Re: [PATCH v5 0/6] KVM: lockdep improvements

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 02:04:01PM -0400, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> This is	a continuation of my 'extract lock_all_vcpus/unlock_all_vcpus'
> patch series.
> 
> Implement the suggestion of using lockdep's "nest_lock" feature
> when locking all KVM vCPUs by adding mutex_trylock_nest_lock() and
> mutex_lock_killable_nest_lock() and use these functions	in the
> implementation of the
> kvm_trylock_all_vcpus()/kvm_lock_all_vcpus()/kvm_unlock_all_vcpus().
> 
> Those changes allow removal of a custom workaround that was needed to
> silence the lockdep warning in the SEV code and also stop lockdep from
> complaining in case of ARM and RISC-V code which doesn't include the above
> mentioned workaround.
> 
> Finally, it's worth noting that this patch series removes a fair
> amount of duplicate code by implementing the logic in one place.
> 
> V5: addressed review feedback.
> 
> Best regards,
> 	Maxim Levitsky
> 
> Maxim Levitsky (6):
>   locking/mutex: implement mutex_trylock_nested
>   locking/mutex: implement mutex_lock_killable_nest_lock
>   KVM: add kvm_lock_all_vcpus and kvm_trylock_all_vcpus
>   x86: KVM: SVM: use kvm_lock_all_vcpus instead of a custom
>     implementation
>   KVM: arm64: use kvm_trylock_all_vcpus when locking all vCPUs
>   RISC-V: KVM: use kvm_trylock_all_vcpus when locking all vCPUs
> 
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h     |  3 --
>  arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c           |  4 +-
>  arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c                  | 43 ----------------
>  arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c       |  4 +-
>  arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c        |  8 +--
>  arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-kvm-device.c | 12 ++---
>  arch/riscv/kvm/aia_device.c           | 34 +------------
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c                | 72 ++-------------------------
>  include/linux/kvm_host.h              |  4 ++
>  include/linux/mutex.h                 | 32 ++++++++++--
>  kernel/locking/mutex.c                | 21 +++++---
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c                   | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  12 files changed, 126 insertions(+), 170 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>