Linux kernel
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Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
Paolo Bonzini
authored
The following race can cause lost map update events:
cpu1 cpu2
apic_map_dirty = true
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kvm_recalculate_apic_map:
pass check
mutex_lock(&kvm->arch.apic_map_lock);
if (!kvm->arch.apic_map_dirty)
and in process of updating map
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other calls to
apic_map_dirty = true might be too late for affected cpu
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apic_map_dirty = false
-------------------------------------------------------------
kvm_recalculate_apic_map:
bail out on
if (!kvm->arch.apic_map_dirty)
To fix it, record the beginning of an update of the APIC map in
apic_map_dirty. If another APIC map change switches apic_map_dirty
back to DIRTY during the update, kvm_recalculate_apic_map should not
make it CLEAN, and the other caller will go through the slow path.
Reported-by: 
Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: 
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