[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH v2 00/21] qemu-kvm: Hook cleanups and extended use of upstream code

[Jan Kiszka]

Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 09:53:25AM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> This version addresses the feedback on v2, namely:
>> - assert(<vm stopped> || <current thread == env->thread>) on low-level
>>   load/save registers
>> - fixed mpstate initialization
>>
>> Yet untested is -no-kvm-irqchip with smp due to some bug in unpatched
>> qemu-kvm or the kernel modules. Still investigating.
> 
> Don't recall it ever working properly. Guess that IPI emulation with
> signals is problematic.

OK, then it only works by chance on some boxes. Specifically, forcing
qemu onto a single host core "solves" the issue - suspicious.

> 
>> Pull URL is still
>>
>>      git://git.kiszka.org/qemu-kvm.git queues/vcpu-state
>>
>> PS: The corresponding upstream queue is now available under
>> queues/kvm-upstream in the same repository. Will send it out later if
>> there are no further remarks on this series to avoid flooding the
>> mailing lists. Early testers are nevertheless welcome.
> 
> Can the necessary changes for cleanups go in qemu.git first, so after
> they're merged in qemu-kvm, we can apply the unification patches.
> 
> And later do the same with synchronization rework (API looks fine to
> me).

Fine with me. Will send out my upstream queue - against uq/master or
directly against qemu.git then?

> 
> Nice work!
> 

Thanks,
Jan

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