On Thu, Feb 01, 2024, Shaoqin Huang wrote:
> > >           /*
> > >            * We reserve page table for 2 times of extra dirty mem which
> > >            * will definitely cover the original (1G+) test range.  Here
> > > @@ -825,6 +832,13 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void 
> > > *arg)
> > >                   sync_global_to_guest(vm, iteration);
> > >           }
> > > + /*
> > > +  *
> > > +  * Before we set the host_quit, let the vcpu has time to run, to make
> > > +  * sure we consume the sem_vcpu_stop and the vcpu consume the
> > > +  * sem_vcpu_cont, to keep the semaphore balance.
> > > +  */
> > > + usleep(p->interval * 1000);
> > 
> > Please no.  "Wait for a while" is never a complete solution for fixing 
> > races.
> > In rare cases, adding a delay might be the only sane workaround, but I 
> > doubt that's
> > the case here.
> 
> If that's the case. I guess I should keep the current solution. Except you
> have any better solution, please let me know.

Unfortunately I don't have a better solution, and I don't have cycles to stare
at this deeply to figure out what how to make the synchronization rock solid.
Sorry :-/

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