The VM list need not be protected by a raw spinlock. Separate the
two so that kvm_lock can be made non-raw.
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: gleb@redhat.com
Cc: jan.kiszka@siemens.com
Reviewed-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
This patch documents the kvm->srcu lock (using the information from
a mail which has been posted by Marcelo Tosatti to the kvm mailing
list some months ago, see the following URL for details:
http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm@vger.kernel.org/msg90040.html )
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Document fast page fault and mmu-lock in locking.txt
Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Paolo Bonzini