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

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Date:   Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:31:12 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        pgonda@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/12] KVM: SEV: do not take kvm->lock when destroying

On Mon, Nov 22, 2021, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 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>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>