linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM: x86/mmu: Fix RCU usage in handle_removed_tdp_mmu

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Date:   Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:08:59 -0700
From:   Ben Gardon <bgardon@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kvm <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Shier <pshier@...gle.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM: x86/mmu: Fix RCU usage in handle_removed_tdp_mmu_page

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 7:43 AM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/03/21 16:37, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 11, 2021, Ben Gardon wrote:
> >> The pt passed into handle_removed_tdp_mmu_page does not need RCU
> >> protection, as it is not at any risk of being freed by another thread at
> >> that point. However, the implicit cast from tdp_sptep_t to u64 * dropped
> >> the __rcu annotation without a proper rcu_derefrence. Fix this by
> >> passing the pt as a tdp_ptep_t and then rcu_dereferencing it in
> >> the function.
> >>
> >> Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> >> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...xxxxxx>
> >
> > Should be <lkp@...el.com>.  Looks like you've been taking pointers from Paolo :-)

I'll update that in v2. I was a little confused because I was looking
at the report archived on Spinics, where all the domains are xxxxxxxx.
Didn't notice that all the emails had been redacted like that.


>
> The day someone starts confusing employers in CCs you should tell them
> "I see you have constructed a new email sending alias.  Your skills are
> now complete".
>
> Paolo
>
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/6/17/1210
> >
> > Other than that,
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> >
> >> Signed-off-by: Ben Gardon <bgardon@...gle.com>
> >
>