On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 09:21:31AM -0400, Jason J. Herne wrote: > > + mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->lock); > > - if (matrix_mdev->kvm) { > > - matrix_mdev->kvm_busy = true; > > + if ((matrix_mdev->kvm) && (matrix_mdev->kvm->arch.crypto.crycbd)) { > > mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->lock); > > > If this function cannot be entered concurrently on separate threads then I > think we can remove this mutex_unlock of matrix_dev->lock, Don't remove locking around data. If the data is written under a mutex it should be read under a mutex too. Jason