KVM: Start lock documentation
authorJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:11:28 +0000 (15:11 +0100)
committerMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:08:31 +0000 (13:08 -0300)
commit38a778aa1899b9c6cf3e300a02782c9b78c547ab
tree7a5714abdf9f5b8496a9dbe80e2c3b69cd6c2399
parent1260edbe7de85ccc58f60040f46034831069bfa2
KVM: Start lock documentation

The goal of this document shall be
- overview of all locks used in KVM core
- provide details on the scope of each lock
- explain the lock type, specifically of a raw spin locks
- provide a lock ordering guide

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Documentation/kvm/locking.txt [new file with mode: 0644]