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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h | 12 |
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 |