From: Li RongQing <lirongqing@xxxxxxxxx> Nobody is actually calling these functions with slots_lock held, The srcu_dereference() in kvm_io_bus_read/write() precisely communicates both what is being protected, and what provides the protection. so the comments are no longer needed Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@xxxxxxxxx> --- Diff with v1: Remove comments, instead of fixing virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c index e85b33a..d9fe087 100644 --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c @@ -5774,7 +5774,6 @@ static int __kvm_io_bus_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_io_bus *bus, return -EOPNOTSUPP; } -/* kvm_io_bus_write - called under kvm->slots_lock */ int kvm_io_bus_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_bus bus_idx, gpa_t addr, int len, const void *val) { @@ -5795,7 +5794,6 @@ int kvm_io_bus_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_bus bus_idx, gpa_t addr, } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_io_bus_write); -/* kvm_io_bus_write_cookie - called under kvm->slots_lock */ int kvm_io_bus_write_cookie(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_bus bus_idx, gpa_t addr, int len, const void *val, long cookie) { @@ -5845,7 +5843,6 @@ static int __kvm_io_bus_read(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_io_bus *bus, return -EOPNOTSUPP; } -/* kvm_io_bus_read - called under kvm->slots_lock */ int kvm_io_bus_read(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_bus bus_idx, gpa_t addr, int len, void *val) { -- 2.9.4