From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avi Kivity Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] uio_pci_generic: extensions to allow access for non-privileged processes Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:44:07 +0300 Message-ID: <4BB59237.90203@redhat.com> References: <201003311708.38961.pugs@lyon-about.com> <201004010839.07451.pugs@lyon-about.com> <4BB4C1A6.8050904@redhat.com> <201004011427.07353.pugs@lyon-about.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Tom Lyon Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:32989 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758761Ab0DBGoM (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Apr 2010 02:44:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: <201004011427.07353.pugs@lyon-about.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 04/02/2010 12:27 AM, Tom Lyon wrote: > >> kvm really wants the event counter to be an eventfd, that allows hooking >> it directly to kvm (which can inject an interrupt on an eventfd_signal), >> can you adapt your patch to do this? >> > I looked further into eventfds - they seem the perfect solution for the > MSI/MSI-X interrupts. Will include in V2. > They are indeed. Thanks. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.