diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst index be3c323888b1..20a9a37d1cdd 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ The acquisition orders for mutexes are as follows: must not take either kvm->slots_lock or kvm->slots_arch_lock. cpus_read_lock() vs kvm_lock: + - Taking cpus_read_lock() outside of kvm_lock is problematic, despite that being the official ordering, as it is quite easy to unknowingly trigger cpus_read_lock() while holding kvm_lock. Use caution when walking vm_list,