Re: [PATCH v3 11/19] RISC-V: KVM: Implement VMID allocator

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Mon Aug 05 2019 - 12:03:06 EST


On 05/08/19 15:43, Anup Patel wrote:
> + spin_lock(&vmid_lock);
> +
> + /*
> + * We need to re-check the vmid_version here to ensure that if
> + * another vcpu already allocated a valid vmid for this vm.
> + */
> + if (!kvm_riscv_stage2_vmid_ver_changed(vmid)) {
> + spin_unlock(&vmid_lock);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + /* First user of a new VMID version? */
> + if (unlikely(vmid_next == 0)) {
> + WRITE_ONCE(vmid_version, READ_ONCE(vmid_version) + 1);
> + vmid_next = 1;
> +
> + /*
> + * On SMP, we know no other CPUs can use this CPU's or
> + * each other's VMID after forced exit returns since the
> + * vmid_lock blocks them from re-entry to the guest.
> + */
> + spin_unlock(&vmid_lock);
> + kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(vcpu->kvm);
> + spin_lock(&vmid_lock);

This comment is not true anymore, so this "if" should become a "while".

Paolo