Re: [GIT PULL] KVM: Generic changes for 6.20

[Sean Christopherson]

On Mon, Feb 09, 2026, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 5:10 AM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >  - Document that vcpu->mutex is take outside of kvm->slots_lock, which is all
> > >    kinds of unintuitive, but is unfortunately the existing behavior for
> > >    multiple architectures, and in a weird way actually makes sense.
> >
> > I disagree that it is "arguably wrong" how you put it in the commit
> > message. vcpu->mutex is really a "don't worry about multiple ioctls at
> > the same time" mutex that tries to stay out of the way.  It only
> > becomes unintuitive in special cases like
> > tdx_acquire_vm_state_locks().
> >
> > By itself this would not be a reason to resend, but while at it you
> > could mention that vcpu->mutex is taken outside kvm->slots_arch_lock?
> 
> ... as well as mention kvm_alloc_apic_access_page() in the commit message.

Ya, will do.