linux-kernel - Re: [patch] kvm: fix GFP_KERNEL alloc in atomic section bug

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Message-ID: <4593BC1A.9080503@qumranet.com>
Date:	Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:44:10 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] kvm: fix GFP_KERNEL alloc in atomic section bug

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Subject: [patch] kvm: fix GFP_KERNEL alloc in atomic section bug
> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
>
> KVM does kmalloc() in an atomic section while having preemption disabled 
> via vcpu_load(). Fix this by moving the ->*_msr setup from the 
> vcpu_setup method to the vcpu_create method.
>
> (This is also a small speedup for setting up a vcpu, which can in theory 
> be more frequent than the vcpu_create method).
>
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
>   

Applied, thanks.


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