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David Matlack 6ff94f27fd KVM: x86/mmu: Improve TLB flush comment in kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access()
Rewrite the comment in kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access() that explains
why it is safe to flush TLBs outside of the MMU lock after
write-protecting SPTEs for dirty logging. The current comment is a long
run-on sentence that was difficult to understand. In addition it was
specific to the shadow MMU (mentioning mmu_spte_update()) when the TDP
MMU has to handle this as well.

The new comment explains:
 - Why the TLB flush is necessary at all.
 - Why it is desirable to do the TLB flush outside of the MMU lock.
 - Why it is safe to do the TLB flush outside of the MMU lock.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
Message-Id: <20220113233020.3986005-5-dmatlack@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-01-19 12:09:07 -05:00
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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,
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the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.