On Wed, 4 May 2011 23:51:19 +0300, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Define a new feature bit for the host to > declare that it uses an avail_event index > (like Xen) instead of a feature bit > to enable/disable interrupts. > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > include/linux/virtio_ring.h | 11 ++++++++--- > 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_ring.h b/include/linux/virtio_ring.h > index f5c1b75..f791772 100644 > --- a/include/linux/virtio_ring.h > +++ b/include/linux/virtio_ring.h > @@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ > /* The Guest publishes the used index for which it expects an interrupt > * at the end of the avail ring. Host should ignore the avail->flags field. */ > #define VIRTIO_RING_F_USED_EVENT_IDX 29 > +/* The Host publishes the avail index for which it expects a kick > + * at the end of the used ring. Guest should ignore the used->flags field. */ > +#define VIRTIO_RING_F_AVAIL_EVENT_IDX 32 Are you really sure we want to separate the two? Seems a little simpler to have one bit to mean "we're publishing our threshold". For someone implementing this from scratch, it's a little simpler. Or are there cases where the old style makes more sense? Thanks, Rusty. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html