Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] vhost_task: Fix a bug where KVM wakes an exited task
From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Date: 2025-08-27 20:11:08
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kvm, lkml, virtualization
Subsystem:
the rest, virtio host (vhost) · Maintainers:
Linus Torvalds, "Michael S. Tsirkin", Jason Wang, Eugenio Pérez
On 2025-08-27 12:41:04 [-0700], Sean Christopherson wrote:
Michael,
Sean, would the bellow work by chance? It is a quick shot but it looks symmetrical…
diff --git a/kernel/vhost_task.c b/kernel/vhost_task.c
index bc738fa90c1d6..27107dcc1cbfe 100644
--- a/kernel/vhost_task.c
+++ b/kernel/vhost_task.c@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ void vhost_task_stop(struct vhost_task *vtsk) * freeing it below. */ wait_for_completion(&vtsk->exited); + put_task_struct(vtsk->task); kfree(vtsk); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_task_stop);
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ struct vhost_task *vhost_task_create(bool (*fn)(void *), return ERR_CAST(tsk); } - vtsk->task = tsk; + vtsk->task = get_task_struct(tsk); return vtsk; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_task_create);
Sebastian