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

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Message-ID: <4A40A646.4010403@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:54:14 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>
CC:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...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

On 06/22/2009 07:29 PM, Gregory Haskins wrote:
>> We actually already have aliasing: is_write flag is used for this
>> purpose.
>>      
>
> Yes, but read/write address aliasing is not the same thing is
> multi-match data aliasing.  Besides, your proposal also breaks some of
> the natural relationship models (e.g. all the aliased iosignal_items
> always belong to the same underlying device.  io_bus entries have an
> arbitrary topology).
>    

It's all one big hack, we want to get the correct function called with 
as little fuss as possible.

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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