On 25-07-23, 09:18, Jan Beulich wrote:
I question that use, btw, but it is not up to me to decide whether to accept such a layering violation in Linux. dm-op is, as its name says, for device models to use. Your intended use doesn't fall in that category, aiui. Imo the present contents of dm_op.h in Linux is indeed all a kernel is supposed to know about, unless it was to gain in-kernel device models.
Is there any other way by which an interrupt can be raised for the guest VM ? I was only aware of this method and so implemented it like this.
I am open to suggestions on this.