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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 bee029bb2c7b..b2647974e1a7 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" |
