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From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: Sheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] KVM: Use kvm_free_assigned_irq() for free irq
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:16:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <495A030B.1040302@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200812301911.10975.sheng@linux.intel.com>

Sheng Yang wrote:
>> This will call cancel_work_sync(), which may wait upon kvm->lock, which
>> I think we hold here -> deadlock.
>>
>> I think that the current code has even bigger problems (races), since a
>> scheduled work can arrive after the interrupt has been freed and
>> reallocated.
>>     
>
> For the race problem, how about put a cancel_work_sync() for all devices at 
> the beginning of kvm_destroy_vm? Something named kvm_arch_cancel_work_sync...
>   

There is no race at destroy time since the work_struct has a reference 
on struct kvm.  So destruction is only triggered after the last interrupt.

(but what if we get another interrupt immediately afterwards?!)

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function


  reply	other threads:[~2008-12-30 11:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-30  5:49 [0/3][RESEND] Device assignment code clean up and MSI disable support Sheng Yang
2008-12-30  5:49 ` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: Add MSI_ACTION flag for assigned irq Sheng Yang
2008-12-30 10:19   ` Avi Kivity
2008-12-30 10:26     ` Sheng Yang
2008-12-30 10:31       ` Avi Kivity
2008-12-30 10:34         ` Sheng Yang
2008-12-30 10:41           ` Avi Kivity
2008-12-30 10:48             ` Sheng Yang
2008-12-30  5:49 ` [PATCH 2/3] KVM: Use kvm_free_assigned_irq() for free irq Sheng Yang
2008-12-30 10:28   ` Avi Kivity
2008-12-30 11:11     ` Sheng Yang
2008-12-30 11:16       ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2008-12-30 11:22         ` Sheng Yang
2008-12-30 11:27           ` Avi Kivity
2008-12-30  5:49 ` [PATCH 3/3] KVM: Add support to disable MSI for assigned device Sheng Yang

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