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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] hw/i386: Introduce the microvm machine type


From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] hw/i386: Introduce the microvm machine type
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 17:37:18 -0400

On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 12:17:22AM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 28/06/19 16:06, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >> +    assert(kvm_irqchip_in_kernel());
> > Hmm - irqchip in kernel actually increases the attack surface,
> > does it not? Or at least, the severity of the attacks.
> 
> Yeah, we should at least support split irqchip.  But, irqchip completely
> in userspace is slow when it is not broken, and it does not support
> APICv.  So it's not really feasible.
> 
> Paolo

Right, I meant split.

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