Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v12 20/24] target-arm/powerctl: defer cpu reset work to CPU context

[Peter Maydell]

On 13 February 2017 at 12:10, Alex Bennée <address@hidden> wrote:
> When switching a new vCPU on we want to complete a bunch of the setup
> work before we start scheduling the vCPU thread. To do this cleanly we
> defer vCPU setup to async work which will run the vCPUs execution
> context as the thread is woken up. The scheduling of the work will kick
> the vCPU awake.
>
> This avoids potential races in MTTCG system emulation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <address@hidden>

Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>

thanks
-- PMM