From fae3a3536a6fecedebd49fa847f810e599bfb132 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sheng Yang Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:28:07 +0800 Subject: KVM: Fix possible circular locking in kvm_vm_ioctl_assign_device() One possible order is: KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP ioctl(took kvm->lock) -> kvm_iobus_register_dev() -> down_write(kvm->slots_lock). The other one is in kvm_vm_ioctl_assign_device(), which take kvm->slots_lock first, then kvm->lock. Update the comment of lock order as well. Observe it due to kernel locking debug warnings. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sheng Yang Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity --- virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'virt/kvm/kvm_main.c') diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c index b5af8816761..7db071ba466 100644 --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); /* * Ordering of locks: * - * kvm->slots_lock --> kvm->lock --> kvm->irq_lock + * kvm->lock --> kvm->slots_lock --> kvm->irq_lock */ DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kvm_lock); -- cgit v1.2.3