From: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
To: Gregory Haskins <ghaskins-Et1tbQHTxzrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: Protect race-condition between VMCS and current_vmcs on VMX hardware
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:58:12 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46A97B64.40807@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070726184535.9119.4862.stgit-sLgBBP33vUGnsjUZhwzVf9HuzzzSOjJt@public.gmane.org>
Gregory Haskins wrote:
> We need to provide locking around the current_vmcs/VMCS interactions to
> protect against race conditions.
>
>
We agreed the race was benign? Do you no longer think so?
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-27 4:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-26 18:45 [PATCH 0/3] Arch cleanup v3 Gregory Haskins
[not found] ` <20070726184241.9119.87037.stgit-sLgBBP33vUGnsjUZhwzVf9HuzzzSOjJt@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-26 18:45 ` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: Remove arch specific components from the general code Gregory Haskins
[not found] ` <20070726184525.9119.73573.stgit-sLgBBP33vUGnsjUZhwzVf9HuzzzSOjJt@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-27 6:53 ` [PATCH 1/2] Rename svm() and vmx() to to_svm() and to_vmx() Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1185519205.12151.47.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-27 6:55 ` [PATCH 2/2] Dynamically allocate vcpus Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1185519330.12151.50.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-27 7:16 ` Rusty Russell
[not found] ` <1185520617.12151.53.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-27 7:39 ` Jun Koi
[not found] ` <fdaac4d50707270039v57024d36ma20f0e4895258c08-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-27 8:17 ` Rusty Russell
2007-07-29 8:03 ` Avi Kivity
2007-07-26 18:45 ` [PATCH 2/3] KVM: Clean up VMCLEAR/VMPTRLD code on VMX Gregory Haskins
2007-07-26 18:45 ` [PATCH 3/3] KVM: Protect race-condition between VMCS and current_vmcs on VMX hardware Gregory Haskins
[not found] ` <20070726184535.9119.4862.stgit-sLgBBP33vUGnsjUZhwzVf9HuzzzSOjJt@public.gmane.org>
2007-07-27 4:58 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
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2007-07-27 11:29 Gregory Haskins
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