On 12/28/2011 08:54 AM, Liu ping fan wrote:
> >>
> >> struct kvm_vcpu {
> >> struct kvm *kvm;
> >> + struct list_head list;
> >> #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
> >> struct preempt_notifier preempt_notifier;
> >> #endif
> >> @@ -251,12 +252,14 @@ struct kvm {
> >> struct mm_struct *mm; /* userspace tied to this vm */
> >> struct kvm_memslots *memslots;
> >> struct srcu_struct srcu;
> >> + struct srcu_struct srcu_vcpus;
> >> +
> >
> > Another srcu. This alone is worth explaining in the changelog IMO.
> >
> Sorry, but why? I think it is just a srcu, and because it has
> different aim and want a independent grace period, so not multiplex
> kvm->srcu.
There is Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt for that.
btw, why does it have to be srcu? Is rcu insufficient?
Why do we want an independent grace period, is hotunplugging a vcpu that
much different from hotunplugging memory?
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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
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