--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt 2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000 +++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt 2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000 @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ In order to avoid this kind of issue, we always treat the spte as "volatile" if it can be updated out of mmu-lock, see spte_has_volatile_bits(), it means, -the spte is always atomicly updated in this case. +the spte is always atomically updated in this case. 3): flush tlbs due to spte updated If the spte is updated from writable to readonly, we should flush all TLBs, @@ -125,17 +125,21 @@ function to update spte (present -> present). Since the spte is "volatile" if it can be updated out of mmu-lock, we always -atomicly update the spte, the race caused by fast page fault can be avoided, +atomically update the spte, the race caused by fast page fault can be avoided, See the comments in spte_has_volatile_bits() and mmu_spte_update(). 3. Reference ------------ Name: kvm_lock -Type: raw_spinlock +Type: spinlock_t Arch: any Protects: - vm_list - - hardware virtualization enable/disable + +Name: kvm_count_lock +Type: raw_spinlock_t +Arch: any +Protects: - hardware virtualization enable/disable Comment: 'raw' because hardware enabling/disabling must be atomic /wrt migration. @@ -151,3 +155,26 @@ Arch: any Protects: -shadow page/shadow tlb entry Comment: it is a spinlock since it is used in mmu notifier. + +Name: kvm->srcu +Type: srcu lock +Arch: any +Protects: - kvm->memslots + - kvm->buses +Comment: The srcu read lock must be held while accessing memslots (e.g. + when using gfn_to_* functions) and while accessing in-kernel + MMIO/PIO address->device structure mapping (kvm->buses). + The srcu index can be stored in kvm_vcpu->srcu_idx per vcpu + if it is needed by multiple functions. + +Name: blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock +Type: spinlock_t +Arch: x86 +Protects: blocked_vcpu_on_cpu +Comment: This is a per-CPU lock and it is used for VT-d posted-interrupts. + When VT-d posted-interrupts is supported and the VM has assigned + devices, we put the blocked vCPU on the list blocked_vcpu_on_cpu + protected by blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, when VT-d hardware issues + wakeup notification event since external interrupts from the + assigned devices happens, we will find the vCPU on the list to + wakeup.