linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 11/18] xen/pvh: Piggyback on PVHVM for event channels (v2)

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Message-ID: <52C5891A.7040603@citrix.com>
Date:	Thu, 2 Jan 2014 15:43:22 +0000
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
	<boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>, <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>,
	<mukesh.rathor@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 11/18] xen/pvh: Piggyback on PVHVM for event channels
 (v2)

On 01/01/14 04:35, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> From: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@...cle.com>
> 
> PVH is a PV guest with a twist - there are certain things
> that work in it like HVM and some like PV. There is
> a similar mode - PVHVM where we run in HVM mode with
> PV code enabled - and this patch explores that.
> 
> The most notable PV interfaces are the XenBus and event channels.
> 
> We will piggyback on how the event channel mechanism is
> used in PVHVM - that is we want the normal native IRQ mechanism
> and we will install a vector (hvm callback) for which we
> will call the event channel mechanism.
> 
> This means that from a pvops perspective, we can use
> native_irq_ops instead of the Xen PV specific. Albeit in the
> future we could support pirq_eoi_map. But that is
> a feature request that can be shared with PVHVM.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>

Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>

David
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