On 21 March 2016 at 20:43, Markus Armbruster <arm...@redhat.com> wrote:
> Major issues addressed by this series:
>
> * The specification document is incomplete and vague.  Rewritten.
>
> * When a peer goes away, and its ID gets reused for another one,
>   interrupts don't work.
>
> * When configured for interrupts, we receive shared memory from the
>   server some time after realize().  This creates a (usually
>   short-lived) "no shared memory, yet" state.  If the guest wins the
>   race, it is exposed to this state (known issue, if you count burying
>   in docs/specs/ as "known").  If migration wins the race, it fails or
>   corrupts memory.
>
> * Interrupts are unreliable in a (usually small) time window after the
>   destination peer connects.  I believe fixing this will require
>   changing the client/server protocol, so just document it for now.
>
> * The device isn't capable to tell guest software whether it is
>   configured for interrupts.  Fix that in a new, backwards-compatible
>   revision of the guest ABI, and bump the PCI revision.  Deprecate the
>   old revision.
>
> * The device properties are a confusing mess and badly checked.
>   Clean that up.
>
> * Migration with interrupts relies on server behavior not guaranteed
>   by the specification.  Tighten the specification.
>
> v2:
> * PATCH 05: Include ivshmem-test only in configurations that include
>   the device
> * PATCH 36: Fix ivshmem-plain not to assert its nonexistent INTx

Hi -- this appears to be missing the git URL to pull from?

thanks
-- PMM

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