(subset) [PATCH 1/5] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV P9: Clear vcpu cpu fields before enabling host irqs

Michael Ellerman patch-notifications at ellerman.id.au
Wed Oct 5 00:26:01 AEDT 2022


On Thu, 8 Sep 2022 23:25:41 +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> On guest entry, vcpu->cpu and vcpu->arch.thread_cpu are set after
> disabling host irqs. On guest exit there is a window whre tick time
> accounting briefly enables irqs before these fields are cleared.
> 
> Move them up to ensure they are cleared before host irqs are run.
> This is possibly not a problem, but is more symmetric and makes the
> fields less surprising.
> 
> [...]

Patch 5 applied to powerpc/next.

[5/5] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Implement scheduling wait interval counters in the VPA
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/e4335f53198fa0c0aefb2a38bb5518e94253412c

cheers


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