Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Convert tsc_write_lock to raw_spinlock

From: Zachary Amsden
Date: Fri Feb 04 2011 - 16:03:15 EST


On 02/04/2011 04:49 AM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
Code under this lock requires non-preemptibility. Ensure this also over
-rt by converting it to raw spinlock.

Oh dear, I had forgotten about that. I believe kvm_lock might have the same assumption in a few places regarding clock.
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