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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h index c5e362e2116f..7bc1daf68741 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h @@ -1433,9 +1433,8 @@ struct kvm_arch { * the MMU lock in read mode + RCU or * the MMU lock in write mode * - * For writes, this list is protected by: - * the MMU lock in read mode + the tdp_mmu_pages_lock or - * the MMU lock in write mode + * For writes, this list is protected by tdp_mmu_pages_lock; see + * below for the details. * * Roots will remain in the list until their tdp_mmu_root_count * drops to zero, at which point the thread that decremented the @@ -1452,8 +1451,10 @@ struct kvm_arch { * - possible_nx_huge_pages; * - the possible_nx_huge_page_link field of kvm_mmu_page structs used * by the TDP MMU - * It is acceptable, but not necessary, to acquire this lock when - * the thread holds the MMU lock in write mode. + * Because the lock is only taken within the MMU lock, strictly + * speaking it is redundant to acquire this lock when the thread + * holds the MMU lock in write mode. However it often simplifies + * the code to do so. */ spinlock_t tdp_mmu_pages_lock; #endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */ |