kvm: Convert kvm_lock to a mutex
authorJunaid Shahid <junaids@google.com>
Fri, 4 Jan 2019 01:14:28 +0000 (17:14 -0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 16 Nov 2019 09:29:49 +0000 (10:29 +0100)
commitc6170b81e7b78942cb4b36fc72cbd75145fd08d5
treee45a4c8fb8dc8357dc6ee8d5995d7f8de71fd10e
parent61524f1bccc041b7871a21984b69b8e538f446c0
kvm: Convert kvm_lock to a mutex

commit 0d9ce162cf46c99628cc5da9510b959c7976735b upstream.

It doesn't seem as if there is any particular need for kvm_lock to be a
spinlock, so convert the lock to a mutex so that sleepable functions (in
particular cond_resched()) can be called while holding it.

Signed-off-by: Junaid Shahid <junaids@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
[bwh: Backported to 4.9:
 - Drop changes in kvm_hyperv_tsc_notifier(), vm_stat_clear(),
   vcpu_stat_clear(), kvm_uevent_notify_change()
 - Adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt
arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
include/linux/kvm_host.h
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c