2016-02-19 16:06+0100, Paolo Bonzini: > On 19/02/2016 16:04, Radim Krčmář wrote: >>>> ... so in patch 7 concurrent _writes_ of reinject are protected by the >>>> lock, but reads are done outside it (in pit_timer_fn). WDYT about >>>> making reinject an atomic_t? >> There was/is no harm in having reinject non-atomic. This patch added >> notifiers, which is the reason for re-introducing a mutex. >> >> Userspace can (and SHOULDN'T) call this function multiple times, >> concurrently, so the mutex prevents a situations where, e.g. only one >> notifier is registered in the end. > > Yes, I understand why you added the mutex here; good catch indeed. The > atomic_t is just to show that it's okay to read it outside the lock. > It's just for a bit of extra documentation. Hm, good point. I will add it. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
