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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt index 1bb8bcaf8497..635cd6eaf714 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt @@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ The acquisition orders for mutexes are as follows: On x86, vcpu->mutex is taken outside kvm->arch.hyperv.hv_lock. -For spinlocks, kvm_lock is taken outside kvm->mmu_lock. - Everything else is a leaf: no other lock is taken inside the critical sections. @@ -169,7 +167,7 @@ which time it will be set using the Dirty tracking mechanism described above. ------------ Name: kvm_lock -Type: spinlock_t +Type: mutex Arch: any Protects: - vm_list |