From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752327Ab2DSCeJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:34:09 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:37066 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751395Ab2DSCeI (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:34:08 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:30:08 -0300 From: Marcelo Tosatti To: Alex Williamson Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jbaron@redhat.com, jan.kiszka@siemens.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: lock slots_lock around device assignment Message-ID: <20120419023008.GB17648@amt.cnet> References: <20120418034537.26262.80743.stgit@bling.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120418034537.26262.80743.stgit@bling.home> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 09:46:44PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote: > @@ -340,7 +343,11 @@ int kvm_iommu_unmap_guest(struct kvm *kvm) > if (!domain) > return 0; > > + mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock); > kvm_iommu_unmap_memslots(kvm); > + kvm->arch.iommu_domain = NULL; > + mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock); > + > iommu_domain_free(domain); > return 0; > } This might trigger lockdep warnings due to kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu mutex_lock(&kvm->lock) kvm_put_kvm(kvm) kvm_destroy_vm kvm_iommu_unmap_guest sequence. Better drop it, it is not necessary in vm destruction path (since only user is self).