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KVM: x86: Ensure PV TLB flush tracepoint reflects KVM behavior
authorLai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
Mon, 31 May 2021 17:46:28 +0000 (01:46 +0800)
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Tue, 8 Jun 2021 17:15:20 +0000 (13:15 -0400)
commit6f97645ee7b411d894e21989cfd460f882ef2734
tree2f97e39acd2001b3c473b61754b52cf8af63d553
parent1f0342a2451842927e28f90f8c48706e41d65434
KVM: x86: Ensure PV TLB flush tracepoint reflects KVM behavior

In record_steal_time(), st->preempted is read twice, and
trace_kvm_pv_tlb_flush() might output result inconsistent if
kvm_vcpu_flush_tlb_guest() see a different st->preempted later.

It is a very trivial problem and hardly has actual harm and can be
avoided by reseting and reading st->preempted in atomic way via xchg().

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
Message-Id: <20210531174628.10265-1-jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c