File 19560-x86-flush-tlb-empty-mask.patch of Package xen

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File 19560-x86-flush-tlb-empty-mask.patch of Package xen

# HG changeset patch
# User Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@citrix.com>
# Date 1240235791 -3600
# Node ID 423a7f500059751e62c55f2fa5fc23f80c40b9e6
# Parent  cc2267c6d53b3831e160465d4f6959044e094fd1
x86: fix next->vcpu_dirty_cpumask checking in context_switch()

There was a timing window where flush_tlb_mask() could be called with
an empty mask (triggering a WARN_ON() in send_IPI_mask_flat() along
with APIC errors) because rather than using the already taken snapshot
of next's vcpu_dirty_cpumask struct vcpu's field was used directly,
which can get its only bit cleared by remote CPUs.

Replacing the structure field's use by the local variable then made
the inner cpus_empty() check completely redundant with the one in the
surrounding if()'s condition.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>

--- a/xen/arch/x86/domain.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/domain.c
@@ -1257,8 +1257,7 @@ void context_switch(struct vcpu *prev, s
     if ( unlikely(!cpu_isset(cpu, dirty_mask) && !cpus_empty(dirty_mask)) )
     {
         /* Other cpus call __sync_lazy_execstate from flush ipi handler. */
-        if ( !cpus_empty(next->vcpu_dirty_cpumask) )
-            flush_tlb_mask(next->vcpu_dirty_cpumask);
+        flush_tlb_mask(dirty_mask);
     }
 
     if ( is_hvm_vcpu(prev) && !list_empty(&prev->arch.hvm_vcpu.tm_list) )

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