Re: [PATCH] kvm: fix crash on irqfd deassign

From: Avi Kivity
Date: Tue Mar 22 2011 - 08:38:04 EST


On 03/17/2011 10:53 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
irqfd in kvm used flush_work incorrectly:
it assumed that work scheduled previously can't run
after flush_work, but since kvm uses a non-reentrant
workqueue (by means of schedule_work)
we need flush_work_sync to get that guarantee.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin<mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Jean-Philippe Menil<jean-philippe.menil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Jean-Philippe Menil<jean-philippe.menil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Note: this is needed for kernel 2.6.39 and earlier.


What about kvm.git master?

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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