Re: [PATCH] KVM: irqfd: fix shutdown deadlock by moving SRCU sync outside resampler_lock

From: Sonam Sanju

Date: Tue Mar 17 2026 - 12:37:18 EST


From: Sonam Sanju <sonam.sanju@xxxxxxxxx>

On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 12:50:26PM +0530, Sonam Sanju wrote:
> From: Sonam Sanju <sonam.sanju@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> irqfd_resampler_shutdown() calls synchronize_srcu_expedited() while
> holding kvm->irqfds.resampler_lock. This can deadlock when multiple

Adding Sean Christopherson to CC (apologies for the omission in the original
submission).

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Sonam