On Thu, 1 Aug 2019, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 08/01, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> >
> > @@ -8172,6 +8174,10 @@ static int vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcp
> > ++vcpu->stat.signal_exits;
> > break;
> > }
> > +
> > + if (notify_resume_pending())
> > + tracehook_handle_notify_resume();
>
> shouldn't you drop kvm->srcu before tracehook_handle_notify_resume() ?
>
> I don't understand this code at all, but vcpu_run() does this even before
> cond_resched().
Yeah, I noticed that it's dropped around cond_resched().
My understanding is that for voluntary giving up the CPU via cond_resched()
it needs to be dropped.
For involuntary preemption (CONFIG_PREEMPT=y) it's not required as the
whole code section after preempt_enable() is fully preemptible.
Now the 1Mio$ question is whether any of the notify functions invokes
cond_resched() and whether that really matters. Paolo?
Thanks,
tglx
