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| author | Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> | 2007-07-26 10:41:02 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-07-26 11:35:16 -0700 |
| commit | f938d2c892db0d80d144253d4a7b7083efdbedeb (patch) | |
| tree | 1fbc946a9fb59827001a5d4d5224abe5e624e605 /drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c | |
| parent | dfb68689bf3e3d31dc9fb5c2bde5379a4ca9b0ec (diff) | |
lguest: documentation I: Preparation
The netfilter code had very good documentation: the Netfilter Hacking HOWTO.
Noone ever read it.
So this time I'm trying something different, using a bit of Knuthiness.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c b/drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c index bee029bb2c7..b2647974e1a 100644 --- a/drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c +++ b/drivers/lguest/interrupts_and_traps.c @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +/*P:800 Interrupts (traps) are complicated enough to earn their own file. + * There are three classes of interrupts: + * + * 1) Real hardware interrupts which occur while we're running the Guest, + * 2) Interrupts for virtual devices attached to the Guest, and + * 3) Traps and faults from the Guest. + * + * Real hardware interrupts must be delivered to the Host, not the Guest. + * Virtual interrupts must be delivered to the Guest, but we make them look + * just like real hardware would deliver them. Traps from the Guest can be set + * up to go directly back into the Guest, but sometimes the Host wants to see + * them first, so we also have a way of "reflecting" them into the Guest as if + * they had been delivered to it directly. :*/ #include <linux/uaccess.h> #include "lg.h" |