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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/cpu-exec.c b/cpu-exec.c
index 713540fc8f..5153f1b632 100644
--- a/cpu-exec.c
+++ b/cpu-exec.c
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ static void cpu_handle_debug_exception(CPUState *cpu)
/* main execution loop */
volatile sig_atomic_t exit_request;
+CPUState *tcg_current_cpu;
int cpu_exec(CPUState *cpu)
{
@@ -368,15 +369,7 @@ int cpu_exec(CPUState *cpu)
}
current_cpu = cpu;
-
- /* As long as current_cpu 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 current_cpu
- * value transition point, which requires a memory barrier as well as
- * an instruction scheduling constraint on modern architectures. */
- smp_mb();
-
+ atomic_mb_set(&tcg_current_cpu, cpu);
rcu_read_lock();
if (unlikely(exit_request)) {
@@ -579,5 +572,8 @@ int cpu_exec(CPUState *cpu)
/* fail safe : never use current_cpu outside cpu_exec() */
current_cpu = NULL;
+
+ /* Does not need atomic_mb_set because a spurious wakeup is okay. */
+ atomic_set(&tcg_current_cpu, NULL);
return ret;
}