linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: User mutex guards to eliminate __kvm_x86_vendor

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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:59:17 -0800
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@...e.com>
Cc: pbonzini@...hat.com, x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: User mutex guards to eliminate __kvm_x86_vendor_init()

On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:17:28 +0200, Nikolay Borisov wrote:
> Current separation between (__){0,1}kvm_x86_vendor_init() is superfluos as
> the the underscore version doesn't have any other callers.
> 
> Instead, use the newly added cleanup infrastructure to ensure that
> kvm_x86_vendor_init() holds the vendor_module_lock throughout its
> exectuion and that in case of error in the middle it's released. No
> functional changes.
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 misc, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: x86: Use mutex guards to eliminate __kvm_x86_vendor_init()
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/955997e88017

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