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From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
To: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	joao.m.martins@oracle.com, rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com,
	rkrcmar@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] cpuidle-haltpoll: add a check to ensure grow start value is nonzero
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 19:19:11 -0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191101211908.GA20672@amt.cnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1572060239-17401-5-git-send-email-zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>

On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 11:23:58AM +0800, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
> dev->poll_limit_ns could be zeroed in certain cases (e.g. by
> guest_halt_poll_shrink). If guest_halt_poll_grow_start is zero,
> dev->poll_limit_ns will never be larger than zero.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cpuidle/governors/haltpoll.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

I would rather disallow setting grow_start to zero rather
than silently setting it to one on the back of the user.


  reply	other threads:[~2019-11-01 21:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-26  3:23 [PATCH 0/5] misc fixes on halt-poll code both KVM and guest Zhenzhong Duan
2019-10-26  3:23 ` [PATCH 1/5] KVM: simplify branch check in host poll code Zhenzhong Duan
2019-11-01 21:03   ` Marcelo Tosatti
2019-11-04  3:49     ` Zhenzhong Duan
2019-10-26  3:23 ` [PATCH 2/5] KVM: add a check to ensure grow start value is nonzero Zhenzhong Duan
2019-11-11 13:49   ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-10-26  3:23 ` [PATCH 3/5] KVM: ensure pool time is longer than block_ns Zhenzhong Duan
2019-11-01 21:16   ` Marcelo Tosatti
2019-11-11 13:53     ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-11-12 12:14       ` Zhenzhong Duan
2019-10-26  3:23 ` [PATCH 4/5] cpuidle-haltpoll: add a check to ensure grow start value is nonzero Zhenzhong Duan
2019-11-01 21:19   ` Marcelo Tosatti [this message]
2019-11-04  2:56     ` Zhenzhong Duan
2019-11-11 13:54       ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-10-26  3:23 ` [PATCH 5/5] cpuidle-haltpoll: fix up the branch check Zhenzhong Duan
2019-11-01 21:26   ` Marcelo Tosatti
2019-11-04  3:10     ` Zhenzhong Duan
2019-11-04 15:01       ` Marcelo Tosatti
2019-11-05  6:49         ` Zhenzhong Duan

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