linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v1 0/7]vhost: Add support of kthread API

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Message-ID: <94c76200-05b2-4142-a637-bf2115827116@oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:17:12 -0500
From: Mike Christie <michael.christie@...cle.com>
To: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc: Cindy Lu <lulu@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v1 0/7]vhost: Add support of kthread API

On 9/10/24 10:45 PM, Jason Wang wrote:
>>> It depends on how we define "secure". There's plenty of users of
>>> kthread and if I was not wrong, mike may still need to fix some bugs.
>>>
>>
>> which bugs?
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/06369c2c-c363-4def-9ce0-f018a9e10e8d@oracle.com/T/

The SIGKILL issue in that specific email is fixed. The patches are
merged upstream. I don't know of any other bugs like that (crashes,
hangs, etc). There is the one we can't reproduce so are not sure if
it's the vhost changes.

There is the change in behavior type of bug we discussed in that
thread:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/06369c2c-c363-4def-9ce0-f018a9e10e8d@oracle.com/T/#m026f7dd96e064e3a604155e45e7ae9d5c949ae23