linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 11/11] KVM: MMU: apply page track notifier

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Message-ID: <56CC69F6.2000305@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 23 Feb 2016 15:17:26 +0100
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	gleb@...nel.org, mtosatti@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kai.huang@...ux.intel.com,
	jike.song@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 11/11] KVM: MMU: apply page track notifier



On 23/02/2016 05:40, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>>>
>>> @@ -7878,6 +7877,7 @@ void kvm_arch_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
>>>       kfree(kvm->arch.vioapic);
>>>       kvm_free_vcpus(kvm);
>>>       kfree(rcu_dereference_check(kvm->arch.apic_map, 1));
>>> +    kvm_mmu_uninit_vm(kvm);
>>
>> This function is not necessary, since the VM is disappearing anyway and
>> the page tracker is not going to be called.
> 
> I think it is still necessary, as we are using srcu to protect the
> notifier, so
> we should wait all the callers of notifier callbacks gone, i.e,
> synchronize_srcu() is needed anyway.

You're right.

Paolo