Re: [PATCH v3 01/19] KVM: Treat the device list as an rculist

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On Mon, Apr 22, 2024, Oliver Upton wrote:
> A subsequent change to KVM/arm64 will necessitate walking the device
> list outside of the kvm->lock. Prepare by converting to an rculist. This
> has zero effect on the VM destruction path, as it is expected every
> reader is backed by a reference on the kvm struct.
> 
> On the other hand, ensure a given device is completely destroyed before
> dropping the kvm->lock in the release() path, as certain devices expect
> to be a singleton (e.g. the vfio-kvm device).
> 
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>




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