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On 02/17/2012 03:55 PM, Scott Wood wrote:
> Should this be a kvm_make_request instead (with a separate
> pending_doorbell bool in vcpu that msgclr can act on), considering
> earlier discussion of phasing out atomics on pending_exceptions, in
> favor of requests?

Ignore the bit about msgclr -- it acts on the local vcpu, so no need for
pending_doorbell.  It can just be a plain request.

-Scott