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-rw-r--r--include/exec/cpu-common.h2
-rw-r--r--include/exec/memory.h4
-rw-r--r--include/exec/ramblock.h2
3 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/exec/cpu-common.h b/include/exec/cpu-common.h
index 41115d8919..fef3138d29 100644
--- a/include/exec/cpu-common.h
+++ b/include/exec/cpu-common.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ RAMBlock *qemu_ram_block_by_name(const char *name);
  *
  * By the time this function returns, the returned pointer is not protected
  * by RCU anymore.  If the caller is not within an RCU critical section and
- * does not hold the iothread lock, it must have other means of protecting the
+ * does not hold the BQL, it must have other means of protecting the
  * pointer, such as a reference to the memory region that owns the RAMBlock.
  */
 RAMBlock *qemu_ram_block_from_host(void *ptr, bool round_offset,
diff --git a/include/exec/memory.h b/include/exec/memory.h
index 48c11ca743..177be23db7 100644
--- a/include/exec/memory.h
+++ b/include/exec/memory.h
@@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ int memory_region_get_fd(MemoryRegion *mr);
  *
  * Use with care; by the time this function returns, the returned pointer is
  * not protected by RCU anymore.  If the caller is not within an RCU critical
- * section and does not hold the iothread lock, it must have other means of
+ * section and does not hold the BQL, it must have other means of
  * protecting the pointer, such as a reference to the region that includes
  * the incoming ram_addr_t.
  *
@@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@ MemoryRegion *memory_region_from_host(void *ptr, ram_addr_t *offset);
  *
  * Use with care; by the time this function returns, the returned pointer is
  * not protected by RCU anymore.  If the caller is not within an RCU critical
- * section and does not hold the iothread lock, it must have other means of
+ * section and does not hold the BQL, it must have other means of
  * protecting the pointer, such as a reference to the region that includes
  * the incoming ram_addr_t.
  *
diff --git a/include/exec/ramblock.h b/include/exec/ramblock.h
index 69c6a53902..3eb79723c6 100644
--- a/include/exec/ramblock.h
+++ b/include/exec/ramblock.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct RAMBlock {
     ram_addr_t max_length;
     void (*resized)(const char*, uint64_t length, void *host);
     uint32_t flags;
-    /* Protected by iothread lock.  */
+    /* Protected by the BQL.  */
     char idstr[256];
     /* RCU-enabled, writes protected by the ramlist lock */
     QLIST_ENTRY(RAMBlock) next;