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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/4 V16] Add functions to check if the host has stopped the vm
On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:12:35 +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> On 2012-03-10 20:37, Eric B Munson wrote:
>> When a host stops or suspends a VM it will set a flag to show this.
>> The
>> watchdog will use these functions to determine if a softlockup is
>> real, or the
>> result of a suspended VM.
>>
>
> ...
>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
>> index f8492da..4ba090c 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
>> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
>> #include <asm/msr.h>
>> #include <asm/apic.h>
>> #include <linux/percpu.h>
>> +#include <linux/hardirq.h>
>>
>> #include <asm/x86_init.h>
>> #include <asm/reboot.h>
>> @@ -114,6 +115,26 @@ static void kvm_get_preset_lpj(void)
>> preset_lpj = lpj;
>> }
>>
>> +bool kvm_check_and_clear_guest_paused(void)
>> +{
>> + bool ret = false;
>> + struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *src;
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * per_cpu() is safe here because this function is only called
>> from
>> + * timer functions where preemption is already disabled.
>> + */
>> + WARN_ON(!in_atomic());
>> + src = &__get_cpu_var(hv_clock);
>> + if ((src->flags & PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED) != 0) {
>> + __this_cpu_and(hv_clock.flags, ~PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED);
>> + ret = true;
>> + }
>> +
>> + return ret;
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_check_and_clear_guest_paused);
>
> Which module is going to use this? I failed to find it, but I may
> have
> missed something.
>
> The actual reason for this reply: this patches causes a compiler
> warning
> here, likely due to lacking include for EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL:
>
> CC arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.o
> /data/linux-kvm/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c:136:1: warning: data
> definition has no type or storage class
> /data/linux-kvm/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c:136:1: warning: type
> defaults
> to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL’
> /data/linux-kvm/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c:136:1: warning: parameter
> names (without types) in function declaration
>
> Jan


There isn't a module that will use it, I was under the (mistaken)
understanding that
the EXPORT was necessary for use in kernel/watchdog.c. Give that it
isn't, I will
post a patch to remove it shortly.

Eric
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