Hello Marcelo, Do you have any comments about this version?
Thanks Zhang 于 2012年10月31日 11:30, zhangyanfei 写道: > Currently, kdump just makes all the logical processors leave VMX operation by > executing VMXOFF instruction, so any VMCSs active on the logical processors > may > be corrupted. But, sometimes, we need the VMCSs to debug guest images > contained > in the host vmcore. To prevent the corruption, we should VMCLEAR the VMCSs > before > executing the VMXOFF instruction. > > The patch set provides a way to VMCLEAR vmcss related to guests on all cpus > before > executing the VMXOFF when doing kdump. This is used to ensure the VMCSs in the > vmcore updated and non-corrupted. > > Changelog from v2 to v3: > 1. remove unnecessary conditions in function > cpu_emergency_clear_loaded_vmcss as Marcelo suggested. > > Changelog from v1 to v2: > 1. remove the sysctl and clear VMCSs unconditionally. > > Zhang Yanfei (2): > x86/kexec: VMCLEAR vmcss on all cpus if necessary > KVM: make crash_clear_loaded_vmcss valid when loading kvm_intel > module > > arch/x86/include/asm/kexec.h | 2 ++ > arch/x86/kernel/crash.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 9 +++++++++ > 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html