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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt')
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt index 41b7ac9884b5..f8869410d40c 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt @@ -132,10 +132,14 @@ See the comments in spte_has_volatile_bits() and mmu_spte_update(). ------------ Name: kvm_lock -Type: raw_spinlock +Type: spinlock_t Arch: any Protects: - vm_list - - hardware virtualization enable/disable + +Name: kvm_count_lock +Type: raw_spinlock_t +Arch: any +Protects: - hardware virtualization enable/disable Comment: 'raw' because hardware enabling/disabling must be atomic /wrt migration. @@ -151,3 +155,14 @@ Type: spinlock_t Arch: any Protects: -shadow page/shadow tlb entry Comment: it is a spinlock since it is used in mmu notifier. + +Name: kvm->srcu +Type: srcu lock +Arch: any +Protects: - kvm->memslots + - kvm->buses +Comment: The srcu read lock must be held while accessing memslots (e.g. + when using gfn_to_* functions) and while accessing in-kernel + MMIO/PIO address->device structure mapping (kvm->buses). + The srcu index can be stored in kvm_vcpu->srcu_idx per vcpu + if it is needed by multiple functions. |