linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] KVM: api: add kvm_irq_routing_extended

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Message-ID: <55954FC7.3070604@linaro.org>
Date:	Thu, 02 Jul 2015 16:50:47 +0200
From:	Eric Auger <eric.auger@...aro.org>
To:	Pavel Fedin <p.fedin@...sung.com>, eric.auger@...com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, marc.zyngier@....com,
	christoffer.dall@...aro.org, andre.przywara@....com,
	kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, kvm@...r.kernel.org
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...aro.org,
	pbonzini@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] KVM: api: add kvm_irq_routing_extended_msi

On 07/02/2015 10:41 AM, Pavel Fedin wrote:
>  Hello!
> 
>> What if we use KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID flag instead of new KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_EXTENDED_MSI
>> definition? I
>> believe this would make an API more consistent and introduce less new definitions.
> 
>  I have just found one more flaw in your implementation. If you take a look at irqfd_wakeup()...
> --- cut ---
> 		/* An event has been signaled, inject an interrupt */
> 		if (irq.type == KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_MSI)
> 			kvm_set_msi(&irq, kvm, KVM_USERSPACE_IRQ_SOURCE_ID, 1,
> 					false);
> 		else
> 			schedule_work(&irqfd->inject);
> --- cut ---
>  You apparently missed KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_EXTENDED_MSI here, as well as in irqfd_update(). But, if you
> accept my API proposal, this becomes irrelevant.

Hi Pavel,

thanks for spotting this bug. Whatever the user-api API choice I will
respin shortly fixing this  plus the one reported by André.

Thanks for the review.

Best Regards

Eric


> 
> Kind regards,
> Pavel Fedin
> Expert Engineer
> Samsung Electronics Research center Russia
> 
> 

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