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From: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
To: carsteno-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
Cc: "kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org"
	<kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>,
	"Zhang,
	 Xiantao" <xiantao.zhang-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Hollis Blanchard
	<hollisb-r/Jw6+rmf7HQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: RFC/patch 2/2: remove irq.h include in kvm_main.c
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:52:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4745B3DB.3000300@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4745B2A8.9040702-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

Carsten Otte wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
>> I generally understand "irq" to mean the interrupt request line, and 
>> "interrupt" to mean a vectored interrupt (post interrupt 
>> controller).  In those terms the naming in correct.  However I'm not 
>> at all certain this naming convention is generally accepted.
> I think on s390 we'll have
>
> kvm_s390_vcpu_has_extint()
> kvm_s390_vcpu_has_ioint()
> and maybe
> kvm_s390_vcpu_has_machine_check()
>
> and kvm_arch_vcpu_has_interrupt() will check if any of above is 
> pending. It would be great if the function names would clearly 
> identify that one is the general portable "cpu needs to run an 
> interrupt handler of whatever sort" and the other one is "we have a 
> vectored interrupt to deliver" on x86 as well. If you'd like to keep 
> the wording as is, I'll send a patch that just adds the 
> kvm_arch_cpu_has_interrupt wrapper.

What I'd like is to find out what the generally accepted terminology is, 
and conform to that.

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-11-22 16:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-22 16:24 RFC/patch 1/2: remove desc.h include in kvm_main.c Carsten Otte
     [not found] ` <1195748641.22845.3.camel-WIxn4w2hgUz3YA32ykw5MLlKpX0K8NHHQQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-22 16:30   ` RFC/patch 2/2: remove irq.h " Carsten Otte
     [not found]     ` <1195749032.22845.10.camel-WIxn4w2hgUz3YA32ykw5MLlKpX0K8NHHQQ4Iyu8u01E@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-22 16:37       ` Avi Kivity
     [not found]         ` <4745B039.20108-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-22 16:42           ` Cornelia Huck
     [not found]             ` <20071122174230.52d6f4bd-XQvu0L+U/CiXI4yAdoq52KN5r0PSdgG1zG2AekJRRhI@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-22 16:45               ` Avi Kivity
     [not found]                 ` <4745B217.9080202-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-22 16:49                   ` Avi Kivity
2007-11-22 17:20               ` Cornelia Huck
2007-11-22 16:47           ` Carsten Otte
     [not found]             ` <4745B2A8.9040702-tA70FqPdS9bQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2007-11-22 16:52               ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2007-11-22 16:34   ` RFC/patch 1/2: remove desc.h " Avi Kivity
2007-11-22 23:11   ` Zhang, Xiantao

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