Re: [kvm-devel] [RFC] Deferred interrupt handling.

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

Hi!

I guess this will also allow UIO to work without _any_ kernel parts,
with only slight performance penalty in 'almost-never-happens'
deadlock case?

(Greg, details are below, and better description is in the lkml
thread).
							Pavel

> > - Our dummy handler will always return IRQ_HANDLED in case any other
> > previous
> >   irqaction did not return such. It will also issue the timer and mask
> > the irq in this case.
> 
> Ok
> 
> >   btw, if I'm not mistaken only after bad 99900/100000 the irq is
> > disabled.
> 
> (and with GIT providing that they occurred in a short time period)
> 
> > - If the timer pops before the guest acks the irq, the timer handler
> > will
> >   ack the irq and unmask it. The timer's job is only to prevent
> > deadlocks.
> 
> Ok I see what you are doing. It's either inspired or insane and I am not
> quite sure which of the two. I agree it should work although may cause
> performance crunches now and then and will also need care getting the
> locking right.

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