Re: [PATCH 3/4 V7] Add ioctl for KVMCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED

From: Avi Kivity
Date: Thu Dec 22 2011 - 05:11:18 EST


On 12/15/2011 09:42 PM, Eric B Munson wrote:
> Now that we have a flag that will tell the guest it was suspended, create an
> interface for that communication using a KVM ioctl.
>
>
> +int kvm_set_guest_paused(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);

Please avoid the needless forward declaration.

> +
> extern bool tdp_enabled;
>
> u64 vcpu_tsc_khz(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index c38efd7..1dab5fd 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -3295,6 +3295,10 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
>
> goto out;
> }
> + case KVMCLOCK_GUEST_PAUSED: {
> + r = kvm_set_guest_paused(vcpu);
> + break;
> + }
> default:
> r = -EINVAL;
> }
> @@ -6117,6 +6121,22 @@ int kvm_task_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u16 tss_selector, int reason,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_task_switch);
>
> +/*
> + * kvm_set_guest_paused() indicates to the guest kernel that it has been
> + * stopped by the hypervisor. This function will be called from the host only.
> + * EINVAL is returned when the host attempts to set the flag for a guest that
> + * does not support pv clocks.
> + */
> +int kvm_set_guest_paused(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> +{
> + struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *src = &vcpu->arch.hv_clock;
> + if (!vcpu->arch.time_page)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + src->flags |= PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED;
> + return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_set_guest_paused);
> +
>

You're writing to a page without mark_page_dirty(), this breaks live
migration.

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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