linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kvm: only allow one gsi per fd

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Message-ID: <4B53052D.3020905@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:40:13 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
CC:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>, Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: only allow one gsi per fd

On 01/13/2010 06:58 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Looks like repeatedly binding same fd to multiple gsi's with irqfd can
> use up a ton of kernel memory for irqfd structures.
>
> A simple fix is to allow each fd to only trigger one gsi: triggering a
> srorm of interrupts in guest is likely useless anyway, and we can do it
> by binding a single gsi to many interrupts if we really want to.
>    

Applied and queued, thanks.

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