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[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 08/13] kvm: x86: Inject pending MCE events on st


From: Marcelo Tosatti
Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 08/13] kvm: x86: Inject pending MCE events on state writeback
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:17:27 -0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 07:04:51PM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> >>> Should not manipulate mp_state of a running vcpu (should only do that
> >>> for migration when vcpu is stopped), since its managed by the kernel,
> >>> for irqchip case.
> >>
> >> Not for asynchronously injected MCEs. The target CPU would simply
> >> oversleep them. MCEs are not in the scope of the in-kernel irqchip.
> > 
> > Pending MCE exception could break out of in-kernel halt emulation.
> 
> Can't follow. What do you mean? That the kernel already takes care? I
> didn't find a trace, so I added that code.

Nevermind. This is rare and "halted -> running" transition in userspace 
is harmless.




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