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Sean Christopherson 149487bdac KVM: Add separate helper for putting borrowed reference to kvm
Add a new helper, kvm_put_kvm_no_destroy(), to handle putting a borrowed
reference[*] to the VM when installing a new file descriptor fails.  KVM
expects the refcount to remain valid in this case, as the in-progress
ioctl() has an explicit reference to the VM.  The primary motiviation
for the helper is to document that the 'kvm' pointer is still valid
after putting the borrowed reference, e.g. to document that doing
mutex(&kvm->lock) immediately after putting a ref to kvm isn't broken.

[*] When exposing a new object to userspace via a file descriptor, e.g.
    a new vcpu, KVM grabs a reference to itself (the VM) prior to making
    the object visible to userspace to avoid prematurely freeing the VM
    in the scenario where userspace immediately closes file descriptor.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2019-10-22 15:48:30 +02:00
arch KVM: Add separate helper for putting borrowed reference to kvm 2019-10-22 15:48:30 +02:00
block blk-rq-qos: fix first node deletion of rq_qos_del() 2019-10-15 10:13:13 -06:00
certs PKCS#7: Refactor verify_pkcs7_signature() 2019-08-05 18:40:18 -04:00
crypto Merge branch 'next-lockdown' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2019-09-28 08:14:15 -07:00
Documentation Pin control fixes for v5.4: 2019-10-22 06:40:07 -04:00
drivers KVM: SVM: Remove unneeded WBINVD and DF_FLUSH when starting SEV guests 2019-10-22 13:34:08 +02:00
fs Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-10-19 06:53:59 -04:00
include KVM: Add separate helper for putting borrowed reference to kvm 2019-10-22 15:48:30 +02:00
init Merge branch 'next-lockdown' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2019-09-28 08:14:15 -07:00
ipc ipc/sem.c: convert to use built-in RCU list checking 2019-09-25 17:51:41 -07:00
kernel Kbuild fixes for v5.4 (2nd) 2019-10-20 12:36:57 -04:00
lib copy-struct-from-user-v5.4-rc4 2019-10-18 18:19:04 -04:00
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mm mm/thp: allow dropping THP from page cache 2019-10-19 06:32:33 -04:00
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scripts Kbuild fixes for v5.4 (2nd) 2019-10-20 12:36:57 -04:00
security selinux/stable-5.4 PR 20191007 2019-10-08 10:51:37 -07:00
sound ALSA: hda - Force runtime PM on Nvidia HDMI codecs 2019-10-17 17:45:32 +02:00
tools kvm: tests: Add test to verify MSR_IA32_XSS 2019-10-22 15:48:15 +02:00
usr kbuild: update compile-test header list for v5.4-rc2 2019-10-05 15:29:49 +09:00
virt KVM: Add separate helper for putting borrowed reference to kvm 2019-10-22 15:48:30 +02:00
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CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Remove Simon as Renesas SoC Co-Maintainer 2019-10-10 08:12:51 -07:00
Kbuild kbuild: do not descend to ./Kbuild when cleaning 2019-08-21 21:03:58 +09:00
Kconfig docs: kbuild: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-06-14 14:21:21 -06:00
MAINTAINERS Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2019-10-19 17:09:11 -04:00
Makefile Linux 5.4-rc4 2019-10-20 15:56:22 -04:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.