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    KVM: x86/mmu: handle cmpxchg failure in kvm_tdp_mmu_get_root · fb101293
    Ben Gardon authored
    To reduce dependence on the MMU write lock, don't rely on the assumption
    that the atomic operation in kvm_tdp_mmu_get_root will always succeed.
    By not relying on that assumption, threads do not need to hold the MMU
    lock in write mode in order to take a reference on a TDP MMU root.
    
    In the root iterator, this change means that some roots might have to be
    skipped if they are found to have a zero refcount. This will still never
    happen as of this patch, but a future patch will need that flexibility to
    make the root iterator safe under the MMU read lock.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBen Gardon <bgardon@google.com>
    Message-Id: <20210401233736.638171-8-bgardon@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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