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Pull virtio updates from Rusty Russell: "Some virtio internal cleanups, a new virtio device "virtio input", and a change to allow the legacy virtio balloon. Most excitingly, some lguest work! No seriously, I got some cleanup patches" * tag 'virtio-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux: virtio: drop virtio_device_is_legacy_only virtio_pci: support non-legacy balloon devices virtio_mmio: support non-legacy balloon devices virtio_ccw: support non-legacy balloon devices virtio: balloon might not be a legacy device virtio_balloon: transitional interface virtio_ring: Update weak barriers to use dma_wmb/rmb virtio_pci_modern: switch to type-safe io accessors virtio_pci_modern: type-safe io accessors lguest: handle traps on the "interrupt suppressed" iret instruction. virtio: drop a useless config read virtio_config: reorder functions Add virtio-input driver. lguest: suppress interrupts for single insn, not range. lguest: simplify lguest_iret lguest: rename i386_head.S in the comments lguest: explicitly set miscdevice's private_data NULL lguest: fix pending interrupt test.
Welcome, friend reader, to lguest. Lguest is an adventure, with you, the reader, as Hero. I can't think of many 5000-line projects which offer both such capability and glimpses of future potential; it is an exciting time to be delving into the source! But be warned; this is an arduous journey of several hours or more! And as we know, all true Heroes are driven by a Noble Goal. Thus I offer a Beer (or equivalent) to anyone I meet who has completed this documentation. So get comfortable and keep your wits about you (both quick and humorous). Along your way to the Noble Goal, you will also gain masterly insight into lguest, and hypervisors and x86 virtualization in general. Our Quest is in seven parts: (best read with C highlighting turned on) I) Preparation - In which our potential hero is flown quickly over the landscape for a taste of its scope. Suitable for the armchair coders and other such persons of faint constitution. II) Guest - Where we encounter the first tantalising wisps of code, and come to understand the details of the life of a Guest kernel. III) Drivers - Whereby the Guest finds its voice and become useful, and our understanding of the Guest is completed. IV) Launcher - Where we trace back to the creation of the Guest, and thus begin our understanding of the Host. V) Host - Where we master the Host code, through a long and tortuous journey. Indeed, it is here that our hero is tested in the Bit of Despair. VI) Switcher - Where our understanding of the intertwined nature of Guests and Hosts is completed. VII) Mastery - Where our fully fledged hero grapples with the Great Question: "What next?" make Preparation! Rusty Russell.