Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 14/19] kvm: add a reset capability

From: Avi Kivity <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:56:16 +0300

Gregory Haskins wrote:
> We need a way to detect if a VM is reset later in the series, so lets
> add a capability for userspace to signal a VM reset down to the kernel.
>   

As I mentioned, this won't be reliable.  It needs to be driven from 
userspace and be per-device.

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Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.