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    KVM: x86: Add KVM exit for IOAPIC EOIs · 7543a635
    Steve Rutherford authored
    Adds KVM_EXIT_IOAPIC_EOI which allows the kernel to EOI
    level-triggered IOAPIC interrupts.
    
    Uses a per VCPU exit bitmap to decide whether or not the IOAPIC needs
    to be informed (which is identical to the EOI_EXIT_BITMAP field used
    by modern x86 processors, but can also be used to elide kvm IOAPIC EOI
    exits on older processors).
    
    [Note: A prototype using ResampleFDs found that decoupling the EOI
    from the VCPU's thread made it possible for the VCPU to not see a
    recent EOI after reentering the guest. This does not match real
    hardware.]
    
    Compile tested for Intel x86.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSteve Rutherford <srutherford@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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