linux-kernel - Re: [KVM PATCH v2 2/2] kvm: add support for irqfd via eventfd-notification interface

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Date:	Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:04:27 -0400
From:	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
CC:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	davidel@...ilserver.org
Subject: Re: [KVM PATCH v2 2/2] kvm: add support for irqfd via	eventfd-notification
 interface

Avi Kivity wrote:
> Gregory Haskins wrote:
>
>  
>
>>> But eventfd_signal basically marries us to eventfd.
>>>     
>>
>> Well, only if we expect the fd to have eventfd semantics.  There are
>> advantages to doing so, as we have discussed, because things like AIO
>> can polymorhpically signal an interrupt without even knowing whats
>> behind the eventfd.  But this isn't a strict requirement to support
>> AIO.  Really all we need is a way for both kernel and userspace to
>> signal.  Perhaps I should export an "irqfd_signal()" function from kvm,
>> which today will map to eventfd_signal(), and tomorrow to ??.  I don't
>> think using f_ops->write() is an option for in-kernel signaling, so we
>> need some kind of interface here.
>>
>> Does that sound reasonable?
>>   
>
> irqfd_signal() ties the user of irqfd to kvm.  I want this user to be
> independent of kvm; it should work with eventfd, kvm's eventfd
> lookalike (if we move away from eventfd) or pipes.

So what is your proposal for such interface?

-Greg



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