Re: [v1][PATCH 1/1] KVM: PPC: disable preemption when using hard_irq_disable()

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On 07/10/2013 01:02:19 AM, Tiejun Chen wrote:
We should ensure the preemption cannot occur while calling get_paca()
insdide hard_irq_disable(), otherwise the paca_struct may be the
wrong one just after. And btw, we may update timing stats in this case.

The soft-ee mechanism depends on accessing the PACA directly via r13 to avoid this. We probably should be using inline asm to read was_enabled rather than hoping the compiler doesn't do anything silly.

Plus what Alex said, regarding this patch specifically.

-Scott
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