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@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ The acquisition orders for mutexes are as follows:
- kvm->slots_lock is taken outside kvm->irq_lock, though acquiring
them together is quite rare.
+- Unlike kvm->slots_lock, kvm->slots_arch_lock is released before
+ synchronize_srcu(&kvm->srcu). Therefore kvm->slots_arch_lock
+ can be taken inside a kvm->srcu read-side critical section,
+ while kvm->slots_lock cannot.
+
On x86:
- vcpu->mutex is taken outside kvm->arch.hyperv.hv_lock