Re: [PATCHv2 1/3] eventfd: allow atomic read and waitqueue remove

[Avi Kivity]

On 01/21/2010 07:13 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> But I think we can solve this in another way in .32: we can clear the 
> eventfd from irqfd->inject work, which is in process context.  The new 
> stuff is only needed for lockless clearing, no?

I meant atomic clearing, when we inject interrupts from the irqfd atomic 
context.

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