Re: [PATCH 1/2] kvm: Fix mmu_notifier release race

2017-04-28 Thread Suzuki K Poulose
On 26/04/17 17:03, Suzuki K Poulose wrote: On 25/04/17 19:49, Radim Krčmář wrote: 2017-04-24 11:10+0100, Suzuki K Poulose: The KVM uses mmu_notifier (wherever available) to keep track of the changes to the mm of the guest. The guest shadow page tables are released when the VM exits via

Re: [PATCH 1/2] kvm: Fix mmu_notifier release race

2017-04-25 Thread Radim Krčmář
2017-04-24 11:10+0100, Suzuki K Poulose: > The KVM uses mmu_notifier (wherever available) to keep track > of the changes to the mm of the guest. The guest shadow page > tables are released when the VM exits via mmu_notifier->ops.release(). > There is a rare chance that the mmu_notifier->release

[PATCH 1/2] kvm: Fix mmu_notifier release race

2017-04-24 Thread Suzuki K Poulose
The KVM uses mmu_notifier (wherever available) to keep track of the changes to the mm of the guest. The guest shadow page tables are released when the VM exits via mmu_notifier->ops.release(). There is a rare chance that the mmu_notifier->release could be called more than once via two different