Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] [PATCHv2] aio / timers pt2: Replace main_loop_tlg with qemu_dummy_timer_ctx

[Alex Bligh]

On 15 Aug 2013, at 13:16, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:

> Things get interesting when we make main loop qemu_set_fd_handler() and
> timers just use AioContext.
> 
> Basically, we are distilling out the main-loop.c stuff which is a
> low-level glib-style event loop from the AioContext fd handlers, timers,
> and BHs.  This is a good step in that direction.
> 
> I'm in favor of this although it current really is still a bit of a
> hack.

Whilst I am hoping aio-timers10 (or a near equivalent) is good to
base lots of other things on, personally I'm not yet convinced
where this one fits. If it fits, then fine, but that probably
should be part of unifying the event loop rather than the timers
series (personal opinion obviously).

-- 
Alex Bligh