Re: [PATCH 2/2] kvm: exit to userspace with reason KVM_EXIT_VCPU_DEAD

[Avi Kivity]

On 11/27/2011 04:42 AM, Liu Ping Fan wrote:
> From: Liu Ping Fan <pingfank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The vcpu can be safely released when
> --1.guest tells us that the vcpu is not needed any longer.
> --2.vcpu hits the last instruction _halt_
>
> If both of the conditions are satisfied, kvm exits to userspace
> with the reason vcpu dead. So the user thread can exit safely.
>
>

Seems to be completely unnecessary.  If you want to exit from the vcpu
thread, send it a signal.

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