From: Thomas Huth Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 15:32:56 +0000 (+0200) Subject: KVM: Add documentation for kvm->srcu lock X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=519192aaae38e24d6b32d3d55d791fe294981185;p=linux-beck.git KVM: Add documentation for kvm->srcu lock 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 Reviewed-by: Xiao Guangrong Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt index 41b7ac9884b5..a9f366e73c8e 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt @@ -151,3 +151,14 @@ Type: spinlock_t Arch: any Protects: -shadow page/shadow tlb entry Comment: it is a spinlock since it is used in mmu notifier. + +Name: kvm->srcu +Type: srcu lock +Arch: any +Protects: - kvm->memslots + - kvm->buses +Comment: The srcu read lock must be held while accessing memslots (e.g. + when using gfn_to_* functions) and while accessing in-kernel + MMIO/PIO address->device structure mapping (kvm->buses). + The srcu index can be stored in kvm_vcpu->srcu_idx per vcpu + if it is needed by multiple functions.