KVM: document lock nesting rule
authorMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:24:45 +0000 (22:24 +0300)
committerAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:33:06 +0000 (08:33 +0300)
Document kvm->lock nesting within kvm->slots_lock

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c

index 5946065..fc1b58a 100644 (file)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 /*
  * Ordering of locks:
  *
- *             kvm->lock --> kvm->irq_lock
+ *             kvm->slots_lock --> kvm->lock --> kvm->irq_lock
  */
 
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kvm_lock);