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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-11-15 13:51:36 +0900 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-11-15 13:51:36 +0900 |
commit | f080480488028bcc25357f85e8ae54ccc3bb7173 (patch) | |
tree | 8fcc943f16d26c795b3b6324b478af2d5a30285d /Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt | |
parent | eda670c626a4f53eb8ac5f20d8c10d3f0b54c583 (diff) | |
parent | e504c9098ed6acd9e1079c5e10e4910724ad429f (diff) |
Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm
Pull KVM changes from Paolo Bonzini:
"Here are the 3.13 KVM changes. There was a lot of work on the PPC
side: the HV and emulation flavors can now coexist in a single kernel
is probably the most interesting change from a user point of view.
On the x86 side there are nested virtualization improvements and a few
bugfixes.
ARM got transparent huge page support, improved overcommit, and
support for big endian guests.
Finally, there is a new interface to connect KVM with VFIO. This
helps with devices that use NoSnoop PCI transactions, letting the
driver in the guest execute WBINVD instructions. This includes some
nVidia cards on Windows, that fail to start without these patches and
the corresponding userspace changes"
* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (146 commits)
kvm, vmx: Fix lazy FPU on nested guest
arm/arm64: KVM: PSCI: propagate caller endianness to the incoming vcpu
arm/arm64: KVM: MMIO support for BE guest
kvm, cpuid: Fix sparse warning
kvm: Delete prototype for non-existent function kvm_check_iopl
kvm: Delete prototype for non-existent function complete_pio
hung_task: add method to reset detector
pvclock: detect watchdog reset at pvclock read
kvm: optimize out smp_mb after srcu_read_unlock
srcu: API for barrier after srcu read unlock
KVM: remove vm mmap method
KVM: IOMMU: hva align mapping page size
KVM: x86: trace cpuid emulation when called from emulator
KVM: emulator: cleanup decode_register_operand() a bit
KVM: emulator: check rex prefix inside decode_register()
KVM: x86: fix emulation of "movzbl %bpl, %eax"
kvm_host: typo fix
KVM: x86: emulate SAHF instruction
MAINTAINERS: add tree for kvm.git
Documentation/kvm: add a 00-INDEX file
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt index 41b7ac9884b..f8869410d40 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. |