Re: [PATCH] KVM: race-free exit from KVM_RUN without POSIX signals

From	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] KVM: race-free exit from KVM_RUN without POSIX signals
Date	2017-02-17 10:50 +0100
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On 16/02/2017 20:26, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> As mentioned already on IRC, maybe something like "block_vcpu_run" would
> fit better now.

Hmm, the purpose of the flag is cause an immediate exit and it does do
so...  Surely incorrect (or just uncommon) usage will prevent a VCPU
from running, but that is just a side effect of the semantics, not the
intended usage.

Paolo

> But this is also ok and looks good to me.
> 
> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

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[PATCH] KVM: race-free exit from KVM_RUN without POSIX signals Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-02-15 15:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] KVM: race-free exit from KVM_RUN without POSIX signals Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> - 2017-02-15 16:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] KVM: race-free exit from KVM_RUN without POSIX signals Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-02-15 17:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] KVM: race-free exit from KVM_RUN without POSIX signals Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2017-02-16 17:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] KVM: race-free exit from KVM_RUN without POSIX signals David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> - 2017-02-16 20:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] KVM: race-free exit from KVM_RUN without POSIX signals Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-02-17 10:50 +0100

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