Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH V2] common/vm_event: Prevent guest locking with large max_vcpus

2017-02-09 Thread Razvan Cojocaru
On 02/09/2017 06:39 PM, Tamas K Lengyel wrote: >> @@ -316,8 +302,9 @@ void vm_event_put_request(struct domain *d, >> * See the comments above wake_blocked() for more information >> * on how this mechanism works to avoid waiting. */ >> avail_req = vm_event_ring_available(ved); >> -

[Xen-devel] [PATCH V2] common/vm_event: Prevent guest locking with large max_vcpus

2017-02-08 Thread Razvan Cojocaru
It is currently possible for the guest to lock when subscribing to synchronous vm_events if max_vcpus is larger than the number of available ring buffer slots. This patch no longer blocks already paused VCPUs, fixing the issue for this use case, and wakes up as many blocked VCPUs as there are