On 16.10.2012, at 12:56, Avi Kivity wrote: > On 10/15/2012 02:02 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: >> In order to support vhost, we need to be able to support ioeventfd. >> >> This patch set adds support for ioeventfd to PPC and makes it possible to >> do so without implementing irqfd along the way, as it requires an in-kernel >> irqchip which we don't have yet. > > It's not strictly required. You have an interrupt line leading to the > core, no? You could have your irqfd trigger that.
The irqfd code in KVM directly triggers the in-kernel irqchip. That's what this patch set is cleaning up: enable you to build ioeventfd support without in-kernel irqchip irqfd support. Vhost can work without in-kernel irqchip too, by listening to an eventfd (iiuc) in user space. That path works just fine with these patches applied. Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
