Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] KVM: ARM: Enable vtimers with user space gic

Christoffer Dall
2016-09-16T12:30:41Z

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 02:18:45PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
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> On 16/09/2016 12:20, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > > This patch set allows user space to receive vtimer events as well as mask
> > > them, so that we can handle all vtimer related interrupt injection from user
> > > space, enabling us to use architected timer with user space gic emulation.
> >
> > I have already voiced my concerns in the past, including face to face,
> > and I'm going to repeat it: I not keen at all on adding a new userspace
> > interface that is going to bitrot extremely quickly.
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> You don't have automated tests set up? It's not going to bitrot if you
> test it, either with kvm-unit-tests or just by smoke-testing Linux.
> It's _for_ the raspi, but it's not limited to it.
>

Our automated testing situation is not great, no. Something we're
looking at, but have resource problems with.

-Christoffer