linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V4 3/5] dt-bindings: gpio: Add bindings for gpio-virtio

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Date:   Tue, 3 Aug 2021 10:00:14 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
        Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@...aro.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Bill Mills <bill.mills@...aro.org>,
        Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@...aro.org>,
        "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <info@...ux.net>,
        Jie Deng <jie.deng@...el.com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 3/5] dt-bindings: gpio: Add bindings for gpio-virtio

On 02-08-21, 13:40, Rob Herring wrote:
> Humm, how does one implement interrupts without a parent interrupt? It 
> uses the parent virtio,mmio interrupt?

Kind of, yeah, but not necessarily.

The interrupt information is passed over buffers shared between host and guest.
Now the guest may process the buffers when it receives a notification from the
host, that will be at downpath of an interrupt for virtio,mmio. Or the guest may
poll on the virtqueue and process any buffers as soon as they are made
available, no interrupts then.

-- 
viresh