[RFC PATCH 0/3] vfio/type1: Reduce vfio_iommu.lock contention

From: Alex Williamson
Date: Thu Jan 16 2020 - 13:18:01 EST


Hi Yan,

I wonder if this might reduce the lock contention you're seeing in the
vfio_dma_rw series. These are only compile tested on my end, so I hope
they're not too broken to test. Thanks,

Alex

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Alex Williamson (3):
vfio/type1: Convert vfio_iommu.lock from mutex to rwsem
vfio/type1: Replace obvious read lock instances
vfio/type1: Introduce pfn_list mutex


drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)