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SubjectRe: [BUG] kvm: dereference srcu-protected pointer without srcu_read_lock() held
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 01:08:29PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 04/19/2010 12:58 PM, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> >Applied the patch I just sent and let CONFIG_PROVE_RCU=y,
> >we can got the following dmesg. And we found that it is
> >because some codes in KVM dereferences srcu-protected pointer without
> >srcu_read_lock() held or update-side lock held.
> >
> >It is not hard to fix, the problem is that:
> >Where is the most proper place to put a srcu_read_lock()?
> >
> >I can not determine the answer, so I report this bug
> >instead of fixing it.
> >
>
> I think the else branch in complete_pio() should work. Marcelo?
>
> Longer term I'd like to see the lock taken at the high levels
> (ioctls, in virt/kvm) and dropped only for guest entry and when we
> explicitly sleep (hlt emulation).
>
> Note: complete_pio() is gone in the current code.

Yes, this was fixed by 7fb2ea1e6.



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