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* KVM patches applied in weird order in -stable
@ 2016-09-13 14:51 Matt Fleming
  2016-09-13 14:58 ` Greg KH
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Matt Fleming @ 2016-09-13 14:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Greg KH, Paolo Bonzini; +Cc: linux-kernel

Folks,

While hunting down a performance issue involving KVM I was surprised
to see "native_set_debugreg()" as the first entry in `perf top`.

Digging deeper, it looks as though the following patches were applied
in the wrong order in -stable. This is the order as they appear in
Linus' tree,

 [0] commit 4e422bdd2f84 ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
 [1] commit 172b2386ed16 ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
 [2] commit 70e4da7a8ff6 ("KVM: x86: fix root cause for missed hardware breakpoints")

but this is the order for linux-4.4.y

 [1] commit fc90441e728a ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
 [2] commit 25e8618619a5 ("KVM: x86: fix root cause for missed hardware breakpoints")
 [0] commit 0f6e5e26e68f ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")

The upshot is that KVM_DEBUGREG_RELOAD is always set when returning
from kvm_arch_vcpu_load() in stable, but not in Linus' tree.

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* Re: KVM patches applied in weird order in -stable
  2016-09-13 14:51 KVM patches applied in weird order in -stable Matt Fleming
@ 2016-09-13 14:58 ` Greg KH
  2016-09-13 16:26   ` Paolo Bonzini
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Greg KH @ 2016-09-13 14:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Matt Fleming; +Cc: Paolo Bonzini, linux-kernel, stable

[adding stable@ as this is a stable issue, not a 'normal' issue]

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 03:51:00PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> While hunting down a performance issue involving KVM I was surprised
> to see "native_set_debugreg()" as the first entry in `perf top`.
> 
> Digging deeper, it looks as though the following patches were applied
> in the wrong order in -stable. This is the order as they appear in
> Linus' tree,
> 
>  [0] commit 4e422bdd2f84 ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
>  [1] commit 172b2386ed16 ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
>  [2] commit 70e4da7a8ff6 ("KVM: x86: fix root cause for missed hardware breakpoints")
> 
> but this is the order for linux-4.4.y
> 
>  [1] commit fc90441e728a ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
>  [2] commit 25e8618619a5 ("KVM: x86: fix root cause for missed hardware breakpoints")
>  [0] commit 0f6e5e26e68f ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
> 
> The upshot is that KVM_DEBUGREG_RELOAD is always set when returning
> from kvm_arch_vcpu_load() in stable, but not in Linus' tree.

How would applying these in a different order cause breakage?

And if this is a problem, can you please send me a patch to fix it up?

thanks,

greg k-h

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* Re: KVM patches applied in weird order in -stable
  2016-09-13 14:58 ` Greg KH
@ 2016-09-13 16:26   ` Paolo Bonzini
  2016-09-13 16:57     ` Greg KH
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Paolo Bonzini @ 2016-09-13 16:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Greg KH, Matt Fleming; +Cc: linux-kernel, stable



On 13/09/2016 16:58, Greg KH wrote:
> [adding stable@ as this is a stable issue, not a 'normal' issue]
> 
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 03:51:00PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> While hunting down a performance issue involving KVM I was surprised
>> to see "native_set_debugreg()" as the first entry in `perf top`.
>>
>> Digging deeper, it looks as though the following patches were applied
>> in the wrong order in -stable. This is the order as they appear in
>> Linus' tree,
>>
>>  [0] commit 4e422bdd2f84 ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
>>  [1] commit 172b2386ed16 ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
>>  [2] commit 70e4da7a8ff6 ("KVM: x86: fix root cause for missed hardware breakpoints")
>>
>> but this is the order for linux-4.4.y
>>
>>  [1] commit fc90441e728a ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
>>  [2] commit 25e8618619a5 ("KVM: x86: fix root cause for missed hardware breakpoints")
>>  [0] commit 0f6e5e26e68f ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
>>
>> The upshot is that KVM_DEBUGREG_RELOAD is always set when returning
>> from kvm_arch_vcpu_load() in stable, but not in Linus' tree.
> 
> How would applying these in a different order cause breakage?

[2] is reverting [0]+[1].  Stable is not due to the different order.

> And if this is a problem, can you please send me a patch to fix it up?

Yup, on the way.

Paolo

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* Re: KVM patches applied in weird order in -stable
  2016-09-13 16:26   ` Paolo Bonzini
@ 2016-09-13 16:57     ` Greg KH
  2016-09-13 16:58       ` Paolo Bonzini
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Greg KH @ 2016-09-13 16:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Paolo Bonzini; +Cc: Matt Fleming, linux-kernel, stable

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 06:26:12PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> 
> On 13/09/2016 16:58, Greg KH wrote:
> > [adding stable@ as this is a stable issue, not a 'normal' issue]
> > 
> > On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 03:51:00PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> >> Folks,
> >>
> >> While hunting down a performance issue involving KVM I was surprised
> >> to see "native_set_debugreg()" as the first entry in `perf top`.
> >>
> >> Digging deeper, it looks as though the following patches were applied
> >> in the wrong order in -stable. This is the order as they appear in
> >> Linus' tree,
> >>
> >>  [0] commit 4e422bdd2f84 ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
> >>  [1] commit 172b2386ed16 ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
> >>  [2] commit 70e4da7a8ff6 ("KVM: x86: fix root cause for missed hardware breakpoints")
> >>
> >> but this is the order for linux-4.4.y
> >>
> >>  [1] commit fc90441e728a ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
> >>  [2] commit 25e8618619a5 ("KVM: x86: fix root cause for missed hardware breakpoints")
> >>  [0] commit 0f6e5e26e68f ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
> >>
> >> The upshot is that KVM_DEBUGREG_RELOAD is always set when returning
> >> from kvm_arch_vcpu_load() in stable, but not in Linus' tree.
> > 
> > How would applying these in a different order cause breakage?
> 
> [2] is reverting [0]+[1].  Stable is not due to the different order.

Really?  Are you sure that [0] and [1] isn't just the same commit?  It
looks like that to me.

> > And if this is a problem, can you please send me a patch to fix it up?
> 
> Yup, on the way.

thanks,

greg k-h

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* Re: KVM patches applied in weird order in -stable
  2016-09-13 16:57     ` Greg KH
@ 2016-09-13 16:58       ` Paolo Bonzini
  2016-09-14  1:19         ` Greg KH
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Paolo Bonzini @ 2016-09-13 16:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Greg KH; +Cc: Matt Fleming, linux-kernel, stable



On 13/09/2016 18:57, Greg KH wrote:
>>>> > >>  [0] commit 4e422bdd2f84 ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
>>>> > >>  [1] commit 172b2386ed16 ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
>>>> > >>  [2] commit 70e4da7a8ff6 ("KVM: x86: fix root cause for missed hardware breakpoints")
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> but this is the order for linux-4.4.y
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >>  [1] commit fc90441e728a ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
>>>> > >>  [2] commit 25e8618619a5 ("KVM: x86: fix root cause for missed hardware breakpoints")
>>>> > >>  [0] commit 0f6e5e26e68f ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> The upshot is that KVM_DEBUGREG_RELOAD is always set when returning
>>>> > >> from kvm_arch_vcpu_load() in stable, but not in Linus' tree.
>>> > > 
>>> > > How would applying these in a different order cause breakage?
>> > 
>> > [2] is reverting [0]+[1].  Stable is not due to the different order.
> Really?  Are you sure that [0] and [1] isn't just the same commit?  It
> looks like that to me.

It is; "git" automatically resolved the conflicts when merging [1], and
then [2] reverted the change.  In stable, changing the order created a
different conflict resolution.

Paolo

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* Re: KVM patches applied in weird order in -stable
  2016-09-13 16:58       ` Paolo Bonzini
@ 2016-09-14  1:19         ` Greg KH
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Greg KH @ 2016-09-14  1:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Paolo Bonzini; +Cc: Matt Fleming, linux-kernel, stable

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 06:58:40PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> 
> On 13/09/2016 18:57, Greg KH wrote:
> >>>> > >>  [0] commit 4e422bdd2f84 ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
> >>>> > >>  [1] commit 172b2386ed16 ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
> >>>> > >>  [2] commit 70e4da7a8ff6 ("KVM: x86: fix root cause for missed hardware breakpoints")
> >>>> > >>
> >>>> > >> but this is the order for linux-4.4.y
> >>>> > >>
> >>>> > >>  [1] commit fc90441e728a ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
> >>>> > >>  [2] commit 25e8618619a5 ("KVM: x86: fix root cause for missed hardware breakpoints")
> >>>> > >>  [0] commit 0f6e5e26e68f ("KVM: x86: fix missed hardware breakpoints")
> >>>> > >>
> >>>> > >> The upshot is that KVM_DEBUGREG_RELOAD is always set when returning
> >>>> > >> from kvm_arch_vcpu_load() in stable, but not in Linus' tree.
> >>> > > 
> >>> > > How would applying these in a different order cause breakage?
> >> > 
> >> > [2] is reverting [0]+[1].  Stable is not due to the different order.
> > Really?  Are you sure that [0] and [1] isn't just the same commit?  It
> > looks like that to me.
> 
> It is; "git" automatically resolved the conflicts when merging [1], and
> then [2] reverted the change.  In stable, changing the order created a
> different conflict resolution.

Yes, given that I turn them into individual patches, the order I used
was really the only one that would work, and is how this happened :)

thanks,

greg k-h

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