linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] KVM: x86/mmu: Ensure TDP MMU roots are freed after yield

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Date:   Thu, 7 Jan 2021 18:53:56 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Ben Gardon <bgardon@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Shier <pshier@...gle.com>,
        "Maciej S . Szmigiero" <maciej.szmigiero@...cle.com>,
        Leo Hou <leohou1402@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] KVM: x86/mmu: Ensure TDP MMU roots are freed after
 yield

On 07/01/21 18:40, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> /*
>   * The yield_safe() variant of the TDP root iterator gets and puts references to
>   * the roots it iterates over.  This makes it safe to release the MMU lock and
>   * yield within the loop, but the caller MUST NOT exit the loop early.
>   */
> 

Nicer, thanks!

Paolo