linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: vgic: Fix soft lockup during VM teardown

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Date:   Mon, 23 Jan 2023 11:23:50 +0000
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     Shanker Donthineni <sdonthineni@...dia.com>
Cc:     James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Vikram Sethi <vsethi@...dia.com>,
        Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@...wei.com>,
        Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: vgic: Fix soft lockup during VM teardown

On Sat, 21 Jan 2023 15:35:48 +0000,
Shanker Donthineni <sdonthineni@...dia.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/20/23 06:00, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > What I am asking agin is: is there any overlap between any vgic ioctl
> > and the teardown of the VM? Do you ever see kvm_vm_release() being
> > called before kvm_device_release()?
> > 
> > Because that's the overlap I've been talking all along.
> 
> I've not observed overlap of kvm_vm_release() with ioctls
> kvm_device_ioctl(), kvm_vcpu_ioctl() and kvm_vm_ioctl() for
> 3hrs. Test created hundreds of VMs and teardowns.

OK, that's reassuring. Thanks for looking into this.

	M.

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