Release qemu global mutex before call synchronize_rcu(). synchronize_rcu() waiting for all readers to finish their critical sections. There is at least one critical section in which we try to get QGM (critical section is in address_space_rw() and prepare_mmio_access() is trying to aquire QGM).
Both functions (migration_end() and migration_bitmap_extend()) are called from main thread which is holding QGM. Thus there is a race condition that ends up with deadlock: main thread working thread Lock QGA | | Call KVM_EXIT_IO handler | | | Open rcu reader's critical section Migration cleanup bh | | | synchronize_rcu() is | waiting for readers | | prepare_mmio_access() is waiting for QGM \ / deadlock Patches here are quick and dirty, compile-tested only to validate the architectual approach. Igor, Anna, can you pls start your tests with these patches instead of your original one. Thank you. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <d...@openvz.org> CC: Igor Redko <red...@virtuozzo.com> CC: Anna Melekhova <an...@virtuozzo.com> CC: Juan Quintela <quint...@redhat.com> CC: Amit Shah <amit.s...@redhat.com> Denis V. Lunev (2): migration: bitmap_set is unnecessary as bitmap_new uses g_try_malloc0 migration: fix deadlock migration/ram.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) -- 2.1.4