Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 Feb 2024 07:48:38 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: selftests: Fix the dirty_log_test semaphore imbalance | From | Sean Christopherson <> |
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On Mon, Feb 05, 2024, Peter Xu wrote: > Shaoqin, Sean, > > Apologies for a late comment. I'm trying to remember what I wrote.. > > On Fri, Feb 02, 2024 at 01:43:32AM -0500, Shaoqin Huang wrote: > > Why sem_vcpu_cont and sem_vcpu_stop can be non-zero value? It's because > > the dirty_ring_before_vcpu_join() execute the sem_post(&sem_vcpu_cont) > > at the end of each dirty-ring test. It can cause two cases: > > As a possible alternative, would it work if we simply reset all the sems > for each run? Then we don't care about the leftovers. E.g. sem_destroy() > at the end of run_test(), then always init to 0 at entry.
Gah, I posted v4[*] and didn't Cc you. I would prefer not to reset the semaphores, mostly because it encourages sloppiness in the test. There's no reason to allow the two threads to effectively get out of sync.
[*] https://lore.kernel.org/all/17eefa60-cf30-4830-943e-793a63d4e6f1@redhat.com
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