Re: [PATCH] Move irq routing data structure to rcu locking

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On 07/12/2009 01:07 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 12:50:05PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
On 07/09/2009 04:13 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
Change it from list to array to make RCU handling simpler.

Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov<gleb@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index f54a0d3..12d8d2b 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ struct kvm {

   	struct mutex irq_lock;
   #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP
-	struct list_head irq_routing; /* of kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry */
+	struct kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry *irq_routing;
+	spinlock_t irq_routing_lock;
   	struct hlist_head mask_notifier_list;
   #endif

Why the new lock?

Currently routing table is protected by irq_lock mutex, but irq_lock is
overused. It protects too much of unrelated things and it is not clear what
its real purpose in life. I want to rid of it completely.

Separate discussion/patch.

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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