Re: [PATCHv2] kvm: fix race with level interrupts

[Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>]

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 01:45:20PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> When more than 1 source id is in use for the same GSI, we have the
> following race related to handling irq_states race:
> 
> CPU 0 clears bit 0. CPU 0 read irq_state as 0. CPU 1 sets level to 1.
> CPU 1 calls kvm_ioapic_set_irq(1). CPU 0 calls kvm_ioapic_set_irq(0).
> Now ioapic thinks the level is 0 but irq_state is not 0.
> 
> Fix by performing all irq_states bitmap handling under pic/ioapic lock.
> This also removes the need for atomics with irq_states handling.
> 
> Reported-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> ---

Applied, thanks.

> Changes from v1:
> 	Address comments by Gleb and Alex:
> 		renamed some variables for clarify
> 		renamed kvm_irq_line_state ->  __kvm_irq_line_state
> 
> Any chance we can put this in 3.5? I know level IRQs are not widely
> used, which is likely why this went unnoticed for so long, but still ...

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