[PATCH 5/5] KVM: WARN if vCPU creation is in-progress when locking all vCPUs
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 14:34:34 EST
Now that KVM holds kvm->lock for the entirety of vCPU creation, from when
created_vcpus is incremented until the new vCPU is fully onlined, WARN if
the impossible happens and KVM somehow sees a discrepancy between the
number of vCPUs "created" and "onlined".
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 985af39b980a..e66d9761ee49 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ int kvm_trylock_all_vcpus(struct kvm *kvm)
lockdep_assert_held(&kvm->lock);
- if (kvm_is_vcpu_creation_in_progress(kvm))
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(kvm_is_vcpu_creation_in_progress(kvm)))
return -EBUSY;
kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm)
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ int kvm_lock_all_vcpus(struct kvm *kvm)
lockdep_assert_held(&kvm->lock);
- if (kvm_is_vcpu_creation_in_progress(kvm))
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(kvm_is_vcpu_creation_in_progress(kvm)))
return -EBUSY;
kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
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