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authorMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2020-05-21 00:54:36 +0200
committerMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2020-05-21 00:54:36 +0200
commit135d39dcedcedd1f44ea0bba52f15ac5922c114f (patch)
tree12379fc8ef7489eaca1c7245f8bd6af74c619a8f /Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt
parent187764bd111b27783b6d68ffb3b3dbb3a9bafd38 (diff)
parent1279cd128bba968ebe0a2df7f7ae38bae90250ef (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/fslc/4.9-2.3.x-imx' into toradex_4.9-2.3.x-imx-next
Conflicts: sound/soc/codecs/sgtl5000.c sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt
index e5dd9f4d6100..46ef3680c8ab 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ The acquisition orders for mutexes are as follows:
- kvm->slots_lock is taken outside kvm->irq_lock, though acquiring
them together is quite rare.
-For spinlocks, kvm_lock is taken outside kvm->mmu_lock. Everything
-else is a leaf: no other lock is taken inside the critical sections.
+Everything else is a leaf: no other lock is taken inside the critical
+sections.
2: Exception
------------
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ See the comments in spte_has_volatile_bits() and mmu_spte_update().
------------
Name: kvm_lock
-Type: spinlock_t
+Type: mutex
Arch: any
Protects: - vm_list