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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-18 18:50:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-18 18:50:12 +0000 |
| commit | 8665bd53f2f2e27e5511d90428cb3f60e6d0ce15 (patch) | |
| tree | 8d58900dc0ebd4a3011f92c128d2fe45bc7c4bf2 /Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst | |
| parent | Adding debian version 6.7.12-1. (diff) | |
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Merging upstream version 6.8.9.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst index 3a034db5e5..02880d5552 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst @@ -43,10 +43,9 @@ On x86: - vcpu->mutex is taken outside kvm->arch.hyperv.hv_lock and kvm->arch.xen.xen_lock -- kvm->arch.mmu_lock is an rwlock. kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_pages_lock and - kvm->arch.mmu_unsync_pages_lock are taken inside kvm->arch.mmu_lock, and - cannot be taken without already holding kvm->arch.mmu_lock (typically with - ``read_lock`` for the TDP MMU, thus the need for additional spinlocks). +- kvm->arch.mmu_lock is an rwlock; critical sections for + kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_pages_lock and kvm->arch.mmu_unsync_pages_lock must + also take kvm->arch.mmu_lock Everything else is a leaf: no other lock is taken inside the critical sections. |