Re: [PATCH 5/5] ioeventfd: Introduce KVM_IOEVENTFD_FLAG_SOCKET

Pekka Enberg
2011-07-13T06:37:28Z

Hi,

On 07/12/2011 02:23 PM, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> >  I don't insist on a new type of exit, just pointing out the problem.
>>
>> I agree with you, I don't have a better solution either.
>>
>> I don't feel it's worth it adding so much code for read support to
>> properly work. Can we do this patch series without socket read support
>> at the moment?

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> wrote:
> No.  As I said before, I don't want a fragmented ABI.

OK, what's the simplest thing we can do here to keep Avi happy and get
the functionality of Sasha's original patch that helps us avoid guest
exits for serial console? I agree with Avi that we don't want
fragmented ABI but it seems to me there's no clear idea how to fix
KVM_IOEVENTFD_FLAG_SOCKET corner cases, right?

Pekka