switch pit creation to slots_lock. slots_lock is already taken for read everywhere, so we only need to take it for write when creating pit. This is in preparation to removing in_range and kvm->lock around it. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c index 5a66bb9..a2505ca 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -2115,7 +2115,7 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp, sizeof(struct kvm_pit_config))) goto out; create_pit: - mutex_lock(&kvm->lock); + down_write(&kvm->slots_lock); r = -EEXIST; if (kvm->arch.vpit) goto create_pit_unlock; @@ -2124,7 +2124,7 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp, if (kvm->arch.vpit) r = 0; create_pit_unlock: - mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock); + up_write(&kvm->slots_lock); break; case KVM_IRQ_LINE_STATUS: case KVM_IRQ_LINE: { -- 1.6.2.2 -- 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