Re: [Qemu-block] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 11/11] block: Only poll block layer fds in bdrv_aio_poll

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 09/09/2015 05:22, Fam Zheng wrote:
> Another advantage for bdrv_aio_poll() is, in main loop we will not need
> a separate AioContext in changes like:
> 
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/514968/
> 
> Because nested aio_poll will automatically be limited to only process block
> layer events. My idea is to eventually let main loop use aio_poll

That would be a step back.  Using GSource is useful because it lets you
integrate libraries such as GTK+.

Paolo

> , which means
> we would also move chardev onto it. It would be neat to put all fds of the 
> main
> thread into a single AioContext.