Re: [PATCH 2/5] KVM: add a check to ensure grow start value is nonzero

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On 26/10/19 05:23, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
> vcpu->halt_poll_ns could be zeroed in certain cases (e.g. by
> halt_poll_ns_shrink). If halt_poll_ns_grow_start is zero,
> vcpu->halt_poll_ns will never be larger than zero.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index 2ca2979..1b6fe3b 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -2266,6 +2266,13 @@ static void grow_halt_poll_ns(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	val *= grow;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * vcpu->halt_poll_ns needs a nonzero start point to grow if it's zero.
> +	 */
> +	if (!grow_start)
> +		grow_start = 1;
> +
>  	if (val < grow_start)
>  		val = grow_start;
>  
> 

Zeroing grow_start will simply disable halt polling.  Is that a problem?

Paolo





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