On 12/15/2010 06:43 PM, Takuya Yoshikawa wrote:
From: Takuya Yoshikawa<yoshikawa.takuya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Move slots_lock aquisition from kvm_ioapic_init() and kvm_create_pic() to their caller. As a result, x86's KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP is now covered by a unified slots_lock section, including kvm_setup_default_irq_routing().
I'm not sure about this...
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -3300,6 +3300,7 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp, struct kvm_pic *vpic; mutex_lock(&kvm->lock); + mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
here, the reader might wonder why we take slots_lock, since we aren't manipulating anything covered by the lock directly.
r = -EEXIST; if (kvm->arch.vpic) goto create_irqchip_unlock; @@ -3308,10 +3309,8 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp, if (vpic) { r = kvm_ioapic_init(kvm); if (r) { - mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
and here, the reader might wonder why we don't take slots_lock, which protects io_bus.
Maybe we ought to move slots_lock acquisition to kvm_io_bus_register() and friends.
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