Re: [PATCH v3] arm64: paravirt: Use RCU read locks to guard stolen_time

[Srivatsa S. Bhat]

On 5/17/22 1:54 AM, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 04:32:53PM -0700, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
>> On 5/13/22 10:46 AM, Elliot Berman wrote:
>>> From: Prakruthi Deepak Heragu <quic_pheragu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>

[...]

>>>  static int stolen_time_cpu_down_prepare(unsigned int cpu)
>>>  {
>>> +	struct pvclock_vcpu_stolen_time *kaddr = NULL;
>>>  	struct pv_time_stolen_time_region *reg;
>>>  
>>>  	reg = this_cpu_ptr(&stolen_time_region);
>>>  	if (!reg->kaddr)
>>>  		return 0;
>>>  
>>> -	memunmap(reg->kaddr);
>>> -	memset(reg, 0, sizeof(*reg));
>>> +	kaddr = rcu_replace_pointer(reg->kaddr, NULL, true);
>>> +	synchronize_rcu();
>>> +	memunmap(kaddr);
>>>  
>>
>> The original code used to memset the stolen time region, but this
>> patch seems to drop it. Was that change intentional?
> 
> 'struct pv_time_stolen_time_region' only has one field ('kaddr'), which
> we're now clearing with rcu_replace_pointer() so the memset doesn't make
> sense.
> 

Ah right, never mind :)

Thank you!

Regards,
Srivatsa