Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] KVM: Fix multiple races in gfn=>pfn cache refresh

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On Thu, Apr 28, 2022, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 7:16 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > @@ -159,10 +249,23 @@ int kvm_gfn_to_pfn_cache_refresh(struct kvm *kvm, struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc,
> >
> 
> The following code of refresh_in_progress is somewhat like mutex.
> 
> + mutex_lock(&gpc->refresh_in_progress); // before write_lock_irq(&gpc->lock);
> 
> Is it fit for the intention?

Yeah, I mutex should work.  Not sure why I shied away from a mutex...



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