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[Xen-devel] [PATCH] Assert that the p2m lock is held in ept_sync_domain

To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Assert that the p2m lock is held in ept_sync_domain
From: George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2009年9月22日 13:44:54 +0100
Cc: Xiaohui Xin <Xiaohui.xin@xxxxxxxxx>, Xin Li <xin.b.li@xxxxxxxxx>, Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>, Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jun Nakajima <jun.nakajima@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Signed-off-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 22/09/2009 10:02, "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>> Please see what you think of xen-unstable:20244.
>>
>> With no assertion in ept_sync_domain() on any locks held, is it guaranteed
>> that the function cannot be entered twice at the same time for a given
>> guest? If not, passing a pointer to the new ept_synced member isn't any
>> better than passing the one to domain_dirty_cpumask.
>
> I assume George is knowledgeable on that area. If calls to ept_sync_domain()
> are not serialised then I think synchronisation around the
> ept_needs_flush/ept_synced cpumask is indeed pretty suspect. If there isn't
> such a serialising lock, we could add one to ept_sync_domain() quite safely.
>
>  -- Keir
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