We dont have to wait for a grace period if there is no oldpid that we are going to free. putpid also checks for NULL, so this patch only fences synchronize_rcu. Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx> --- virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c index 33712fb..39b1603 100644 --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c @@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ int vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) struct pid *oldpid = vcpu->pid; struct pid *newpid = get_task_pid(current, PIDTYPE_PID); rcu_assign_pointer(vcpu->pid, newpid); - synchronize_rcu(); + if (oldpid) + synchronize_rcu(); put_pid(oldpid); } cpu = get_cpu(); -- 1.8.4.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
