Re: [KVM PATCH v10] kvm: add support for irqfd

[Avi Kivity]

Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:

 

> > I think Avi asked for this specific feature during review which is the
> > reason why its there today.  However, I agree that it would probably be
> > a good idea to put an upper limit on the number of supported aliases
> > that can be registered.  Will fix.
> >
> > Thanks Michael,
> >
> > -Greg
> >
> >
> >     
>
>
> Avi, can you elaborate on why do we want to map multiple fds
> to the same gsi? I think it's better to allow a 1:1 mapping
> only: if many processes want to trigger interrupts they can
> all write to the same fd.
>   

I don't want to assume that the eventfds all come from the same source.

That said, we have a workaround, allocate a new gsi with the same routes 
and attach the excess eventfds there.

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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