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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 4/6] virtio-net: stop/start bh when appropriat
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Kevin Wolf |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 4/6] virtio-net: stop/start bh when appropriate |
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Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:40:50 +0100 |
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Am 01.12.2010 06:59, schrieb Michael S. Tsirkin:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 01:45:09PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>> Michael S. Tsirkin writes:
>> > Avoid sending out packets, and modifying
>> > device state, when VM is stopped.
>> > Add assert statements to verify this does not happen.
>> >
>> > Avoid scheduling bh when vhost-net is started.
>> >
>> > Stop bh when driver disabled bus mastering
>> > (we must not access memory after this).
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <address@hidden>
>> >
>>
>> There's no need to disable it bh we call qemu_aio_flush() after
>> vm_state_notify() in do_vm_stop().
>
> Yes, but bh can resubmit itself, so flush is not enough.
> Note that vm stop is not the only reason to avoid
> running bh: when vhost-net is enabled we should avoid it too.
> Makes sense?
If I understand correctly, qemu_aio_flush() is supposed to also execute
the resubmitted BH, so that you really end up with an empty BH list.
Kevin
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 4/6] virtio-net: stop/start bh when appropriate, Jason Wang, 2010/12/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 4/6] virtio-net: stop/start bh when appropriate, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2010/12/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 4/6] virtio-net: stop/start bh when appropriate,
Kevin Wolf <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 4/6] virtio-net: stop/start bh when appropriate, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2010/12/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 4/6] virtio-net: stop/start bh when appropriate, Jason Wang, 2010/12/01
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 4/6] virtio-net: stop/start bh when appropriate, Jason Wang, 2010/12/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 4/6] virtio-net: stop/start bh when appropriate, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2010/12/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 4/6] virtio-net: stop/start bh when appropriate, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2010/12/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 4/6] virtio-net: stop/start bh when appropriate, Jason Wang, 2010/12/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 4/6] virtio-net: stop/start bh when appropriate, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2010/12/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 4/6] virtio-net: stop/start bh when appropriate, Jason Wang, 2010/12/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 4/6] virtio-net: stop/start bh when appropriate, Michael S. Tsirkin, 2010/12/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 4/6] virtio-net: stop/start bh when appropriate, Kevin Wolf, 2010/12/03