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List:       kvm-ia64
Subject:    Re: [PATCH 2/3] KVM: Centralize slots_lock aquisition during
From:       Takuya Yoshikawa <takuya.yoshikawa () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-12-16 12:51:20
Message-ID: 20101216215120.051d2673.takuya.yoshikawa () gmail ! com
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Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> One day I'll write Documentation/kvm/locking.txt, so it could get 
> outdated as well.
> 

I seemed to be in EOY(End Of Year) mode.

I remember why I could not move slots_lock acquisition to
kvm_io_bus_[un]register().

The locking order constraint forced me to take slots_lock
outside of irq_lock.

So there won't be much things to be done anymore except your
documentation!

Thanks,
  Takuya
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