linux-kernel - Re: KVM guest-kernel panics double fault

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Date:	Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:48:32 +0100
From:	Stephan Bärwolf <stephan.baerwolf@...ilmenau.de>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: KVM guest-kernel panics double fault

On 01/10/12 13:34, Avi Kivity wrote:
> I prepare/adapt everything to the mentioned styles/policy.
> (I'll insert 2 additional ops for getting "cpuid" and "id of vcpu"...)
>>> What do you mean by "id of vcpu"?
>> I mean the number of the corresponding vcpu.
>> (So mostly "vcpu->vcpu_id" ...)
>> It is necessary for "pr_err_ratelimited"-complains, if cpuid-vendor is
>> unknown ...
>> ("Jan 10 12:14:55 thinkrat kernel: [ 4476.484359] kvm: 15680: cpu0
>> unknown vendor - assuming intel")
> It isn't worthwhile - just don't print the vcpu number (the task ID
> contains enough information, and anyway this should be rare to the point
> of never ever happening)
>

The message itself can be user-triggered ("-cpu
core2duo,vendor=StephansQemu"),
but you are right. Normally all cpus got the same cpuid, so it shouln't
interest
which one had the unknown vendor...

...fixing it and then sending...

regards Stephan

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