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| author | Srikant Patnaik | 2015-01-13 15:08:24 +0530 |
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| committer | Srikant Patnaik | 2015-01-13 15:08:24 +0530 |
| commit | 97327692361306d1e6259021bc425e32832fdb50 (patch) | |
| tree | fe9088f3248ec61e24f404f21b9793cb644b7f01 /Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt | |
| parent | 2d05a8f663478a44e088d122e0d62109bbc801d0 (diff) | |
| parent | a3a8b90b61e21be3dde9101c4e86c881e0f06210 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3b4cd3bf --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +KVM Lock Overview +================= + +1. Acquisition Orders +--------------------- + +(to be written) + +2. Reference +------------ + +Name: kvm_lock +Type: raw_spinlock +Arch: any +Protects: - vm_list + - hardware virtualization enable/disable +Comment: 'raw' because hardware enabling/disabling must be atomic /wrt + migration. + +Name: kvm_arch::tsc_write_lock +Type: raw_spinlock +Arch: x86 +Protects: - kvm_arch::{last_tsc_write,last_tsc_nsec,last_tsc_offset} + - tsc offset in vmcb +Comment: 'raw' because updating the tsc offsets must not be preempted. |