From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2/4] KVM: move coalesced_mmio locking to its own device
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 17:29:23 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A1413C3.4020606@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090520140956.GA3370@amt.cnet>
Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
>> So we have a function that takes a lock and conditionally releases it?
>>
>
> Yes, but it is correct: it will only return with the lock held in case
> it returns 1, in which case its guaranteed ->write will be called (which
> will unlock it).
>
> It should check the range first and/or use some smarter synchronization,
> but one thing at a time.
>
Yes it's correct but we'll get an endless stream of patches to 'fix' it
because it is so unorthodox.
--
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-20 14:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-18 16:56 [patch 0/4] move irq protection role to separate kvm->irq_lock Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-18 16:56 ` [patch 1/4] KVM: x86: grab pic lock in kvm_pic_clear_isr_ack Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-18 16:56 ` [patch 2/4] KVM: move coalesced_mmio locking to its own device Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-20 12:06 ` Avi Kivity
2009-05-20 14:09 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-20 14:29 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2009-05-20 15:13 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-20 15:22 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-20 15:22 ` Avi Kivity
2009-05-20 18:48 ` [patch 0/4] move irq protection role to separate lock v2 Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-20 18:48 ` [patch 1/4] KVM: x86: grab pic lock in kvm_pic_clear_isr_ack Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-20 18:48 ` [patch 2/4] KVM: move coalesced_mmio locking to its own device Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-24 14:04 ` Avi Kivity
2009-05-25 11:04 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-26 11:24 ` Avi Kivity
2009-05-26 13:15 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-26 13:27 ` Avi Kivity
2009-05-20 18:48 ` [patch 3/4] KVM: introduce irq_lock, use it to protect ioapic Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-24 14:10 ` Avi Kivity
2009-05-25 11:11 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-26 11:33 ` Avi Kivity
2009-05-28 4:45 ` [patch 0/4] move irq protection role to separate lock v3 Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-28 4:45 ` [patch 1/4] KVM: x86: grab pic lock in kvm_pic_clear_isr_ack Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-28 4:45 ` [patch 2/4] KVM: move coalesced_mmio locking to its own device Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-31 12:14 ` Avi Kivity
2009-06-01 21:23 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-06-01 21:43 ` Avi Kivity
2009-06-04 18:08 ` [patch 0/4] move irq protection role to separate lock v4 Marcelo Tosatti
2009-06-04 18:08 ` [patch 1/4] KVM: x86: grab pic lock in kvm_pic_clear_isr_ack Marcelo Tosatti
2009-06-04 18:08 ` [patch 2/4] KVM: move coalesced_mmio locking to its own device Marcelo Tosatti
2009-06-04 18:08 ` [patch 3/4] KVM: introduce irq_lock, use it to protect ioapic Marcelo Tosatti
2009-06-04 18:08 ` [patch 4/4] KVM: switch irq injection/acking data structures to irq_lock Marcelo Tosatti
2009-06-08 9:18 ` [patch 0/4] move irq protection role to separate lock v4 Avi Kivity
2009-05-28 4:45 ` [patch 3/4] KVM: introduce irq_lock, use it to protect ioapic Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-28 4:45 ` [patch 4/4] KVM: switch irq injection/acking data structures to irq_lock Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-20 18:48 ` [patch 4/4] KVM: switch irq injection/acking " Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-21 4:50 ` [patch 0/4] move irq protection role to separate lock v2 Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-21 6:55 ` Christian Bornträger
2009-05-21 7:26 ` Avi Kivity
2009-05-21 14:32 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-21 15:02 ` Avi Kivity
2009-05-18 16:56 ` [patch 3/4] KVM: introduce irq_lock, use it protect ioapic Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-20 12:11 ` Avi Kivity
2009-05-20 14:11 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-20 14:29 ` Avi Kivity
2009-05-18 16:56 ` [patch 4/4] KVM: switch irq injection/acking to irq_lock Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-20 12:15 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-05-20 14:16 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-05-24 14:53 ` Avi Kivity
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