Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:14:05 +0200 | From | Avi Kivity <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHv2 1/3] eventfd: allow atomic read and waitqueue remove |
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On 01/21/2010 07:13 PM, Avi Kivity wrote: > > But I think we can solve this in another way in .32: we can clear the > eventfd from irqfd->inject work, which is in process context. The new > stuff is only needed for lockless clearing, no? >
I meant atomic clearing, when we inject interrupts from the irqfd atomic context.
-- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.
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