netdev - Re: [PATCH 18/15] kvm: Replace vcpu->swait with rcuwait

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Date:   Fri, 20 Mar 2020 13:54:55 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, arnd@...db.de, balbi@...nel.org,
        bhelgaas@...gle.com, bigeasy@...utronix.de, davem@...emloft.net,
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        rostedt@...dmis.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        will@...nel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/15] kvm: Replace vcpu->swait with rcuwait

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 01:55:26AM -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> -	swait_event_interruptible_exclusive(*wq, ((!vcpu->arch.power_off) &&
> -				       (!vcpu->arch.pause)));
> +	rcuwait_wait_event(*wait,
> +			   (!vcpu->arch.power_off) && (!vcpu->arch.pause),
> +			   TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);

> -	for (;;) {
> -		prepare_to_swait_exclusive(&vcpu->wq, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> -
> -		if (kvm_vcpu_check_block(vcpu) < 0)
> -			break;
> -
> -		waited = true;
> -		schedule();
> -	}
> -
> -	finish_swait(&vcpu->wq, &wait);
> +	rcuwait_wait_event(&vcpu->wait,
> +			   (block_check = kvm_vcpu_check_block(vcpu)) < 0,
> +			   TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);

Are these yet more instances that really want to be TASK_IDLE ?