linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/9] x86/kvm/pmu: Replace rcu_swap_protected() with rcu

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Date:   Wed,  2 Oct 2019 18:43:03 -0700
From:   paulmck@...nel.org
To:     rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
        jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com, joel@...lfernandes.org,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/9] x86/kvm/pmu: Replace rcu_swap_protected() with rcu_replace()

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>

This commit replaces the use of rcu_swap_protected() with the more
intuitively appealing rcu_replace() as a step towards removing
rcu_swap_protected().

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wiAsJLw1egFEE=Z7-GGtM6wcvtyytXZA1+BHqta4gg6Hw@mail.gmail.com/
Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: "Radim Krčmář" <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: <x86@...nel.org>
Cc: <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
index 46875bb..4c37266 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.c
@@ -416,8 +416,8 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pmu_event_filter(struct kvm *kvm, void __user *argp)
 	*filter = tmp;
 
 	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
-	rcu_swap_protected(kvm->arch.pmu_event_filter, filter,
-			   mutex_is_locked(&kvm->lock));
+	filter = rcu_replace(kvm->arch.pmu_event_filter, filter,
+			     mutex_is_locked(&kvm->lock));
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 
 	synchronize_srcu_expedited(&kvm->srcu);
-- 
2.9.5