linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86/xen: Take srcu lock when accessing kvm

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Date:   Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:15:18 +0800
From:   Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kvm <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86/xen: Take srcu lock when accessing kvm_memslots()

On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 at 16:13, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> On 23/04/21 09:11, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> > From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>
> >
> > kvm_memslots() will be called by kvm_write_guest_offset_cached() so
> > take the srcu lock.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>
>
> Good catch.  But I would pull it from kvm_steal_time_set_preempted to
> kvm_arch_vcpu_put instead.

Will do. :)

    Wanpeng