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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 06:13:51 -0700
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.4 000/215] 5.4.274-rc1 review
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On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 05:36:33AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 12:41:02PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 12:38:59PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 12:25:21PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 11:53:29AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.4.274 release.
> > > > > There are 215 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > > > > to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > > > > let me know.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Responses should be made by Sat, 13 Apr 2024 09:53:55 +0000.
> > > > > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > > > > 
> > > > [ ... ]
> > > > > 
> > > > > Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> > > > >     KVM: Always flush async #PF workqueue when vCPU is being destroyed
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > This backport is bad. In kvm_setup_async_pf(), it removes a call to
> > > > kvm_get_kvm(). However, it does not remove the call to kvm_put_kvm()
> > > > in its error handler. Also see upstream commit 7863e346e108 ("KVM:
> > > > async_pf: Cleanup kvm_setup_async_pf()") which explains that one of
> > > > the error paths in kvm_setup_async_pf() which is not supposed to be
> > > > observed can be observed after all.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Reverting the above commit from v5.4.y fixes the problem. Alternatively,
> > > applying commit 7863e346e108 on top of v5.4.274 fixes it as well.
> > > 
> > > I added Phillip Pearson to Cc:; he did all the testing and can provide
> > > additional information if needed.
> > 
> > So which is recommended, revert or add the other commit?
> > 
> We decided to apply 7863e346e108.
> 
> https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromiumos/third_party/kernel/+/5465806

Great, will do the same here, thanks.
greg k-h