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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset
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Avi Kivity |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset |
Date: |
Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:31:09 -0400 (EDT) |
> >
> > In fact these aren't problems. The packet may be sent or data
> > written, as long as they aren't corrupted. A device is allowed to
> > "delay" a reset (but not indefinitely).
>
> Oh, but corruption could easily happen. Consider for example a disk
> controller waiting for DMA ready signal a device separate from the
> DMA
> controller. Due to reset glitches in the device or signal chain, the
> DMA ready signal arrives but the DMA controller still contains old
> information, writing the data to disk from wrong memory location.
Would not this corruption also happen on real hardware? If reset to the disk
controller is delayed by a slow gate or extra capacitance on a line?
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Avi Kivity, 2011/10/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Blue Swirl, 2011/10/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Avi Kivity, 2011/10/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Blue Swirl, 2011/10/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Avi Kivity, 2011/10/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Blue Swirl, 2011/10/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Avi Kivity, 2011/10/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Blue Swirl, 2011/10/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Avi Kivity, 2011/10/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Blue Swirl, 2011/10/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset,
Avi Kivity <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Blue Swirl, 2011/10/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Avi Kivity, 2011/10/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Blue Swirl, 2011/10/02
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Paolo Bonzini, 2011/10/03
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Avi Kivity, 2011/10/04
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Peter Maydell, 2011/10/01
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/22] i8259: Update IRQ state after reset, Avi Kivity, 2011/10/02