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Date:   Thu, 21 Jun 2018 09:54:51 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
To:     David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>,
        "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [patch] mm, oom: fix unnecessary killing of additional processes
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On Thu 21-06-18 09:45:37, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Wed 20-06-18 13:34:52, David Rientjes wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Jun 2018, Michal Hocko wrote:
[...]
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > > index 6bcecc325e7e..ac08f5d711be 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > > @@ -7203,8 +7203,9 @@ static void vcpu_load_eoi_exitmap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > >  	kvm_x86_ops->load_eoi_exitmap(vcpu, eoi_exit_bitmap);
> > >  }
> > >  
> > > -void kvm_arch_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(struct kvm *kvm,
> > > -		unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
> > > +int kvm_arch_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(struct kvm *kvm,
> > > +		unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> > > +		bool blockable)
> > >  {
> > >  	unsigned long apic_address;
> > >  
> > > @@ -7215,6 +7216,8 @@ void kvm_arch_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(struct kvm *kvm,
> > >  	apic_address = gfn_to_hva(kvm, APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> > >  	if (start <= apic_address && apic_address < end)
> > >  		kvm_make_all_cpus_request(kvm, KVM_REQ_APIC_PAGE_RELOAD);
> > > +
> > > +	return 0;
> > >  }
> > >  
> > >  void kvm_vcpu_reload_apic_access_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > 
> > Auditing the first change in the patch, this is incorrect because 
> > kvm_make_all_cpus_request() for KVM_REQ_APIC_PAGE_RELOAD can block in 
> > kvm_kick_many_cpus() and that is after kvm_make_request() has been done.
> 
> I would have to check the code closer. But doesn't
> kvm_make_all_cpus_request call get_cpu which is preempt_disable?

Sorry I meant kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask. kvm_make_all_cpus_request
only does a GFP_ATOMIC allocation on top.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs