Re: [PATCH] kvm: make vcpu life cycle separated from kvm instance

[Jan Kiszka]

On 2011-12-02 07:26, Liu Ping Fan wrote:
> From: Liu Ping Fan <pingfank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Currently, vcpu can be destructed only when kvm instance destroyed.
> Change this to vcpu's destruction taken when its refcnt is zero,
> and then vcpu MUST and CAN be destroyed before kvm's destroy.

I'm lacking the big picture yet (would be good to have in the change log
- at least I'm too lazy to read the code):

What increments the refcnt, what decrements it again? IOW, how does user
space controls the life-cycle of a vcpu after your changes?

Thanks,
Jan

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