Re: [PATCH kvm-unit-tests 3/4] Add support for calling a function in guest mode

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On 11/28/2010 10:59 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 11:15:18AM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
>  On 11/26/2010 04:17 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>  >>   +
>  >>   +#include "kvmxx.h"
>  >>   +#include<boost/function.hpp>
>  >
>  >This seems to use boost, which is not part of the standard library.
>  >Do we want this dependency?
>  >We'd need a configure check to verify it's installed.
>  >
>
>  I don't mind a boost dependency, but given this is in tr1, I
>  switched to that instead.
>
>  >>   +#include<vector>
>  >>   +
>  >>   +namespace identity {
>  >>   +
>  >>   +void setup_vm(kvm::vm&   vm);
>  >>   +
>  >>   +class vcpu {
>  >>   +public:
>  >>   +    vcpu(kvm::vcpu&   vcpu, boost::function<void ()>   guest_func,
>  >>   +	 unsigned long stack_size = 256 * 1024);
>  >
>  >So the thread stack is moved to use the heap instead?
>
>  Only in guest mode.
>
>  >Can we use pthread_attr_getstacksize and use the regular thread stack?
>  >Good for portability.
>
>  In practice 256K should be sufficient.  This is for a unit test, not
>  a qemu replacement.


Portability matters though. Isn't it a good idea to replace a bunch
or asm calls with pthread use?


I don't see how?  The host/guest thunk has no pthread equivalent.

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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