Merge branch 'linus' into smp/hotplug

Apply upstream changes to avoid conflicts with pending patches.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 01e908ac4a39..9c28b4d4c90b 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1113,9 +1113,21 @@ struct kvm_device {
 /* create, destroy, and name are mandatory */
 struct kvm_device_ops {
 	const char *name;
+
+	/*
+	 * create is called holding kvm->lock and any operations not suitable
+	 * to do while holding the lock should be deferred to init (see
+	 * below).
+	 */
 	int (*create)(struct kvm_device *dev, u32 type);
 
 	/*
+	 * init is called after create if create is successful and is called
+	 * outside of holding kvm->lock.
+	 */
+	void (*init)(struct kvm_device *dev);
+
+	/*
 	 * Destroy is responsible for freeing dev.
 	 *
 	 * Destroy may be called before or after destructors are called