Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 May 2009 21:08:22 +0300 | From | Avi Kivity <> | Subject | Re: [KVM PATCH v6] kvm: add support for irqfd |
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Gregory Haskins wrote: > (Applies to kvm.git:833367b57) > > KVM provides a complete virtual system environment for guests, including > support for injecting interrupts modeled after the real exception/interrupt > facilities present on the native platform (such as the IDT on x86). > Virtual interrupts can come from a variety of sources (emulated devices, > pass-through devices, etc) but all must be injected to the guest via > the KVM infrastructure. This patch adds a new mechanism to inject a specific > interrupt to a guest using a decoupled eventfd mechnanism: Any legal signal > on the irqfd (using eventfd semantics from either userspace or kernel) will > translate into an injected interrupt in the guest at the next available > interrupt window. > > I am reasonably satisfied with this series, so Avi please consider for > inclusion. >
Looks good. Please add a way to disassociate an irqfd (for hotunplug) and I'll merge.
-- I have a truly marvellous patch that fixes the bug which this signature is too narrow to contain.
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