On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 09:28:27AM -0400, Gregory Haskins wrote:
> @@ -65,25 +134,39 @@ irqfd_wakeup(wait_queue_t *wait, unsigned mode, int
> sync, void *key)
> unsigned long flags = (unsigned long)key;
>
> /*
> - * Assume we will be called with interrupts disabled
> + * Called with interrupts disabled
> */
> if (flags & POLLIN)
> - /*
> - * Defer the IRQ injection until later since we need to
> - * acquire the kvm->lock to do so.
> - */
> + /* An event has been signaled, inject an interrupt */
> schedule_work(&irqfd->inject);
>
> if (flags & POLLHUP) {
> - /*
> - * for now, just remove ourselves from the list and let
> - * the rest dangle. We will fix this up later once
> - * the races in eventfd are fixed
> - */
> + /* The eventfd is closing, detach from KVM */
> + struct kvm *kvm = irqfd->kvm;
> + unsigned long flags;
> +
> __remove_wait_queue(irqfd->wqh, &irqfd->wait);
> - irqfd->wqh = NULL;
> +
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&kvm->irqfds.lock, flags);
> +
> + if (irqfd->active) {
> + /*
> + * If the item is still active we can be sure that
> + * no-one else is trying to shutdown this object at
> + * the same time.
> + *
> + * Defer the shutdown to a thread so we can flush
> + * all remaining inject jobs. We use a slow-work
> + * item to prevent a deadlock against the work-queue
> + */
> + irqfd_deactivate(irqfd);
> + slow_work_enqueue(&irqfd->shutdown);
Greg, in your patch for slow-work module removal, you write:
"Callers must ensure that their module has at least
one reference held while the work is enqueued."
Where does this guarantee come from, in this case?
--
MST
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in
the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
