linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: x86: fix edge EOI and IOAPIC reconfig race

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Message-ID: <55CE812E.7080008@redhat.com>
Date:	Sat, 15 Aug 2015 02:00:46 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Steve Rutherford <srutherford@...gle.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: x86: fix edge EOI and IOAPIC reconfig race



On 14/08/2015 10:38, Radim Krčmář wrote:
>> How do you reproduce the bug?
> I run rhel4 (2.6.9) kernel on 2 VCPUs and frequently alternate
> smp_affinity of "timer".  The bug is hit within seconds.

Nice, I'll try to make a unit test for it on the plane. :)

Paolo
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