Re: [Xen-devel] trigger an interrupt in HVM

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 22/8/08 02:24, "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> As an alternative, could I do an alloc_unbound (DOMID_SELF, DOMID_SELF)
> and then bind_interdomain to it?

Yes, it's just that that burns two event-channel ports, whereas an IPI port
burns just one.

> As another alternative, I have previously been using the asm 'int x'
> instructions to call isr's... that could work too although of course
> without the source code to windows it's hard to tell exactly what the
> implications of that might be :)

I wouldn't advise it -- the ISR will EOI the LAPIC even though the LAPIC did
not deliver the interrupt. A safer way to go might be to self-IPI via the
LAPIC.

 -- Keir



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