From b4b7ff4b08e691656c9d77c758fc355833128ac0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: André Fabian Silva Delgado Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 14:01:31 -0300 Subject: Linux-libre 4.4-gnu --- Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt index d68af4dc3..19f94a6b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt @@ -166,3 +166,15 @@ Comment: The srcu read lock must be held while accessing memslots (e.g. MMIO/PIO address->device structure mapping (kvm->buses). The srcu index can be stored in kvm_vcpu->srcu_idx per vcpu if it is needed by multiple functions. + +Name: blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock +Type: spinlock_t +Arch: x86 +Protects: blocked_vcpu_on_cpu +Comment: This is a per-CPU lock and it is used for VT-d posted-interrupts. + When VT-d posted-interrupts is supported and the VM has assigned + devices, we put the blocked vCPU on the list blocked_vcpu_on_cpu + protected by blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, when VT-d hardware issues + wakeup notification event since external interrupts from the + assigned devices happens, we will find the vCPU on the list to + wakeup. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf