Re: [RFC] Stable kvm userspace interface

From: Avi Kivity
Date: Tue Jan 09 2007 - 09:11:42 EST


Jeff Garzik wrote:
Can we please avoid adding a ton of new ioctls? ioctls inevitably require 64-bit compat code for certain architectures, whereas sysfs/procfs does not.


I don't see how the procfs or sysfs models fit kvm. wrt compat code, the current kvm abi (also ioctl based) is 32/64 bit safe without compat code, and I certainly don't intend to break it.


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