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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap
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Jan Kiszka |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap |
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Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:57:20 +0200 |
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On 2012-09-19 06:40, Peter Crosthwaite wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Edgar E. Iglesias
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 02:25:48PM +1000, Peter Crosthwaite wrote:
>>> Ping for PMM,
>>>
>>> This is the root case of your block on the SDHCI series - this is a
>>> discussion on resolution to bogus infinite looping DMA. For current
>>> participants in this discussion, heres our thread on the same topic
>>> over in SD land:
>>>
>>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-08/msg01017.html
>>>
>>> With the findings here and acknowledgement that this is a general
>>> problem, we either need to declare this issue of scope for SDHCI, or
>>> work with these guys (in the immediate future) on the DMA infinite
>>> loop problem flagged here. I dont mind if SDHCI+ADMA is the guinea pig
>>> here, but can we get a decisive plan for going forward with this issue
>>> if it is going to continue to block SDHCI.
>>>
>>> Thanks to Igor for identifying the overlap between these discussions.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> A couple of dumb questions.
>>
>> What is the reason for the blocker? that possible guest dos is worse
>> than no functionality at all?
>>
>> Can't you put the DMA/IO processing into the background?
>
> I dont know a way do do asynchronous DMA unless I am missing something
> here. So what happens is we have a device that walks a SG list
> synchronously while holding all the locks and stuff being discussed
> here. If that SG list infinite loops then crash.
We could switch to async DMA, but most DMA-capable devices aren't
prepared for rescheduling points in the middle of their code. This will
require quite a bit of code review.
>
>>
>> what's the diff between setup of bad descriptors and writing a
>> while (1) loop in the guest CPU?
>>
>
> While(1) in guest doesnt freeze all of QEMU (monitor still works and
> stuff), wheras the DMA ops going in circles does, as locks are taken
> by an infinite loop.
That's the point. If we loop, we need at least a way to stop it by
issuing a device or system reset. But I tend to think that detecting
loops and failing/ignoring requests is easier implementable.
Jan
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- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, Avi Kivity, 2012/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, Peter Crosthwaite, 2012/09/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, Edgar E. Iglesias, 2012/09/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, Peter Crosthwaite, 2012/09/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, Avi Kivity, 2012/09/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, Edgar E. Iglesias, 2012/09/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, Avi Kivity, 2012/09/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, Edgar E. Iglesias, 2012/09/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, Igor Mitsyanko, 2012/09/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, Avi Kivity, 2012/09/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap,
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- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, Jan Kiszka, 2012/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, Avi Kivity, 2012/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, Avi Kivity, 2012/09/11
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, Marcelo Tosatti, 2012/09/11
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- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, Avi Kivity, 2012/09/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, liu ping fan, 2012/09/16
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH V3 10/11] vcpu: introduce lockmap, Avi Kivity, 2012/09/19