From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail190.messagelabs.com (mail190.messagelabs.com [216.82.249.51]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 67E316B004A for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 09:30:19 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4CADCB4E.60509@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:29:50 +0200 From: Avi Kivity MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 02/12] Halt vcpu if page it tries to access is swapped out. References: <1286207794-16120-1-git-send-email-gleb@redhat.com> <1286207794-16120-3-git-send-email-gleb@redhat.com> <4CAD97D0.70100@redhat.com> <4CADCA1E.1080207@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <4CADCA1E.1080207@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: Rik van Riel Cc: Gleb Natapov , kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl, tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@zytor.com, cl@linux-foundation.org, mtosatti@redhat.com List-ID: On 10/07/2010 03:24 PM, Rik van Riel wrote: > On 10/07/2010 05:50 AM, Avi Kivity wrote: > >>> +static bool can_do_async_pf(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) >>> +{ >>> + if (unlikely(!irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm) || >>> + kvm_event_needs_reinjection(vcpu))) >>> + return false; >>> + >>> + return kvm_x86_ops->interrupt_allowed(vcpu); >>> +} >> >> Strictly speaking, if the cpu can handle NMIs it can take an apf? > > Strictly speaking, yes. > > However, it may not be able to DO anything with it, since > it won't be able to reschedule the context it's running :) > I was thinking about keeping the watchdog nmi handler responsive. -- I have a truly marvellous patch that fixes the bug which this signature is too narrow to contain. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org