linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: Always run vCPU thread with blocked SIG

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Date:   Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:32:23 -0400
From:   Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: selftests: Always run vCPU thread with blocked
 SIG_IPI

On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 10:37:39AM -0400, Peter Xu wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 04:16:14AM -0400, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > The main thread could start to send SIG_IPI at any time, even before signal
> > blocked on vcpu thread.  Therefore, start the vcpu thread with the signal
> > blocked.
> > 
> > Without this patch, on very busy cores the dirty_log_test could fail directly
> > on receiving a SIGUSR1 without a handler (when vcpu runs far slower than main).
> > 
> > Reported-by: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
> > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> 
> Yes, indeed better! :)
> 
> Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>

I just remembered one thing: this will avoid program quits, but still we'll get
the signal missing.  From that pov I slightly prefer the old patch.  However
not a big deal so far as only dirty ring uses SIG_IPI, so there's always ring
full which will just delay the kick. It's just we need to remember this when we
extend IPI to non-dirty-ring tests as the kick is prone to be lost then.

Thanks,

-- 
Peter Xu