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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst index 35eca377543d..88fa495abbac 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst @@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ On x86: - vcpu->mutex is taken outside kvm->arch.hyperv.hv_lock -- kvm->arch.mmu_lock is an rwlock. kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_pages_lock is - taken inside kvm->arch.mmu_lock, and cannot be taken without already - holding kvm->arch.mmu_lock (typically with ``read_lock``, otherwise - there's no need to take kvm->arch.tdp_mmu_pages_lock at all). +- 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). Everything else is a leaf: no other lock is taken inside the critical sections. |