Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/4] CPU online/offline support in Xen

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 18/9/08 09:13, "Jiang, Yunhong" <yunhong.jiang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>> Hmm, I think current NMI_MCE_SOFTIRQ can't make sure other
>> guest will not be
>>> scheduled. Considering there is a schedule softirq already
>> pending on the
>>> pCPU, other guest may run before the impacted guest. Did I
>> missed anything?
>> 
>> There are races here in any case. What if #MC happens halfway
>> through the
>> scheduler, just before set_current(new)?
> 
> If MCE handler will not cause schedule and not change current, will any issue
> happen?

I'm not sure exactly what you mean. What *I* meant was that there are
certain points during execution where, if a #MC occurs, it may not be
possible to determine which single vCPU was running on the pCPU. I guess
though that if you ever get unrecoverable errors reported while running
inside the hypervisor, you probably can't recover anyway.

 -- Keir



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