On 08/05/2017 18:21, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > If you want to use spinlocks in QEMU please document strict rules that > ensure they will be used safely. For example, I'd be comfortable with: > > Spinlock regions may only call functions in the same source file or > functions explicitly documented as spinlock-safe. Only memory accesses > and computation may be performed; do not make system calls or invoke > library functions.
Sounds good. But for now I'll just drop these patches in the interest of simplicity. Paolo