcc __sync_synchronize() primitive to generate a
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|  * full barrier.  This should be safe on all platforms, though it may
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|  * be overkill for wmb() and rmb().
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|  */
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| #define smp_wmb()   __sync_synchronize()
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| #define smp_mb()   __sync_synchronize()
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| #define smp_rmb()   __sync_synchronize()
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| 
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| #endif
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| 
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| #endif
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