linux-kernel - [PATCH 11/12] KVM: SEV: do not take kvm->lock when destroying

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Date:   Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:50:35 -0500
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     pgonda@...gle.com
Subject: [PATCH 11/12] KVM: SEV: do not take kvm->lock when destroying

Taking the lock is useless since there are no other references,
and there are already accesses (e.g. to sev->enc_context_owner)
that do not take it.  So get rid of it.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index 89a716290fac..bbbf980c7e40 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -2048,8 +2048,6 @@ void sev_vm_destroy(struct kvm *kvm)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
-
 	/*
 	 * Ensure that all guest tagged cache entries are flushed before
 	 * releasing the pages back to the system for use. CLFLUSH will
@@ -2069,8 +2067,6 @@ void sev_vm_destroy(struct kvm *kvm)
 		}
 	}
 
-	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
-
 	sev_unbind_asid(kvm, sev->handle);
 	sev_asid_free(sev);
 }
-- 
2.27.0