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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-08-21 05:38:18 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-08-21 05:38:18 +0000
commit5a918526207805c8c5673e15a92bdf824ce53461 (patch)
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parentReleasing progress-linux version 6.10.4-1~progress7.99u1. (diff)
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Merging upstream version 6.10.6.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h12
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
index a053c12939..68da67df30 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
@@ -66,13 +66,15 @@ static inline bool vcpu_is_preempted(long cpu)
#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
/*
- * virt_spin_lock_key - enables (by default) the virt_spin_lock() hijack.
+ * virt_spin_lock_key - disables by default the virt_spin_lock() hijack.
*
- * Native (and PV wanting native due to vCPU pinning) should disable this key.
- * It is done in this backwards fashion to only have a single direction change,
- * which removes ordering between native_pv_spin_init() and HV setup.
+ * Native (and PV wanting native due to vCPU pinning) should keep this key
+ * disabled. Native does not touch the key.
+ *
+ * When in a guest then native_pv_lock_init() enables the key first and
+ * KVM/XEN might conditionally disable it later in the boot process again.
*/
-DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(virt_spin_lock_key);
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(virt_spin_lock_key);
/*
* Shortcut for the queued_spin_lock_slowpath() function that allows