From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Subject: Re: [KVM-RFC PATCH 0/2] irqfd: use POLLHUP notification for close() Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:04:34 +0300 Message-ID: <20090602160434.GA6827@redhat.com> References: <20090602151135.29746.91320.stgit@dev.haskins.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, avi@redhat.com, davidel@xmailserver.org, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com To: Gregory Haskins Return-path: Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:46181 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752296AbZFBQFa (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jun 2009 12:05:30 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090602151135.29746.91320.stgit@dev.haskins.net> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 11:15:28AM -0400, Gregory Haskins wrote: > (Applies to kvm.git/master:25deed73) > > Please see the header for 2/2 for a description. This patch series has > been fully tested and appears to be working correctly. I have it as an RFC > for now because it needs Davide's official submission/SOB for patch 1/2, and > it should get some eyeballs/acks on my SRCU usage before going in. > > I will submit the updated irqfd userspace which eschews the deassign() verb > since we can now just use the close(fd) method alone. I will also address > the userspace review comments from Avi. We are not killing the deassign though, do we? It's good to have that option e.g. for when we pass the fd to another process. -- MST