On 25/06/2018 09:57, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Sun 24-06-18 10:11:21, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> On 22/06/2018 17:02, Michal Hocko wrote:
>>> @@ -7215,6 +7216,8 @@ void kvm_arch_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(struct 
>>> kvm *kvm,
>>>     apic_address = gfn_to_hva(kvm, APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE >> PAGE_SHIFT);
>>>     if (start <= apic_address && apic_address < end)
>>>             kvm_make_all_cpus_request(kvm, KVM_REQ_APIC_PAGE_RELOAD);
>>> +
>>> +   return 0;
>>
>> This is wrong, gfn_to_hva can sleep.
> 
> Hmm, I have tried to crawl the call chain and haven't found any
> sleepable locks taken. Maybe I am just missing something.
> __kvm_memslots has a complex locking assert. I do not see we would take
> slots_lock anywhere from the notifier call path. IIUC that means that
> users_count has to be zero at that time. I have no idea how that is
> guaranteed.

Nevermind, ENOCOFFEE.  This is gfn_to_hva, not gfn_to_pfn.  It only
needs SRCU.

Paolo

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