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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kvm: disable stealtime via reboot notifier to avoid mem corruption
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:15:06AM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 12:36:22PM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
> > > @@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ static void kvm_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *regs)
> > > static void kvm_shutdown(void)
> > > {
> > > native_write_msr(msr_kvm_system_time, 0, 0);
> > > - kvm_disable_steal_time();
> > > native_machine_shutdown();
> > > }
> > This part below will introduce a bug for shutdown. Can you retest with
> > the addition of kvm_disable_steal_time to kvm_pv_guest_cpu_reboot only,
> > retest and resend please?
>
> I can, but the problem with kvm_disable_steal_time() in
> kvmclock.c is that with CONFIG_KVM_CLOCK=n the entire
> file won't be compiled.
>
> And steal time doesn't depend on CONFIG_KVM_CLOCK=y.
> So if removing it there is a bug leaving it in only avoids
> that bug for CONFIG_KVM_CLOCK=y.

I meant to add kvm_disable_steal_time() call to arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c,
the first part of your patch, here:

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index c1d61ee..1596cc8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ static void kvm_pv_guest_cpu_reboot(void *unused)
if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI))
wrmsrl(MSR_KVM_PV_EOI_EN, 0);
kvm_pv_disable_apf();
+ kvm_disable_steal_time();
}

static int kvm_pv_reboot_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
Can you test only that part and resend?

The call to kvm_disable_steal_time() in kvmclock.c should not be
removed.



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