This series fixes some hard to produce races by introducing the use of vcpu requests. I've tested the series on a Mustang and compile-tested the ARM bits. Patch 3/11 adds documentation, as, at least for me, understanding vcpu request interplay with vcpu kicks and vcpu mode and the memory barriers that interplay implies, is exhausting. v4: - Rebase on latest kvmarm/queue. No more kvm_arm_halt/resume_vcpu - Documentation additions/clarifications [Paolo] - go back to sleep after getting a signal [Christoffer] - timer doesn't need a vcpu request, just a wake up [Christoffer] - patch dropping/adding/reshuffling for above changes v3: - The easier to reproduce PSCI races previously fixed with this series were fixed independently with a different approach suggested by Christoffer[1]. - Based on Radim's latest vcpu request rework series[2] - Rewrote the documentation adding much more information and incorporating Christoffer's comments from v2. - Reworked the approach to controlling pause and power_off by requests. - Clear request for pending irq injection in the correct place, as pointed out by Christoffer. - Rebase required some simple changes to the PMU code patch. v2: - No longer based on Radim's vcpu request API rework[3], except for including "add kvm_request_pending" as patch 1/10 [drew] - Added vcpu request documentation [drew] - Dropped the introduction of user settable MPIDRs [Christoffer] - Added vcpu requests to all request-less vcpu kicks [Christoffer] [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg577630.html [2] http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg148890.html [3] https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg145588.html Andrew Jones (10): KVM: improve arch vcpu request defining KVM: Add documentation for VCPU requests KVM: arm/arm64: properly use vcpu requests KVM: arm/arm64: replace pause checks with vcpu request checks KVM: arm/arm64: use vcpu requests for power_off KVM: arm/arm64: optimize VCPU RUN KVM: arm/arm64: change exit request to sleep request KVM: arm/arm64: use vcpu requests for irq injection KVM: arm/arm64: PMU: remove request-less vcpu kick KVM: arm/arm64: timer: remove request-less vcpu kick Radim Krčmář (1): KVM: add kvm_request_pending Documentation/virtual/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst | 299 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 4 +- arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c | 1 + arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 4 +- arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c | 1 + arch/mips/kvm/trap_emul.c | 2 +- arch/mips/kvm/vz.c | 2 +- arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 4 +- arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c | 2 +- arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c | 5 +- arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 6 +- arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c | 2 +- arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 47 +++-- arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 4 +- include/linux/kvm_host.h | 12 ++ virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c | 2 +- virt/kvm/arm/arm.c | 55 ++++- virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c | 40 ++-- virt/kvm/arm/psci.c | 8 +- virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c | 9 +- 20 files changed, 436 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/virtual/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst -- 2.9.3