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Re: [PATCH] domain: use unsigned loop induction variable in complete_domain_destroy()


  • To: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 16:48:07 +0100
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  • Delivery-date: Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:48:34 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 04.03.2026 16:38, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 10:01:45AM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> --- a/xen/common/domain.c
>> +++ b/xen/common/domain.c
>> @@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ static void cf_check complete_domain_des
>>  {
>>      struct domain *d = container_of(head, struct domain, rcu);
>>      struct vcpu *v;
>> -    int i;
>> +    unsigned int i;
>>  
>>      /*
>>       * Flush all state for the vCPU previously having run on the current 
>> CPU.
>> @@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ static void cf_check complete_domain_des
>>       */
>>      sync_local_execstate();
>>  
>> -    for ( i = d->max_vcpus - 1; i >= 0; i-- )
>> +    for ( i = d->max_vcpus; i-- > 0; )
> 
> Is there any reason we need to do those loops backwards?
> 
> I would rather do:
> 
> for ( i = 0; i < d->max_vcpus; i++ )
> 
> ?

I think it's better to keep like this. The latter of the loops would better
clear d->vcpu[i] (to not leave a dangling pointer), and there may be code
which assumes that for ordinary domains d->vcpu[] is populated contiguously.
Hardly any code should touch the vCPU-s of a domain destructed this far, but
still better safe than sorry, I guess.

In no case would I like to mix both changes.

Jan



 


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