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Message-ID: <169084279326.1259481.1489304678823959902.b4-ty@google.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 12:17:26 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
Like Xu <like.xu.linux@...il.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86/mmu: Move the lockdep_assert of mmu_lock to
inside clear_dirty_pt_masked()
On Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:26:39 +0800, Like Xu wrote:
> Move the lockdep_assert_held_write(&kvm->mmu_lock) from the only one caller
> kvm_tdp_mmu_clear_dirty_pt_masked() to inside clear_dirty_pt_masked().
>
> This change makes it more obvious why it's safe for clear_dirty_pt_masked()
> to use the non-atomic (for non-volatile SPTEs) tdp_mmu_clear_spte_bits()
> helper. for_each_tdp_mmu_root() does its own lockdep, so the only "loss"
> in lockdep coverage is if the list is completely empty.
>
> [...]
Applied to kvm-x86 mmu, thanks!
[1/1] KVM: x86/mmu: Move the lockdep_assert of mmu_lock to inside clear_dirty_pt_masked()
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/e19314998321
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