Re: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: do not use kvm->online_vcpus to check "has one VCPU been created?"

[Cornelia Huck]

On Mon, 13 Jun 2016 15:25:29 +0200
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> kvm->online_vcpus is only updated at the very end of KVM_CREATE_VCPU.
> Thus, it can be racy to use it as a check for "has any VCPU been created
> already?".  While x86 detects the race through kvm_vcpu_compatible,
> it is kinda hackish and s390 does not do anything similar.  Provide a
> better fix for both.
> 
> Paolo Bonzini (3):
>   KVM: introduce created_vcpus
>   KVM: remove kvm_vcpu_compatible
>   KVM: s390: use created_vcpus
> 
>  arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c | 10 +++++-----
>  arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig     |  1 -
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c       | 11 +++--------
>  include/linux/kvm_host.h | 14 ++++++++------
>  virt/kvm/Kconfig         |  3 ---
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c      | 27 +++++++++++++++++----------
>  6 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
> 

Looks like a sane approach, only two inversions in the s390 patch :)