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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index 19aa59b0850c..6a68730774ee 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ int kvmppc_prepare_to_enter(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* so we don't miss a request because the requester sees
* OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE and assumes we'll be checking requests
* before next entering the guest (and thus doesn't IPI).
+ * This also orders the write to mode from any reads
+ * to the page tables done while the VCPU is running.
+ * Please see the comment in kvm_flush_remote_tlbs.
*/
smp_mb();