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From: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: kvm: RCU warning in async pf
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:28:55 +0300
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Cc: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>,
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On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:44:53AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-04-04 at 15:30 +0300, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> >  
> > @@ -253,7 +254,10 @@ do_async_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
> >  		kvm_async_pf_task_wait((u32)read_cr2());
> >  		break;
> >  	case KVM_PV_REASON_PAGE_READY:
> > +		rcu_irq_enter();
> > +		exit_idle();
> >  		kvm_async_pf_task_wake((u32)read_cr2());
> > +		rcu_irq_exit();
> >  		break;
> >  	}
> >  }
> 
> Wouldn't irq_enter() / irq_exit() be more appropriate? You're basically
> taking an interrupt/exception from idle, irq_enter() will fix up
> everything that needs fixing up, including time sources (which the
> scheduler expects to be up-to-date).
> 
You are right. Will send a patch.

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			Gleb.