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@@ -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.