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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 19/23] KVM: arm64: GICv4.1: Allow SGIs to switch
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To:     Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
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From:   Auger Eric <eric.auger@redhat.com>
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Date:   Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:13:29 +0100
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Hi Marc,

On 3/19/20 8:52 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> The assumption here is that we're coming vgic_v4_configure_vsgis(),
> which starts
> by stopping the whole guest. My guess is that it should be safe enough, but
> maybe you are thinking of something else?
I don't have a specific case in mind. Just preferred asking to make
sure. Usually when touching those fields we take the lock (that's also
the case in vgic_debug_show for instance).

Thanks

Eric