kvm: Convert kvm_lock to a mutex
commit 0d9ce162cf46c99628cc5da9510b959c7976735b upstream.
It doesn't seem as if there is any particular need for kvm_lock to be a
spinlock, so convert the lock to a mutex so that sleepable functions (in
particular cond_resched()) can be called while holding it.
Signed-off-by: Junaid Shahid <junaids@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
[bwh: Backported to 4.9:
- Drop changes in kvm_hyperv_tsc_notifier(), vm_stat_clear(),
vcpu_stat_clear(), kvm_uevent_notify_change()
- Adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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