Currently, kvmppc_set_lpcr() has a spinlock around the whole function,
and inside that does mutex_lock(&kvm->lock). It is not permitted to
take a mutex while holding a spinlock, because the mutex_lock might
call schedule(). In addition, this causes lockdep to warn about a
lock ordering issue:
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[ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
3.18.0-kvm-04645-gdfea862-dirty #131 Not tainted
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qemu-system-ppc/8179 is trying to acquire lock:
(&kvm->lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<d00000000ecc1f54>] .kvmppc_set_lpcr+0xf4/0x1c0 [kvm_hv]
but task is already holding lock:
(&(&vcore->lock)->rlock){+.+...}, at: [<d00000000ecc1ea0>] .kvmppc_set_lpcr+0x40/0x1c0 [kvm_hv]
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: