There is a generic function __pvclock_read_cycles to be used to get both
flags and cycles. For function pvclock_read_flags, it's useless to get
cycles value. To make this function be more effective, get this variable
flags directly in function.
Signed-off-by: Minfei Huang <mnghuan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
u8 pvclock_read_flags(struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *src)
{
unsigned version;
- cycle_t ret;
u8 flags;
do {
- version = __pvclock_read_cycles(src, &ret, &flags);
+ version = src->version;
+ /* Make the latest version visible */
+ smp_rmb();
+
+ flags = src->flags;
/* Make sure that the version double-check is last. */
smp_rmb();
} while ((src->version & 1) || version != src->version);