On 23/04/2015 11:40, Eric Auger wrote: >> > Why can't you just use a GHashTable? > You mean implementing this hash table in the interrupt controller? No, in KVM. Basically the kvm-vgic interrupt controller registers its qemu_irqs with kvm-all.c, passing the gsi number for KVM_IRQFD along the way. Then VFIO device can pass the qemu_irq and ask for an irqfd for that qemu_irq, instead of having to know the gsi number. kvm-all.c acts as a mediator. The notifier actually is not even necessary, because we already have a very similar concept in QOM. But qdev_init_gpio_out_named always passes a dummy "notifier": void qdev_init_gpio_out_named(DeviceState *dev, qemu_irq *pins, const char *name, int n) { int i; NamedGPIOList *gpio_list = qdev_get_named_gpio_list(dev, name); char *propname = g_strdup_printf("%s[*]", name ? name : "unnamed-gpio-out"); assert(gpio_list->num_in == 0 || !name); gpio_list->num_out += n; for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) { memset(&pins[i], 0, sizeof(*pins)); object_property_add_link(OBJECT(dev), propname, TYPE_IRQ, (Object **)&pins[i], object_property_allow_set_link, OBJ_PROP_LINK_UNREF_ON_RELEASE, &error_abort); } g_free(propname); } So you need to add a method to DeviceClass, with the same prototype as object_property_allow_set_link, and set the default value to object_property_allow_set_link in device_class_init. Then qdev_init_gpio_out_named can do DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_GET_CLASS(dev); ... object_property_add_link(OBJECT(dev), propname, TYPE_IRQ, (Object **)&pins[i], dc->gpio_set_hook, OBJ_PROP_LINK_UNREF_ON_RELEASE, &error_abort); or something like that. Alternatively, and probably better, add the argument to qdev_init_gpio_out_named; there aren't many calls. Then you can add the method only to SysbusDeviceClass rather than to all devices, and you can change sysbus_init_irq like this: void sysbus_init_irq(SysBusDevice *dev, qemu_irq *p) { SysBusDeviceClass *sdc = SYSBUS_DEVICE_GET_CLASS(dev); qdev_init_gpio_out_named(DEVICE(dev), p, SYSBUS_DEVICE_GPIO_IRQ, 1, sdc->irq_set_hook); } Paolo > The problem is my VFIO device currently has no link to the interrupt > controller object. Besides it has a platform bus in between. Previously > I devised a reset notifier called in the machine file to pass this link > but Alex was not keen about this method. So the idea here is when the > VFIO sysbus device qemuirq is getting connected, a notifier is called, > VFIO device can retrieve the gsi of this qemu_irq and call KVM_IRQFD > with that gsi. _______________________________________________ kvmarm mailing list kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/kvmarm