Zhang, Xiantao wrote: > Carsten Otte wrote: >> Zhang, Xiantao wrote: >>> Hi, Carsten >>> Why do you think it is racy? In this function, >>> target_vcpu->arch.launched should be set to 1 for the first run, and >>> keep its value all the time. Except the first IPI to wake up the >>> vcpu, all IPIs received by target vcpu should go into "else" >>> condition. So you mean the race condition exist in "else" code ? >> For example to lock against destroying that vcpu. Or, the waitqueue >> may become active after if (waitqueue_active()) and before >> wake_up_interruptible(). In that case, the target vcpu might sleep and >> not get waken up by the ipi. > I don't think it may cause issue, because the target vcpu at least can > be waken up by the timer interrupt. > > But as you said, x86 side also have the same race issue ? As far as I can tell, x86 does'nt have that race. _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
