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Message-Id: <1379340373-5135-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:06:10 +0200
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
gleb@...hat.com, jan.kiszka@...mens.com
Subject: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: Make kvm_lock non-raw
Paul Gortmaker reported a BUG on preempt-rt kernels, due to taking the
mmu_lock within the raw kvm_lock in mmu_shrink_scan. He provided a
patch that shrunk the kvm_lock critical section so that the mmu_lock
critical section does not nest with it, but in the end there is no reason
for the vm_list to be protected by a raw spinlock. Only manipulations
of kvm_usage_count and the consequent hardware_enable/disable operations
are not preemptable.
This small series thus splits the kvm_lock in the "raw" part and the
"non-raw" part.
Paul, could you please provide your Tested-by?
Thanks,
Paolo
Paolo Bonzini (3):
KVM: cleanup (physical) CPU hotplug
KVM: protect kvm_usage_count with its own spinlock
KVM: Convert kvm_lock back to non-raw spinlock
Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt | 8 ++++--
arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 4 +--
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 8 +++---
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 2 +-
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------
5 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
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1.8.3.1
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