linux-kernel - Re: WARNING in _

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Date:   Tue, 30 Jul 2019 16:03:45 +0800
From:   Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: WARNING in __mmdrop


On 2019/7/30 下午3:44, Jason Wang wrote:
>>>
>>> }
>> Looks good but I'd like to think of a strategy/existing lock that let us
>> block properly as opposed to spinning, that would be more friendly to
>> e.g. the realtime patch.
>
>
> Does it make sense to disable preemption in the critical section? Then 
> we don't need to block and we have a deterministic time spent on 
> memory accssors?


Ok, touching preempt counter seems a little bit expensive in the fast 
path. Will try for blocking.

Thanks