Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:13:08 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [stable] [PATCH] kvm: fix crash on irqfd deassign |
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On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:53:33AM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > irqfd in kvm used flush_work incorrectly: > it assumed that work scheduled previously can't run > after flush_work, but since kvm uses a non-reentrant > workqueue (by means of schedule_work) > we need flush_work_sync to get that guarantee. > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> > Reported-by: Jean-Philippe Menil <jean-philippe.menil@univ-nantes.fr> > Tested-by: Jean-Philippe Menil <jean-philippe.menil@univ-nantes.fr> > --- > > Note: this is needed for kernel 2.6.39 and earlier.
This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to do this properly.
thanks,
greg k-h
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