Re: [PATCH v5 kvmtool 09/13] vfio-pci: add MSI-X support

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On 12/06/18 14:41, Will Deacon wrote:
> Just as a general point, I couldn't figure out how you handle the case where
> a guest reconfigures the MSI BARs concurrently with an MMIO exit to the
> previously configured BARs. Is there sufficient locking to serialise this?

I'm not sure what you mean by reconfiguring the MSI BARs? The
vfio_pci_device.msix.mutex serializes accesses to the MSI-X capability
in config space and to the MSI-X table in the BAR. I don't think the MSI
states are modified by any other operation

Thanks,
Jean



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