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From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: Sheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] KVM: Add gsi_msg_pending_bitmap for MSI-X
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:09:49 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <499AFD6D.5090607@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200902131137.47240.sheng@linux.intel.com>

Sheng Yang wrote:
>>> +	if (assigned_dev->irq_requested_type == KVM_ASSIGNED_DEV_MSIX) {
>>> +		u32 gsi;
>>> +		gsi = find_gsi_from_host_irq(assigned_dev, irq);
>>> +		if (gsi == 0)
>>> +			return IRQ_HANDLED;
>>>       
>> So you chose GSI == 0 as invalid because of x86 assumptions? Or is there
>> any other reason?
>>     
>
> Yeah, it based on x86 and IA64 IRQ 0 can't be used by MSI-X. And only x86 
> support MSI-X now(and IA64 would follow later).
>   

gsi != irq... as used in kvm it is just a cookie and is never visible to 
the guest.  I'd prefer an illegal value here.


Also, please repost the entire patchset so I can be sure I apply the 
latest; too many versions floating around.

-- 
I have a truly marvellous patch that fixes the bug which this
signature is too narrow to contain.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-02-17 18:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-02-11  8:08 [PATCH 0/3 v2] MSI-X enabling Sheng Yang
2009-02-11  8:08 ` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: Ioctls for init MSI-X entry Sheng Yang
2009-02-11 12:44   ` Avi Kivity
2009-02-12  6:28     ` Sheng Yang
2009-02-12 10:07       ` Sheng Yang
2009-02-12 18:46         ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-02-16  3:18           ` Sheng Yang
2009-02-16  5:49             ` Sheng Yang
2009-02-16 23:23               ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-02-17  1:35                 ` Sheng Yang
2009-02-17  1:36                   ` Sheng Yang
2009-02-11  8:08 ` [PATCH 2/3] KVM: Add gsi_msg_pending_bitmap for MSI-X Sheng Yang
2009-02-12 19:51   ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-02-13  3:37     ` Sheng Yang
2009-02-13 17:10       ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-02-17 18:09       ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2009-02-18  1:33         ` Sheng Yang
2009-02-11  8:08 ` [PATCH 3/3] KVM: Enable MSI-X for KVM assigned device Sheng Yang
2009-02-11 12:48   ` Avi Kivity
2009-02-12  6:03     ` Sheng Yang
2009-02-12 20:40   ` Marcelo Tosatti
2009-02-13  5:29     ` Sheng Yang
2009-02-13 17:13       ` Marcelo Tosatti
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-02-18  9:44 [PATCH 0/3 v3] MSI-X enabling Sheng Yang
2009-02-18  9:44 ` [PATCH 2/3] KVM: Add gsi_msg_pending_bitmap for MSI-X Sheng Yang
2009-02-18 11:00   ` Avi Kivity
2009-02-18 11:13     ` Sheng Yang
2009-02-18 11:29       ` Avi Kivity
2009-02-18 11:38         ` Sheng Yang

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