Re: [PATCHv2 1/3] eventfd: allow atomic read and waitqueue remove

[Avi Kivity]

On 01/21/2010 07:23 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > I agree.
> >
> > But I think we can solve this in another way in .32: we can clear the
> > eventfd from irqfd->inject work, which is in process context.  The new
> > stuff is only needed for lockless clearing, no?
> >      
> No, AFAIK there's no way to clear the counter from kernel without
> this patch.
>    

Can't you read from the file?

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