[KVM PATCH v4 0/4] irqfd fixes

From: Gregory Haskins
Date: Wed Jun 24 2009 - 16:04:10 EST


(Applies to kvm.git/master:4631e094)

The following is the latest attempt to fix the remaining races in
irqfd/eventfd. For more details, please read the patch headers.

This series has been tested against the kvm-eventfd unit test, and
appears to be functioning properly. You can download this test here:

ftp://ftp.novell.com/dev/ghaskins/kvm-eventfd.tar.bz2

I've included version 2 of Davide's eventfd patch (ported to kvm.git) so
that its a complete reviewable series. Note, however, that there may be
later versions of his patch to consider for merging, so we should
coordinate with him.

Note also that I potentially found an issue in slow_work which I
subsequently fixed, so I have cc'd David Howells. It is needed to close
some of the remaining issues.

-Greg

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Davide Libenzi (1):
eventfd - revised interface and cleanups (2nd rev)

Gregory Haskins (3):
KVM: Fix races in irqfd using new eventfd_kref_get interface
slow-work: add (module*)work->owner to fix races with module clients
kvm: prepare irqfd for having interrupts disabled during eventfd->release


drivers/lguest/lg.h | 2
drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c | 4 -
fs/aio.c | 24 +---
fs/eventfd.c | 119 ++++++++++++++++++---
include/linux/aio.h | 4 -
include/linux/eventfd.h | 18 +--
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 7 +
include/linux/slow-work.h | 4 +
init/Kconfig | 1
kernel/slow-work.c | 5 +
virt/kvm/Kconfig | 1
virt/kvm/eventfd.c | 234 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
12 files changed, 312 insertions(+), 111 deletions(-)

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