Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 08:30:46PM -0400, Gregory Haskins wrote:
>
>> +static int
>> +iosignalfd_group_in_range(struct kvm_io_device *this, gpa_t addr, int len,
>> + int is_write)
>> +{
>> + struct _iosignalfd_group *p = to_group(this);
>> +
>> + return ((addr >= p->addr && (addr < p->addr + p->length)));
>> +}
>>
>
> I think I see a problem here. For virtio, we do not necessarily want all
> virtqueues for a device to live in kernel: there might be control
> virtqueues that we want to leave in userspace. Since this claims all
> writes to a specific address, the signal never makes it to userspace.
>
>
So based on this, I think you are right about the io_bus changes. If we
accept your proposal this problem above is solved cleanly. Sorry for
the resistance, but I just wanted to make sure we were doing the right
thing. I am in agreement now.
Kind Regards,
-Greg
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