Re: [PATCH v4] KVM: Introduce direct MSI message injection for in-kernel irqchips

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>]

On 2012-04-24 14:59, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 04/24/2012 03:07 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> On 2012-04-24 13:57, Avi Kivity wrote:
>>> On 03/29/2012 09:14 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>>>> Currently, MSI messages can only be injected to in-kernel irqchips by
>>>> defining a corresponding IRQ route for each message. This is not only
>>>> unhandy if the MSI messages are generated "on the fly" by user space,
>>>> IRQ routes are a limited resource that user space has to manage
>>>> carefully.
>>>>
>>>> By providing a direct injection path, we can both avoid using up limited
>>>> resources and simplify the necessary steps for user land.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Applied to queue (for 3.5).
>>>
>>> Thanks for your patience.
>>
>> Oops, that was now unexpectedly fast.
> 
> I hope you don't mean the ~ 1 month timeframe for the whole thing.

Really the last phase. I was preparing for another round of discussions.

> 
>> Extending and slightly reformatting the API docs I noticed some
>> inconsistency. Will send fixes soon. Can you fold this into my patch, or
>> just apply it on top?
>>
>>
> 
> Since it's just in queue, not next, will fold into parent patch.
> 

Thanks,
Jan

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