Re: [PATCH v2] kvm: Replace vcpu->swait with rcuwait
From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Mon Apr 20 2020 - 13:25:42 EST
On 20/04/20 19:12, Marc Zyngier wrote:
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>>
>> - trace_kvm_vcpu_wakeup(block_ns, waited, vcpu_valid_wakeup(vcpu));
>> + trace_kvm_vcpu_wakeup(block_ns, !block_check,
>> vcpu_valid_wakeup(vcpu));
>
> This looks like a change in the semantics of the tracepoint. Before
> this change, 'waited' would have been true if the vcpu waited at all.
> Here, you'd have false if it has been interrupted by a signal, even
> if the vcpu has waited for a period of time.
True, good catch. Perhaps add macros prepare_to_rcuwait and
finish_rcuwait?
Paolo