Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: fix rcu usage warning

From: Avi Kivity
Date: Tue Jun 08 2010 - 04:11:26 EST


On 06/08/2010 05:15 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
fix:

[ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
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include/linux/kvm_host.h:258 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!

other info that might help us debug this:


rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
1 lock held by qemu-system-x86/3796:
#0: (&vcpu->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa0217fd8>] vcpu_load+0x1a/0x66 [kvm]

stack backtrace:
Pid: 3796, comm: qemu-system-x86 Not tainted 2.6.34 #25
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff81070ed1>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0x9d/0xa5
[<ffffffffa0214fdf>] gfn_to_memslot_unaliased+0x65/0xa0 [kvm]
[<ffffffffa0216139>] gfn_to_hva+0x22/0x4c [kvm]
[<ffffffffa0216217>] kvm_write_guest_page+0x2a/0x7f [kvm]
[<ffffffffa0216286>] kvm_clear_guest_page+0x1a/0x1c [kvm]
[<ffffffffa0278239>] init_rmode+0x3b/0x180 [kvm_intel]
[<ffffffffa02786ce>] vmx_set_cr0+0x350/0x4d3 [kvm_intel]
[<ffffffffa02274ff>] kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs+0x122/0x31a [kvm]
[<ffffffffa021859c>] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x578/0xa3d [kvm]
[<ffffffff8106624c>] ? cpu_clock+0x2d/0x40
[<ffffffff810f7d86>] ? fget_light+0x244/0x28e
[<ffffffff810709b9>] ? trace_hardirqs_off_caller+0x1f/0x10e
[<ffffffff8110501b>] vfs_ioctl+0x32/0xa6
[<ffffffff81105597>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x47f/0x4b8
[<ffffffff813ae654>] ? sub_preempt_count+0xa3/0xb7
[<ffffffff810f7da8>] ? fget_light+0x266/0x28e
[<ffffffff810f7c53>] ? fget_light+0x111/0x28e
[<ffffffff81105617>] sys_ioctl+0x47/0x6a
[<ffffffff81002c1b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b


Applied, thanks.

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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