1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index 255b6fad9c..8f0e17cbf3 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -449,10 +449,14 @@ int kvm_check_extension(KVMState *s, unsigned int extension)
 
 static int kvm_check_many_ioeventfds(void)
 {
-    /* Older kernels have a 6 device limit on the KVM io bus.  Find out so we
+    /* Userspace can use ioeventfd for io notification.  This requires a host
+     * that supports eventfd(2) and an I/O thread; since eventfd does not
+     * support SIGIO it cannot interrupt the vcpu.
+     *
+     * Older kernels have a 6 device limit on the KVM io bus.  Find out so we
      * can avoid creating too many ioeventfds.
      */
-#ifdef CONFIG_EVENTFD
+#if defined(CONFIG_EVENTFD) && defined(CONFIG_IOTHREAD)
     int ioeventfds[7];
     int i, ret = 0;
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ioeventfds); i++) {