Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] trace: Immediately apply per-vCPU state changes if a vCPU is being created

[Emilio G. Cota]

On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 18:27:10 +0300, Lluís Vilanova wrote:
> Right now, function trace_event_set_vcpu_state_dynamic() asynchronously 
> enables
> events in the case a vCPU is executing TCG code. If the vCPU is being created
> this makes some events like "guest_cpu_enter" to not be traced.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lluís Vilanova <address@hidden>
> ---
>  trace/control-target.c |   19 ++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/trace/control-target.c b/trace/control-target.c
> index 4e36101997..0056da6a46 100644
> --- a/trace/control-target.c
> +++ b/trace/control-target.c
> @@ -88,13 +88,18 @@ void trace_event_set_vcpu_state_dynamic(CPUState *vcpu,
>              clear_bit(vcpu_id, vcpu->trace_dstate_delayed);
>              (*ev->dstate)--;
>          }
> -        /*
> -         * Delay changes until next TB; we want all TBs to be built from a
> -         * single set of dstate values to ensure consistency of generated
> -         * tracing code.
> -         */
> -        async_run_on_cpu(vcpu, trace_event_synchronize_vcpu_state_dynamic,
> -                         RUN_ON_CPU_NULL);
> +        if (vcpu->created) {
> +            /*
> +             * Delay changes until next TB; we want all TBs to be built from 
> a
> +             * single set of dstate values to ensure consistency of generated
> +             * tracing code.
> +             */
> +            async_run_on_cpu(vcpu, 
> trace_event_synchronize_vcpu_state_dynamic,
> +                             RUN_ON_CPU_NULL);
> +        } else {
> +            run_on_cpu_data ignored;
> +            trace_event_synchronize_vcpu_state_dynamic(vcpu, ignored);

I'd prefer RUN_ON_CPU_NULL here instead of the ignored param.
Other than that,

Reviewed-by: Emilio G. Cota <address@hidden>

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