From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
To: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] kvm/x86: call kvm_lapic_sync_from_vapic with preemption disabled
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 18:39:13 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090305213913.GC5660@amt.cnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1236255153-4432-6-git-send-email-joerg.roedel@amd.com>
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 01:12:32PM +0100, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> The function uses kmap_atomic. Calling it with preemption enabled is
> racy.
kmap_atomic disables preemption?
void *kmap_atomic_prot(struct page *page, enum km_type type, pgprot_t prot)
{
enum fixed_addresses idx;
unsigned long vaddr;
/* even !CONFIG_PREEMPT needs this, for in_atomic in * do_page_fault */
pagefault_disable();
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-05 21:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-05 12:12 [PATCH 0/6] various x86 kvm fixes Joerg Roedel
2009-03-05 12:12 ` [PATCH 1/6] kvm/x86/svm: force new asid on vcpu migration Joerg Roedel
2009-03-05 17:53 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-07-26 15:23 ` Avi Kivity
2009-03-05 12:12 ` [PATCH 2/6] kvm/x86/mmu: remove call to kvm_mmu_pte_write from walk_addr Joerg Roedel
2009-03-05 12:12 ` [PATCH 3/6] kvm/x86/mmu: don't unnecessarily recalculate table_gfn in *fetch Joerg Roedel
2009-03-05 14:36 ` Joerg Roedel
2009-03-05 12:12 ` [PATCH 4/6] kvm/x86/mmu: handle invlpg on large pages Joerg Roedel
2009-03-05 21:11 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-03-06 13:06 ` Joerg Roedel
2009-03-05 12:12 ` [PATCH 5/6] kvm/x86: call kvm_lapic_sync_from_vapic with preemption disabled Joerg Roedel
2009-03-05 21:39 ` Marcelo Tosatti [this message]
2009-03-05 12:12 ` [PATCH 6/6] kvm/x86/mmu: include PT_PAGE_SIZE_MASK in PT64_PERM_MASK Joerg Roedel
2009-03-08 12:32 ` Avi Kivity
2009-03-05 21:50 ` [PATCH 0/6] various x86 kvm fixes Marcelo Tosatti
2009-03-06 13:04 ` Joerg Roedel
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