Re: [KVM PATCH v7 2/3] kvm: add support for irqfd via eventfd-notification interface

Avi Kivity
2009-05-14T12:20:50Z

Gregory Haskins wrote:
>> Please fget() the new fd and compare the filps; fds aren't meaningful
>> in the kernel. You can also drop _irqfd::fd.
>>
>
> I like this as a second option...
>
>
>> It may also be useful to compare the gsi, this allows a
>> "make-before-break" switchover:
>>
>
> ...but I like this best. Good idea.
>

I thought of comparing both.

>> - guest reroutes irq to a different gsi
>> - associate irqfd with new gsi
>> - disassociate irqfd from old gsi
>>
>>
>>> +
>>> + irqfd_release(irqfd);
>>> + mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
>>> + return 0;
>>>
>>>
>> Don't return, userspace may have multiple associations?
>>
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> Parse error. Can you elaborate?
>
>

You break out of the look when you match your irqfd. But there may be
multiple matches.

Granted, it doesn't make much sense to hook the same fd to the same gsi
multiple times (it may make sense to hook multiple fds to a single gsi,
or maybe a single fd to multiple gsis), but it pays to have a consistent
do-what-I-said-even-if-it-doesn't-make-sense interface.

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