Re: [PATCH 0/5 V5] Avoid soft lockup message when KVM is stopped byhost

[Amit Shah]

On (Mon) 05 Dec 2011 [15:18:59], Eric B Munson wrote:
> When a guest kernel is stopped by the host hypervisor it can look like a soft
> lockup to the guest kernel.  This false warning can mask later soft lockup
> warnings which may be real.  This patch series adds a method for a host
> hypervisor to communicate to a guest kernel that it is being stopped.  The
> final patch in the series has the watchdog check this flag when it goes to
> issue a soft lockup warning and skip the warning if the guest knows it was
> stopped.

Guest S4 would need similar treatment, and I think the code in the two
approaches can be shared.  Just something to consider.

		Amit
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