linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kvm: improve comment on rcu use in irqfd

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Message-ID: <4D737FC3.9090801@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:36:19 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
CC:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: improve comment on rcu use in irqfd_deassign

On 03/06/2011 01:03 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> The RCU use in kvm_irqfd_deassign is tricky: we have rcu_assign_pointer
> but no synchronize_rcu: synchronize_rcu is done by kvm_irq_routing_update
> which we share a spinlock with.
>
> Fix up a comment in an attempt to make this clearer.

Applied, thanks.

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