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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-03-17 18:40:35 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-03-17 18:40:35 -0700 |
commit | ec0afc9311adcfb10b90e547c23250f63939f990 (patch) | |
tree | 2093d2668898a8a03f30acbfd5568e65b8c086b9 /Documentation | |
parent | 804f18536984939622ddca60ab6b25743e0ec68d (diff) | |
parent | 776e58ea3d3735f85678155398241d2513afa67a (diff) |
Merge branch 'kvm-updates/2.6.39' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm
* 'kvm-updates/2.6.39' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (55 commits)
KVM: unbreak userspace that does not sets tss address
KVM: MMU: cleanup pte write path
KVM: MMU: introduce a common function to get no-dirty-logged slot
KVM: fix rcu usage in init_rmode_* functions
KVM: fix kvmclock regression due to missing clock update
KVM: emulator: Fix permission checking in io permission bitmap
KVM: emulator: Fix io permission checking for 64bit guest
KVM: SVM: Load %gs earlier if CONFIG_X86_32_LAZY_GS=n
KVM: x86: Remove useless regs_page pointer from kvm_lapic
KVM: improve comment on rcu use in irqfd_deassign
KVM: MMU: remove unused macros
KVM: MMU: cleanup page alloc and free
KVM: MMU: do not record gfn in kvm_mmu_pte_write
KVM: MMU: move mmu pages calculated out of mmu lock
KVM: MMU: set spte accessed bit properly
KVM: MMU: fix kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access dropping intermediate W bits
KVM: Start lock documentation
KVM: better readability of efer_reserved_bits
KVM: Clear async page fault hash after switching to real mode
KVM: VMX: Initialize vm86 TSS only once.
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kvm/locking.txt | 25 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/locking.txt b/Documentation/kvm/locking.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3b4cd3bf5631 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/kvm/locking.txt @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +KVM Lock Overview +================= + +1. Acquisition Orders +--------------------- + +(to be written) + +2. Reference +------------ + +Name: kvm_lock +Type: raw_spinlock +Arch: any +Protects: - vm_list + - hardware virtualization enable/disable +Comment: 'raw' because hardware enabling/disabling must be atomic /wrt + migration. + +Name: kvm_arch::tsc_write_lock +Type: raw_spinlock +Arch: x86 +Protects: - kvm_arch::{last_tsc_write,last_tsc_nsec,last_tsc_offset} + - tsc offset in vmcb +Comment: 'raw' because updating the tsc offsets must not be preempted. |