On Sat, 07 Jan 2023 01:12:50 +0100, Michal Luczaj wrote: > This series is mostly about unlocking kvm->lock before synchronizing SRCU. > Discussed at https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/Y7dN0Negds7XUbvI@xxxxxxxxxx/ . > > I'm mentioning the fact it's an optimization (not a bugfix; at least under > the assumption that Xen does not break the lock order anymore) meant to > reduce the time spent under the mutex. Sean, would that suffice? > > [...] Applied to kvm-x86 misc, thanks! Note, I massaged a few changelogs to provide more context and justification, but didn't see a need to respond to individual patches. [1/6] KVM: x86: Optimize kvm->lock and SRCU interaction (KVM_SET_PMU_EVENT_FILTER) https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/95744a90db18 [2/6] KVM: x86: Optimize kvm->lock and SRCU interaction (KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER) https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/708f799d22fe [3/6] KVM: x86: Simplify msr_filter update https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/4d85cfcaa82f [4/6] KVM: x86: Explicitly state lockdep condition of msr_filter update https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/1fdefb8bd862 [5/6] KVM: x86: Remove unnecessary initialization in kvm_vm_ioctl_set_msr_filter() https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/4559e6cf45b5 [6/6] KVM: x86: Simplify msr_io() https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/e73ba25fdc24 -- https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/tree/next https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/tree/fixes
