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| author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2016-11-16 14:19:34 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2016-11-16 14:19:34 +0100 |
| commit | 7ce7f35b33eb42b6aa4cf176fa34372b21b8472b (patch) | |
| tree | 12f3027003f1d7cce30f838265e4fab2d52c6cef /Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt | |
| parent | x86/intel_rdt: Update percpu closid immeditately on CPUs affected by changee (diff) | |
| parent | x86/cpuid: Provide get_scattered_cpuid_leaf() (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'x86/cpufeature' into x86/cache
Resolve the cpu/scattered conflict.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt index f2491a8c68b4..e5dd9f4d6100 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt @@ -4,7 +4,17 @@ KVM Lock Overview 1. Acquisition Orders --------------------- -(to be written) +The acquisition orders for mutexes are as follows: + +- kvm->lock is taken outside vcpu->mutex + +- kvm->lock is taken outside kvm->slots_lock and kvm->irq_lock + +- kvm->slots_lock is taken outside kvm->irq_lock, though acquiring + them together is quite rare. + +For spinlocks, kvm_lock is taken outside kvm->mmu_lock. Everything +else is a leaf: no other lock is taken inside the critical sections. 2: Exception ------------ |