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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH] mm, oom: distinguish blockable mode for mmu notifiers
On Mon 25-06-18 10:10:18, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 25/06/2018 09:57, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Sun 24-06-18 10:11:21, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> >> On 22/06/2018 17:02, Michal Hocko wrote:
> >>> @@ -7215,6 +7216,8 @@ void kvm_arch_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(struct kvm *kvm,
> >>> apic_address = gfn_to_hva(kvm, APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> >>> if (start <= apic_address && apic_address < end)
> >>> kvm_make_all_cpus_request(kvm, KVM_REQ_APIC_PAGE_RELOAD);
> >>> +
> >>> + return 0;
> >>
> >> This is wrong, gfn_to_hva can sleep.
> >
> > Hmm, I have tried to crawl the call chain and haven't found any
> > sleepable locks taken. Maybe I am just missing something.
> > __kvm_memslots has a complex locking assert. I do not see we would take
> > slots_lock anywhere from the notifier call path. IIUC that means that
> > users_count has to be zero at that time. I have no idea how that is
> > guaranteed.
>
> Nevermind, ENOCOFFEE. This is gfn_to_hva, not gfn_to_pfn. It only
> needs SRCU.

OK, so just the make sure I follow, the change above is correct?
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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