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SubjectRe: 5.13-rt1 + KVM = WARNING: at fs/eventfd.c:74 eventfd_signal()
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On 16/07/21 11:37, Hillf Danton wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:59:15 +0200 Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> * the warning only occurs if preemption occurs during the
>> spin_lock_irqsave critical section (and therefore it can only occur in
>> PREEMPT_RT kernels)
>
> With that lock held, no waitqueue entry can be added on to the WQ - IOW no
> wakeup will go stray.
>
>> * the warning causes an early return 0 that messes up the VM's networking
>
> Is the messup due to the zero or wakeup?

It's caused by the missing wakeup, i.e. eventfd_signal not really
signaling anything.

Paolo

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