linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 0/2] kvm: level irqfd support

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Message-ID: <504764DE.5080202@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:42:38 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
CC:	mst@...hat.com, gleb@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 0/2] kvm: level irqfd support

On 08/21/2012 10:28 PM, Alex Williamson wrote:
> Here's the much anticipated re-write of support for level irqfds.  As
> Michael suggested, I've rolled the eoi/ack notification fd into
> KVM_IRQFD as a new mode.  For lack of a better name, as there seems to
> be objections to associating this specifically with an EOI or an ACK,
> I've name this OADN or "On Ack, De-assert & Notify".

Perhaps we can call it "resample", since this is what it is doing.
irqfd tells kvm that the line as been asserted, resample tells the
caller to check again.

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