Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/7] qemu_flush_work for remote vcpu execution

[Glauber Costa]

>
> I really dislike this.  In general vcpu ioctls are used as components of
> some work to be done, for example RMW of some state.  In this case it is
> meaningless to execute the ioctls remotely, you need to execute the entire
> RMW remotely instead.
>

Why? The "M" part of RMW is executed in shared memory.
Only the R and W parts have any restrictions on where to be executed.

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