KVM: Allow reading aliases with mmu_lock

This allows the mmu notifier code to run unalias_gfn with only the
mmu_lock held.  Only alias writes need the mmu_lock held. Readers will
either take the slots_lock in read mode or the mmu_lock.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@qumranet.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 5916191420c7..9870ce422920 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -1495,6 +1495,7 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_memory_alias(struct kvm *kvm,
                 goto out;
 
         down_write(&kvm->slots_lock);
+        spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 
         p = &kvm->arch.aliases[alias->slot];
         p->base_gfn = alias->guest_phys_addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -1506,6 +1507,7 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_memory_alias(struct kvm *kvm,
                         break;
         kvm->arch.naliases = n;
 
+        spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
         kvm_mmu_zap_all(kvm);
 
         up_write(&kvm->slots_lock);