Re: [PATCH 3/7] vfio: Introduce interface to flush virqfd inject workqueue

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Hi Alex,

On 3/6/2024 1:14 PM, Alex Williamson wrote:
> In order to synchronize changes that can affect the thread callback,
> introduce an interface to force a flush of the inject workqueue.  The
> irqfd pointer is only valid under spinlock, but the workqueue cannot
> be flushed under spinlock.  Therefore the flush work for the irqfd is
> queued under spinlock.  The vfio_irqfd_cleanup_wq workqueue is re-used
> for queuing this work such that flushing the workqueue is also ordered
> relative to shutdown.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Thank you very much.

Reviewed-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx>

Reinette




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