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Message-ID: <3c17a13f-d185-cf9c-2124-659a36ef03b4@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 12 Mar 2021 18:01:18 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Ben Gardon <bgardon@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Peter Shier <pshier@...gle.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Fix RCU warnings in TDP MMU

On 12/03/21 00:16, Ben Gardon wrote:
> The Linux Test Robot found a few RCU warnings in the TDP MMU:
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg3845500.html
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg3845521.html
> 
> Fix these warnings and cleanup a hack in tdp_mmu_iter_cond_resched.
> 
> Tested by compiling as suggested in the test robot report and confirmed that
> the warnings go away with this series applied. Also ran kvm-unit-tests on an
> Intel Skylake machine with the TDP MMU enabled and confirmed that the series
> introduced no new failures.
> 
> Ben Gardon (4):
>    KVM: x86/mmu: Fix RCU usage in handle_removed_tdp_mmu_page
>    KVM: x86/mmu: Fix RCU usage for tdp_iter_root_pt
>    KVM: x86/mmu: Fix RCU usage when atomically zapping SPTEs
>    KVM: x86/mmu: Factor out tdp_iter_return_to_root
> 
>   arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>   arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.h |  3 ++-
>   arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c  | 19 +++++++++++--------
>   3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 

Mostly good but Sean's suggestion in patch 2 is indeed better.  There's 
enough changes that I'll wait for a v2 from you.  Thanks!

Paolo

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