From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932799AbbD0Mcz (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2015 08:32:55 -0400 Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr ([192.134.164.83]:13401 "EHLO mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932503AbbD0Mck (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2015 08:32:40 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.11,656,1422918000"; d="scan'208";a="137761639" Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:32:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Julia Lawall X-X-Sender: jll@hadrien To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" cc: Julia Lawall , zhanghy@sangfor.com, jasowang@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com, x86@kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: KVM: x86: question about kvm_ioapic_destroy In-Reply-To: <20150427120342-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> Message-ID: References: <20150427120342-mutt-send-email-mst@redhat.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.10 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 27 Apr 2015, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 07:19:58PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: > > The function kvm_ioapic_destroy is defined as follows: > > > > void kvm_ioapic_destroy(struct kvm *kvm) > > { > > struct kvm_ioapic *ioapic = kvm->arch.vioapic; > > > > cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ioapic->eoi_inject); > > if (ioapic) { > > kvm_io_bus_unregister_dev(kvm, KVM_MMIO_BUS, &ioapic->dev); > > kvm->arch.vioapic = NULL; > > kfree(ioapic); > > } > > } > > > > Is there any way that cancel_delayed_work_sync can work if ioapic is NULL? > > Should the call be moved down under the NULL test? Or is the NULL test > > not needed? The NULL test has been there longer than the call to > > cancel_delayed_work_sync, which was introduced in 184564ef. > > > > thanks, > > julia > > I think the NULL test is not needed. > kvm_ioapic_destroy is only called if kvm_ioapic_init > completed successfully, and that sets kvm->arch.vioapic. Thanks. I will send a patch. julia