From: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
To: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: "x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
"kexec@lists.infradead.org" <kexec@lists.infradead.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] x86/kexec: VMCLEAR vmcss on all cpus if necessary
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:34:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121122063435.GA21208@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50AD78E3.7080901@cn.fujitsu.com>
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 08:59:15AM +0800, Zhang Yanfei wrote:
> 于 2012年11月21日 18:33, Gleb Natapov 写道:
> > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 10:23:12AM +0800, Zhang Yanfei wrote:
> >> This patch adds an atomic notifier list named crash_notifier_list.
> >> When loading kvm-intel module, a notifier will be registered in
> >> the list to enable vmcss loaded on all cpus to be VMCLEAR'd if
> >> needed.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@cn.fujitsu.com>
> >> ---
> >> arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h | 2 ++
> >> arch/x86/kernel/crash.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
> >> index 317ff17..5e22b00 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h
> >> @@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ struct kimage_arch {
> >> };
> >> #endif
> >>
> >> +extern struct atomic_notifier_head crash_notifier_list;
> >> +
> >> #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
> >>
> >> #endif /* _ASM_X86_KEXEC_H */
> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
> >> index 13ad899..0f3d5b4 100644
> >> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
> >> @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
> >> #include <linux/delay.h>
> >> #include <linux/elf.h>
> >> #include <linux/elfcore.h>
> >> +#include <linux/module.h>
> >> +#include <linux/notifier.h>
> >>
> >> #include <asm/processor.h>
> >> #include <asm/hardirq.h>
> >> @@ -30,6 +32,19 @@
> >>
> >> int in_crash_kexec;
> >>
> >> +/*
> >> + * The list is used to VMCLEAR vmcss loaded on all
> >> + * cpus. And when loading kvm_intel module, the
> >> + * vmclear function will be registered in the list.
> >> + */
> >> +ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(crash_notifier_list);
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(crash_notifier_list);
> >> +
> >> +static inline void cpu_emergency_vmclear_loaded_vmcss(void)
> >> +{
> >> + atomic_notifier_call_chain(&crash_notifier_list, 0, NULL);
> >> +}
> >> +
> > The notifier list is not VMX specific. It may be used for other
> > purposes, so please use better name or just open code it.
>
> OK, thanks. crash_notifier_list --> vmclear_notifier_list?
It is even worse. You are adding general infrastructure here, not
related to KVM at all. Choose neutral names, drop all comments about
VMCLEAR.
> the new v6 version has been sent, any comments are welcome.
>
> >
> > ACKs from kexec side are needed.
> >
> >> #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC)
> >>
> >> static void kdump_nmi_callback(int cpu, struct pt_regs *regs)
> >> @@ -46,6 +61,11 @@ static void kdump_nmi_callback(int cpu, struct pt_regs *regs)
> >> #endif
> >> crash_save_cpu(regs, cpu);
> >>
> >> + /*
> >> + * VMCLEAR vmcss loaded on all cpus if needed.
> >> + */
> >> + cpu_emergency_vmclear_loaded_vmcss();
> >> +
> >> /* Disable VMX or SVM if needed.
> >> *
> >> * We need to disable virtualization on all CPUs.
> >> @@ -88,6 +108,11 @@ void native_machine_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *regs)
> >>
> >> kdump_nmi_shootdown_cpus();
> >>
> >> + /*
> >> + * VMCLEAR vmcss loaded on this cpu if needed.
> >> + */
> >> + cpu_emergency_vmclear_loaded_vmcss();
> >> +
> >> /* Booting kdump kernel with VMX or SVM enabled won't work,
> >> * because (among other limitations) we can't disable paging
> >> * with the virt flags.
> >> --
> >> 1.7.1
> >>
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> > --
> > Gleb.
> >
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-22 6:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-21 2:21 [PATCH v5 0/2] x86: vmclear vmcss on all cpus when doing kdump if necessary Zhang Yanfei
2012-11-21 2:23 ` [PATCH v5 1/2] x86/kexec: VMCLEAR vmcss on all cpus " Zhang Yanfei
2012-11-21 10:33 ` Gleb Natapov
2012-11-22 0:59 ` Zhang Yanfei
2012-11-22 6:34 ` Gleb Natapov [this message]
2012-11-22 8:04 ` Zhang Yanfei
2012-11-21 2:26 ` [PATCH v5 2/2] KVM-INTEL: add a notifier and a bitmap to support VMCLEAR in kdump Zhang Yanfei
2012-11-21 10:36 ` Gleb Natapov
2012-11-22 1:00 ` Zhang Yanfei
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