From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Gregory Haskins" Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] KVM: Adds support for halting in the kernel Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 11:01:52 -0400 Message-ID: <46557072.BA47.005A.0@novell.com> References: <20070523130905.23177.11087.stgit@novell1.haskins.net> <20070523131932.23177.38587.stgit@novell1.haskins.net> <46554CFF.9040101@qumranet.com> <46554473.BA47.005A.0@novell.com> <4655A7BE.2000608@de.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4655A7BE.2000608-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org >>> On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 10:57 AM, in message <4655A7BE.2000608-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>, Carsten Otte wrote: > Gregory Haskins wrote: >> 1) I think I really want *any* signal to kick the HLT, so I temporarily > unmask everything while halted. > Acutally that'll cause trouble if people have device drivers in user > space, which mask SIGIO for the CPU threads like our s390 prototype > does. Consider leaving the signal mask at whatever the user has chosen. Good point. Its removed from v8 now anyway, so its moot. Regards, -Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/