If we call qemu_cpu_kick more than once before the target was able to process the signal, pthread_kill will fail, and qemu will abort. Prevent this by avoiding the redundant signal. This logic can be found in qemu-kvm as well. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- cpu-defs.h | 1 + cpus.c | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/cpu-defs.h b/cpu-defs.h index 8d4bf86..db809ed 100644 --- a/cpu-defs.h +++ b/cpu-defs.h @@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ typedef struct CPUWatchpoint { uint32_t stopped; /* Artificially stopped */ \ struct QemuThread *thread; \ struct QemuCond *halt_cond; \ + int thread_kicked; \ struct qemu_work_item *queued_work_first, *queued_work_last; \ const char *cpu_model_str; \ struct KVMState *kvm_state; \ diff --git a/cpus.c b/cpus.c index 4c9928e..ab6e40e 100644 --- a/cpus.c +++ b/cpus.c @@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ static void qemu_wait_io_event_common(CPUState *env) qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_pause_cond); } flush_queued_work(env); + env->thread_kicked = false; } static void qemu_tcg_wait_io_event(void) @@ -648,7 +649,10 @@ void qemu_cpu_kick(void *_env) { CPUState *env = _env; qemu_cond_broadcast(env->halt_cond); - qemu_thread_signal(env->thread, SIG_IPI); + if (!env->thread_kicked) { + qemu_thread_signal(env->thread, SIG_IPI); + env->thread_kicked = true; + } } int qemu_cpu_self(void *_env) -- 1.7.1 -- 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