[patch 10/62] KVM: mmu_shrink: kvm_mmu_zap_page requiresslots_lock to be held

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Jul 30 2008 - 20:07:13 EST



2.6.26 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let
us know.

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From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>

Original-Commit-Hash: 64f6a0c041bd8fc100a0d655058bdbc31feda03c

kvm_mmu_zap_page() needs slots lock held (rmap_remove->gfn_to_memslot,
for example).

Since kvm_lock spinlock is held in mmu_shrink(), do a non-blocking
down_read_trylock().

Untested.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1968,6 +1968,8 @@ static int mmu_shrink(int nr_to_scan, gf
list_for_each_entry(kvm, &vm_list, vm_list) {
int npages;

+ if (!down_read_trylock(&kvm->slots_lock))
+ continue;
spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
npages = kvm->arch.n_alloc_mmu_pages -
kvm->arch.n_free_mmu_pages;
@@ -1980,6 +1982,7 @@ static int mmu_shrink(int nr_to_scan, gf
nr_to_scan--;

spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
+ up_read(&kvm->slots_lock);
}
if (kvm_freed)
list_move_tail(&kvm_freed->vm_list, &vm_list);

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