Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: switch hugepage recovery thread to vhost_task

From: Alyssa Ross
Date: Wed Jan 22 2025 - 17:33:10 EST


Keith Busch <kbusch@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 12:38:25PM +0100, Alyssa Ross wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 12:03:27PM -0700, Keith Busch wrote:
>> > On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 06:10:05PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> > > You can implement something like pthread_once():
>> >
>> > ...
>> >
>> > > Where to put it I don't know. It doesn't belong in
>> > > include/linux/once.h. I'm okay with arch/x86/kvm/call_once.h and just
>> > > pull it with #include "call_once.h".
>> >
>> > Thanks for the suggestion, I can work with that. As to where to put it,
>> > I think the new 'struct once' needs to be a member of struct kvm_arch,
>> > so I've put it in arch/x86/include/asm/.
>> >
>> > Here's the result with that folded in. If this is okay, I'll send a v2,
>> > and can split out the call_once as a prep patch with your attribution if
>> > you like.
>>
>> Has there been any progress here? I'm also affected by the crosvm
>> regression, and it's been backported to the LTS stable kernel.
>
> Would you be able to try the proposed patch here and reply with a
> Tested-by if it's successful for you? I'd also like to unblock this,
> whether this patch is in the right direction or try something else.

Sure! I can confirm this patch fixes crosvm for me when applied to 6.13.

Tested-by: Alyssa Ross <hi@xxxxxxxxx>

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