Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] KVM: x86/mmu: small locking cleanups

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Thu Nov 30 2023 - 20:56:11 EST


On Sat, 25 Nov 2023 03:33:56 -0500, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Remove "bool shared" argument from functions and iterators that need
> not know if the lock is taken for read or write. This is common because
> protection is achieved via RCU and tdp_mmu_pages_lock or because the
> argument is only used for assertions that can be written by hand.
>
> Also always take tdp_mmu_pages_lock even if mmu_lock is currently taken
> for write.
>
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 mmu, thanks!

[1/4] KVM: x86/mmu: remove unnecessary "bool shared" argument from functions
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/2d30059d38e6
[2/4] KVM: x86/mmu: remove unnecessary "bool shared" argument from iterators
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/59b93e634b40
[3/4] KVM: x86/mmu: always take tdp_mmu_pages_lock
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/4072c73104f2
[4/4] KVM: x86/mmu: fix comment about mmu_unsync_pages_lock
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/9dc2973a3b20

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