On 06/07/2017 16:55, Christian Borntraeger wrote: > On 07/06/2017 04:45 PM, Christian Borntraeger wrote: >> we access the memslots array via srcu. Mark it as such and >> use the right access functions also for the freeing of >> memory slots. >> >> Found by sparse: >> ./include/linux/kvm_host.h:565:16: error: incompatible types in >> comparison expression (different address spaces) >> >> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> include/linux/kvm_host.h | 2 +- >> virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 4 ++-- >> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h >> index bcd37b8..7c32905 100644 >> --- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h >> +++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h >> @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ struct kvm { >> spinlock_t mmu_lock; >> struct mutex slots_lock; >> struct mm_struct *mm; /* userspace tied to this vm */ >> - struct kvm_memslots *memslots[KVM_ADDRESS_SPACE_NUM]; >> + struct kvm_memslots __rcu *memslots[KVM_ADDRESS_SPACE_NUM]; >> struct kvm_vcpu *vcpus[KVM_MAX_VCPUS]; >> >> /* >> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c >> index fc2d583..d4418fa 100644 >> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c >> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c >> @@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type) >> for (i = 0; i < KVM_NR_BUSES; i++) >> kfree(kvm->buses[i]); >> for (i = 0; i < KVM_ADDRESS_SPACE_NUM; i++) >> - kvm_free_memslots(kvm, kvm->memslots[i]); >> + kvm_free_memslots(kvm, rcu_access_pointer(kvm->memslots[i])); > > should these rather be rcu_dereference_protected ? Yes, I think so. Paolo >> kvm_arch_free_vm(kvm); >> mmdrop(current->mm); >> return ERR_PTR(r); >> @@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ static void kvm_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm) >> kvm_arch_destroy_vm(kvm); >> kvm_destroy_devices(kvm); >> for (i = 0; i < KVM_ADDRESS_SPACE_NUM; i++) >> - kvm_free_memslots(kvm, kvm->memslots[i]); >> + kvm_free_memslots(kvm, rcu_access_pointer(kvm->memslots[i])); >> cleanup_srcu_struct(&kvm->irq_srcu); >> cleanup_srcu_struct(&kvm->srcu); >> kvm_arch_free_vm(kvm); >> >