Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: PPC: Support ioeventfd

2012-10-17 Thread Avi Kivity
On 10/16/2012 04:49 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: If there is a lot of prioritization and/or queuing logic, then yes. But what about MSI? Doesn't that have a direct path? Nope. Well, yes, in a certain special case where the MPIC pushes the interrupt vector on interrupt delivery into a special

Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: PPC: Support ioeventfd

2012-10-17 Thread Alexander Graf
On 10/17/2012 04:50 PM, Avi Kivity wrote: On 10/16/2012 04:49 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: If there is a lot of prioritization and/or queuing logic, then yes. But what about MSI? Doesn't that have a direct path? Nope. Well, yes, in a certain special case where the MPIC pushes the interrupt

Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: PPC: Support ioeventfd

2012-10-16 Thread Avi Kivity
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

Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: PPC: Support ioeventfd

2012-10-16 Thread Avi Kivity
On 10/16/2012 12:59 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: 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

Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: PPC: Support ioeventfd

2012-10-16 Thread Alexander Graf
On 16.10.2012, at 13:01, Avi Kivity wrote: On 10/16/2012 12:59 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: 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

Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: PPC: Support ioeventfd

2012-10-16 Thread Avi Kivity
On 10/16/2012 01:06 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: On 16.10.2012, at 13:01, Avi Kivity wrote: On 10/16/2012 12:59 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: 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

Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: PPC: Support ioeventfd

2012-10-16 Thread Alexander Graf
On 10/16/2012 03:47 PM, Avi Kivity wrote: On 10/16/2012 01:06 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: On 16.10.2012, at 13:01, Avi Kivity wrote: On 10/16/2012 12:59 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: On 16.10.2012, at 12:56, Avi Kivity wrote: On 10/15/2012 02:02 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: In order to support

[PATCH 0/2] KVM: PPC: Support ioeventfd

2012-10-15 Thread Alexander Graf
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. Alex Alexander Graf (2): KVM: Distangle