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Message-Id: <1228736216-15787-36-git-send-email-avi@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon,  8 Dec 2008 13:36:46 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Xiantao Zhang <xiantao.zhang@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 35/45] KVM: ia64: Remove lock held by halted vcpu

From: Xiantao Zhang <xiantao.zhang@...el.com>

Remove the lock protection for kvm halt logic, otherwise,
once other vcpus want to acquire the lock, and they have to
wait all vcpus are waken up from halt.

Signed-off-by: Xiantao Zhang <xiantao.zhang@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
---
 arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c |    2 --
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
index 43e45f6..70eb829 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
@@ -439,7 +439,6 @@ int kvm_emulate_halt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		expires = div64_u64(itc_diff, cyc_per_usec);
 		kt = ktime_set(0, 1000 * expires);
 
-		down_read(&vcpu->kvm->slots_lock);
 		vcpu->arch.ht_active = 1;
 		hrtimer_start(p_ht, kt, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 
@@ -452,7 +451,6 @@ int kvm_emulate_halt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 			if (vcpu->arch.mp_state == KVM_MP_STATE_HALTED)
 				vcpu->arch.mp_state =
 					KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE;
-		up_read(&vcpu->kvm->slots_lock);
 
 		if (vcpu->arch.mp_state != KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE)
 			return -EINTR;
-- 
1.6.0.3

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