linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kvm: fix crash on irqfd deassign

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Date:	Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:41:10 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
CC:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jean-philippe.menil@...v-nantes.fr,
	stable@...nel.org, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: fix crash on irqfd deassign

On 03/17/2011 10:53 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> irqfd in kvm used flush_work incorrectly:
> it assumed that work scheduled previously can't run
> after flush_work, but since kvm uses a non-reentrant
> workqueue (by means of schedule_work)
> we need flush_work_sync to get that guarantee.
>

Applied, and queued for 2.6.39.  Thanks.

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