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Re: [PATCH v4] page_alloc: assert IRQs are enabled in heap alloc/free


  • To: David Vrabel <dvrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:01:27 +0200
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On 25.04.2022 15:28, David Vrabel wrote:
> --- a/xen/common/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/xen/common/page_alloc.c
> @@ -162,6 +162,13 @@
>  static char __initdata opt_badpage[100] = "";
>  string_param("badpage", opt_badpage);
>  
> +/*
> + * Heap allocations may need TLB flushes which require IRQs to be
> + * enabled (except when only 1 PCPU is online).
> + */
> +#define ASSERT_ALLOC_CONTEXT() \
> +    ASSERT(!in_irq() && (local_irq_is_enabled() || num_online_cpus() <= 1))

At least one of these tightened assertions triggers on Arm, as per the
most recent smoke flight. I'm going to revert this for the time being.

Jan




 


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