linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] x86: clear vmcss on all cpus when doing kdump if necessary

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Message-ID: <508918BF.8040500@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:47:27 +0800
From:	zhangyanfei <zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com>
To:	x86@...nel.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, mtosatti@...hat.com
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] x86: clear vmcss on all cpus when doing kdump
 if necessary

Would anyone help review the patch, and give some comments, please ? 

Avi?

于 2012年10月19日 13:41, Zhang Yanfei 写道:
> Currently, kdump just makes all the logical processors leave VMX operation by
> executing VMXOFF instruction, so any VMCSs active on the logical processors may
> be corrupted. But, sometimes, we need the VMCSs to debug guest images contained
> in the host vmcore. To prevent the corruption, we should VMCLEAR the VMCSs before
> executing the VMXOFF instruction.
> 
> The patch set provides a way to VMCLEAR vmcss related to guests on all cpus before
> executing the VMXOFF when doing kdump. This is used to ensure the VMCSs in the
> vmcore updated and non-corrupted.
> 
> Changelog from v1 to v2:
> 1. remove the sysctl and clear VMCSs unconditionally.
> 
> zhangyanfei (2):
>   x86/kexec: VMCLEAR vmcss on all cpus if necessary
>   KVM: make crash_clear_loaded_vmcss valid when loading kvm_intel
>     module
> 
>  arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h |    2 ++
>  arch/x86/kernel/crash.c      |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c           |    9 +++++++++
>  3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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