Re: Using virtio for inter-VM communication

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On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 08:48:04 +0200
Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Vincent JARDIN <vincent.jardin@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > On 10/06/2014 18:48, Henning Schild wrote:> Hi,
> >> In a first prototype i implemented a ivshmem[2] device for the
> >> hypervisor. That way we can share memory between virtual machines.
> >> Ivshmem is nice and simple but does not seem to be used anymore.
> >> And it
> >> does not define higher level devices, like a console.
> >
> > FYI, ivhsmem is used here:
> >   http://dpdk.org/browse/memnic/tree/
> >
> > http://dpdk.org/browse/memnic/tree/pmd/pmd_memnic.c#n449
> >
> > There are some few other references too, if needed.
> 
> It may be used, but that doesn't mean it's maintained, or robust
> against abuse.  My advice is to steer clear of it.

Could you elaborate on why you advice against it?

Henning
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