srcu: Add an API for a memory barrier after SRCU read lock
To avoid redundant memory barriers, add smp_mb__after_srcu_read_lock() to pair with smp_mb__after_srcu_read_unlock() for use in paths that need to emit a memory barrier, but already do srcu_read_lock(), which includes a full memory barrier. Provide an API, e.g. as opposed to having callers document the behavior via a comment, as the full memory barrier provided by srcu_read_lock() is an implementation detail that shouldn't bleed into random subsystems. KVM will use smp_mb__after_srcu_read_lock() in it's VM-Exit path to ensure a memory barrier is emitted, which is necessary to ensure correctness of mixed memory types on CPUs that support self-snoop. Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Cc: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com> [sean: massage changelog] Tested-by: Xiangfei Ma <xiangfeix.ma@intel.com> Tested-by: Yongwei Ma <yongwei.ma@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240309010929.1403984-4-seanjc@google.comSigned-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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