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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] Mini-OS to use evtchn_port_t for ports and other

To: "John D. Ramsdell" <ramsdell@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] Mini-OS to use evtchn_port_t for ports and other improvements
From: Steven Smith <sos22-xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:49:20 +0100
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> > Why maybe_bind?  Do you ever expect to need to allocate an unbound
> > event channel before you know what handler to use for it?
> I wanted to capture the usual pattern of immediately binding a port
> after it's allocated, without forcing programmers to follow that
> pattern.
That's not a bad idea, but I'd rather leave this until we have an
example of some actual code which needs it.

> > > +    evtchn_port_t port = op.u.bind_interdomain.local_port;
> > > +    clear_evtchn(port);        /* Without, handler gets invoked now! */
> > Invoking the handler as soon as you bind the interdomain channel is
> > a mostly-deliberate part of the interface.  If the other end makes
> > notifications before you get around to binding they can get lost,
> > and forcing the channel to fire as soon as you bind to it avoids
> > some potential lost wakeups.
> It's easy to simulate the case of a handler call on binding with
> clear_evtchn included, but a pain to handle the case in which one
> wants the handler to be invoked only when a notification arrives,
> when it is omitted.
I think you have a point here.  Consider my objection withdrawn.

Steven.

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