[PATCH] kvm: preemption must be disabled when calling smp_call_function_many

From: Salah Triki
Date: Sat Jun 07 2025 - 06:40:03 EST


{Disable, Enable} preemption {before, after} calling
smp_call_function_many().

Signed-off-by: Salah Triki <salah.triki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index eec82775c5bf..ab9593943846 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ static inline bool kvm_kick_many_cpus(struct cpumask *cpus, bool wait)
if (cpumask_empty(cpus))
return false;

+ preempt_disable();
smp_call_function_many(cpus, ack_kick, NULL, wait);
+ preempt_enable();
+
return true;
}

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2.43.0