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[v3,11/24] KVM: x86: don't take kvm->irq_lock when creating IRQCHIP

Message ID 20170407085041.5257-12-david@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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David Hildenbrand April 7, 2017, 8:50 a.m. UTC
I don't see any reason any more for this lock, seemed to be used to protect
removal of kvm->arch.vpic / kvm->arch.vioapic when already partially
inititalized, now access is properly protected using kvm->arch.irqchip_mode
and this shouldn't be necessary anymore.

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
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 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index cc5c884..8424481 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4034,10 +4034,8 @@  long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 			/* Pairs with smp_rmb() when reading irqchip_mode */
 			smp_wmb();
 			mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
-			mutex_lock(&kvm->irq_lock);
 			kvm_ioapic_destroy(kvm);
 			kvm_pic_destroy(kvm);
-			mutex_unlock(&kvm->irq_lock);
 			mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
 			goto create_irqchip_unlock;
 		}