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From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm/x86: check KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH with irqs disabled
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:32:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49BE9B4A.5040106@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090316183000.GC3783@amt.cnet>

Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> BTW, I've wondered if the local_irq_enable in svm_vcpu_run is safe:
>
>         clgi();
>
>         local_irq_enable();
>
> There is no way that an interrupt can be handled there without an exit, 
> right?
>   

clgi trumps sti, so all interrupts will be deferred until the guest is 
entered (which will cause an immediate vmexit).

-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.


  reply	other threads:[~2009-03-16 18:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-03-16 13:03 [PATCH] kvm/x86: check KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH with irqs disabled Joerg Roedel
2009-03-16 13:12 ` Avi Kivity
2009-03-16 14:11   ` Joerg Roedel
2009-03-16 18:30   ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-03-16 18:32     ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2009-03-16 18:44     ` Joerg Roedel

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