On 2012-07-05 13:02, liu ping fan wrote: > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 2012-07-05 12:10, liu ping fan wrote: >>> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On 2012-07-05 04:18, Liu Ping Fan wrote: >>>>> Vcpu state must be set completely before receiving INIT-IPI,SIPI >>>>> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Liu Ping Fan <pingfank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> --- >>>>> kvm.h | 1 + >>>>> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) >>>>> >>>>> diff --git a/kvm.h b/kvm.h >>>>> index 9c7b0ea..5b3c228 100644 >>>>> --- a/kvm.h >>>>> +++ b/kvm.h >>>>> @@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ static inline void cpu_synchronize_post_init(CPUArchState *env) >>>>> { >>>>> if (kvm_enabled()) { >>>>> kvm_cpu_synchronize_post_init(env); >>>>> + smp_wmb(); >>>>> } >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> In theory, there should be no vcpu kick-off after this without some >>>> locking operations involved that imply barriers. Did you see real >>> >>> Yeah, but what if it is non-x86? >> >> The locking I'm referring to is arch independent. >> >>>> inconsistencies without this explicit one? >> >> Again: Did you see real issues or is this based on static analysis? >> > Just on static analysis Then please describe - also for the changelog - at least one case in details where this is needed. Thanks, Jan -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT RTC ITP SDP-DE Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux -- 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