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Rename the tracepoint function from trace_kvm_async_pf_doublefault() to trace_kvm_async_pf_repeated_fault() to make it clear, since double fault has nothing to do with this trace function. Asynchronous Page Fault (APF) is an artifact generated by KVM when it cannot find a physical page to satisfy an EPT violation. KVM uses APF to tell the guest OS to do something else such as scheduling other guest processes to make forward progress. However, when another guest process also touches a previously APFed page, KVM halts the vCPU instead of generating a repeated APF to avoid wasting cycles. Double fault (#DF) clearly has a different meaning and a different consequence when triggered. #DF requires two nested contributory exceptions instead of two page faults faulting at the same address. A prevous bug on APF indicates that it may trigger a double fault in the guest [1] and clearly this trace function has nothing to do with it. So rename this function should be a valid choice. No functional change intended. [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg214957.html Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.com> Message-Id: <20220807052141.69186-1-mizhang@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.