linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] pass write value to in

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Date:	Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:52:20 -0400
From:	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
CC:	Gregory Haskins <gregory.haskins@...il.com>, avi@...hat.com,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mtosatti@...hat.com, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, markmc@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] pass write value to in_range pointers

Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:04:06AM -0400, Gregory Haskins wrote:
>   
>>>>  It will also need to support
>>>> multiple matches.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> What, signal many fds on the same address/value pair?
>>> I see this as a bug. Why is this a good thing to support?
>>> Just increases the chance of leaking this fd.
>>>   
>>>       
>> I believe Avi asked for this feature specifically, so I will defer to him.
>>     
>
> Hmm. That's hard to implement in my model. Avi, can we give up
> this feature? I don't think anyone needs this specifically ...
>
>   

If we can drop this it will simplify the mods I will need to do to
io_bus to support Michael's new interface.

Out of curiosity, what is it you are trying to build Michael?

-Greg


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