[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] temporary fix for on_vcpu

[Jan Kiszka]

Glauber Costa wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 05:56:08PM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> Glauber Costa wrote:
>>> Recent changes made on_vcpu hit the abort() path, even with the IO thread
>>> disabled. This is because cpu_single_env is no longer set when we call this
>>> function. Although the correct fix is a little bit more complicated that 
>>> that,
>>> the recent thread in which I proposed qemu_queue_work (which fixes that, 
>>> btw),
>>> is likely to go on a quite different direction.
>>>
>>> So for the benefit of those using guest debugging, I'm proposing this simple
>>> fix in the interim.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <address@hidden>
>>> ---
>>>  kvm-all.c |    4 ++++
>>>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
>>> index df4e849..2c24440 100644
>>> --- a/kvm-all.c
>>> +++ b/kvm-all.c
>>> @@ -902,11 +902,15 @@ void kvm_setup_guest_memory(void *start, size_t size)
>>>  #ifdef KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG
>>>  static void on_vcpu(CPUState *env, void (*func)(void *data), void *data)
>>>  {
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_IOTHREAD
>>>      if (env == cpu_single_env) {
>>>          func(data);
>>>          return;
>>>      }
>>>      abort();
>>> +#else
>>> +   func(data);
>> spaces++ :) But the workaround works.
>>
>>> +#endif
>>>  }
>>>  
>>>  struct kvm_sw_breakpoint *kvm_find_sw_breakpoint(CPUState *env,
>> Unless there is hope to fix kvm in iothread mode soon, we should issue a
>> warning or even disable kvm support in that setup. That is particularly
>> important for 0.11-stable.
> As I said, with the fixes I sent recently, it should work pretty well.

You are referring to the workqueue things? Or "do proper cpu_self check"
and the corresponding 2/2 (which I do not find in the archives)?

Jan

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