From 9d3c92af47d853d4e31ee971dba7bc086275b7b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xiao Guangrong Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:50:48 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] KVM: x86: remove unnecessary mark_page_dirty fix: [ 132.474633] 3.5.0-rc1+ #50 Not tainted [ 132.474634] ------------------------------- [ 132.474635] include/linux/kvm_host.h:369 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! [ 132.474636] [ 132.474636] other info that might help us debug this: [ 132.474636] [ 132.474638] [ 132.474638] rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1 [ 132.474640] 1 lock held by qemu-kvm/2832: [ 132.474657] #0: (&vcpu->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [] vcpu_load+0x1e/0x91 [kvm] [ 132.474658] [ 132.474658] stack backtrace: [ 132.474660] Pid: 2832, comm: qemu-kvm Not tainted 3.5.0-rc1+ #50 [ 132.474661] Call Trace: [ 132.474665] [] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0xfc/0x105 [ 132.474675] [] kvm_memslots+0x6d/0x75 [kvm] [ 132.474683] [] gfn_to_memslot+0x14/0x4c [kvm] [ 132.474693] [] mark_page_dirty+0x17/0x2a [kvm] [ 132.474706] [] kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl+0xbcf/0xc07 [kvm] Actually, we do not write vcpu->arch.time at this time, mark_page_dirty should be removed. Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti --- arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c index 829b4e972558..ecc71dde4bb3 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -2632,7 +2632,6 @@ static int kvm_set_guest_paused(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) if (!vcpu->arch.time_page) return -EINVAL; src->flags |= PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED; - mark_page_dirty(vcpu->kvm, vcpu->arch.time >> PAGE_SHIFT); kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE, vcpu); return 0; }