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authorJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2016-11-18 16:13:41 -0700
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2016-11-18 16:13:41 -0700
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parentbc33b0ca11e3df467777a4fa7639ba488c9d4911 (diff)
downloadlinux-917fef6f7ee8b2fe852692ac49771342bfef9433.tar.bz2
Merge tag 'v4.9-rc4' into sound
Bring in -rc4 patches so I can successfully merge the sound doc changes.
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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,17 @@ KVM Lock Overview
1. Acquisition Orders
---------------------
-(to be written)
+The acquisition orders for mutexes are as follows:
+
+- kvm->lock is taken outside vcpu->mutex
+
+- kvm->lock is taken outside kvm->slots_lock and kvm->irq_lock
+
+- kvm->slots_lock is taken outside kvm->irq_lock, though acquiring
+ them together is quite rare.
+
+For spinlocks, kvm_lock is taken outside kvm->mmu_lock. Everything
+else is a leaf: no other lock is taken inside the critical sections.
2: Exception
------------