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From: Sheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: Add MSI_ACTION flag for assigned irq
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:48:30 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200812301848.30319.sheng@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4959FAF2.1000501@redhat.com>

On Tuesday 30 December 2008 18:41:54 Avi Kivity wrote:
> Sheng Yang wrote:
> >>> MASK_MSIX, and UNMASK, every two action are in pairs but we have to use
> >>> twice bits to store them. So I'd like to use MSI_ACTION approach...
> >>
> >> Well, it you have flags without ENABLE_MSI, doesn't it imply
> >> DISABLE_MSI?
> >>
> >> The structure contains the state we want to reach, not a command we wish
> >> the kernel to perform.
> >
> > Yes, that's what I want. But check more than one flags(for MSI-X) to
> > determine where to go is not that clear. So I add a flag here to indicate
> > the operation type which I think is a little more clear.
>
> Don't understand.  Do you mean MSI and MSI-X are mutually exclusive?
>
> If so, we can add a comment.

Yes, MSI/MSI-X are mutually exclusive.

OK, I will try to keep this, just hope the logic of code won't become too 
complicate..

-- 
regards
Yang, Sheng


  reply	other threads:[~2008-12-30 10:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-30  5:49 [0/3][RESEND] Device assignment code clean up and MSI disable support Sheng Yang
2008-12-30  5:49 ` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: Add MSI_ACTION flag for assigned irq Sheng Yang
2008-12-30 10:19   ` Avi Kivity
2008-12-30 10:26     ` Sheng Yang
2008-12-30 10:31       ` Avi Kivity
2008-12-30 10:34         ` Sheng Yang
2008-12-30 10:41           ` Avi Kivity
2008-12-30 10:48             ` Sheng Yang [this message]
2008-12-30  5:49 ` [PATCH 2/3] KVM: Use kvm_free_assigned_irq() for free irq Sheng Yang
2008-12-30 10:28   ` Avi Kivity
2008-12-30 11:11     ` Sheng Yang
2008-12-30 11:16       ` Avi Kivity
2008-12-30 11:22         ` Sheng Yang
2008-12-30 11:27           ` Avi Kivity
2008-12-30  5:49 ` [PATCH 3/3] KVM: Add support to disable MSI for assigned device Sheng Yang

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