diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 8a9c427..c8281e9 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@
 obj-y += rtl8139.o
 obj-y += e1000.o
 
+# Inter-VM PCI shared memory
+obj-$(CONFIG_KVM) += ivshmem.o
+
 # Hardware support
 obj-i386-y += vga.o
 obj-i386-y += mc146818rtc.o i8259.o pc.o
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0eb2884..5cbf646 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.12.91
+0.12.92
diff --git a/cpu-common.h b/cpu-common.h
index 71e7933..0426bc8 100644
--- a/cpu-common.h
+++ b/cpu-common.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 }
 
 ram_addr_t cpu_get_physical_page_desc(target_phys_addr_t addr);
+ram_addr_t qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(DeviceState *dev, const char *name,
+                        ram_addr_t size, void *host);
 ram_addr_t qemu_ram_alloc(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, ram_addr_t size);
 void qemu_ram_free(ram_addr_t addr);
 /* This should only be used for ram local to a device.  */
diff --git a/docs/specs/ivshmem_device_spec.txt b/docs/specs/ivshmem_device_spec.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23dd2ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/specs/ivshmem_device_spec.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+
+Device Specification for Inter-VM shared memory device
+------------------------------------------------------
+
+The Inter-VM shared memory device is designed to share a region of memory to
+userspace in multiple virtual guests.  The memory region does not belong to any
+guest, but is a POSIX memory object on the host.  Optionally, the device may
+support sending interrupts to other guests sharing the same memory region.
+
+
+The Inter-VM PCI device
+-----------------------
+
+*BARs*
+
+The device supports three BARs.  BAR0 is a 1 Kbyte MMIO region to support
+registers.  BAR1 is used for MSI-X when it is enabled in the device.  BAR2 is
+used to map the shared memory object from the host.  The size of BAR2 is
+specified when the guest is started and must be a power of 2 in size.
+
+*Registers*
+
+The device currently supports 4 registers of 32-bits each.  Registers
+are used for synchronization between guests sharing the same memory object when
+interrupts are supported (this requires using the shared memory server).
+
+The server assigns each VM an ID number and sends this ID number to the Qemu
+process when the guest starts.
+
+enum ivshmem_registers {
+    IntrMask = 0,
+    IntrStatus = 4,
+    IVPosition = 8,
+    Doorbell = 12
+};
+
+The first two registers are the interrupt mask and status registers.  Mask and
+status are only used with pin-based interrupts.  They are unused with MSI
+interrupts.
+
+Status Register: The status register is set to 1 when an interrupt occurs.
+
+Mask Register: The mask register is bitwise ANDed with the interrupt status
+and the result will raise an interrupt if it is non-zero.  However, since 1 is
+the only value the status will be set to, it is only the first bit of the mask
+that has any effect.  Therefore interrupts can be masked by setting the first
+bit to 0 and unmasked by setting the first bit to 1.
+
+IVPosition Register: The IVPosition register is read-only and reports the
+guest's ID number.  The guest IDs are non-negative integers.  When using the
+server, since the server is a separate process, the VM ID will only be set when
+the device is ready (shared memory is received from the server and accessible via
+the device).  If the device is not ready, the IVPosition will return -1.
+Applications should ensure that they have a valid VM ID before accessing the
+shared memory.
+
+Doorbell Register:  To interrupt another guest, a guest must write to the
+Doorbell register.  The doorbell register is 32-bits, logically divided into
+two 16-bit fields.  The high 16-bits are the guest ID to interrupt and the low
+16-bits are the interrupt vector to trigger.  The semantics of the value
+written to the doorbell depends on whether the device is using MSI or a regular
+pin-based interrupt.  In short, MSI uses vectors while regular interrupts set the
+status register.
+
+Regular Interrupts
+
+If regular interrupts are used (due to either a guest not supporting MSI or the
+user specifying not to use them on startup) then the value written to the lower
+16-bits of the Doorbell register results is arbitrary and will trigger an
+interrupt in the destination guest.
+
+Message Signalled Interrupts
+
+A ivshmem device may support multiple MSI vectors.  If so, the lower 16-bits
+written to the Doorbell register must be between 0 and the maximum number of
+vectors the guest supports.  The lower 16 bits written to the doorbell is the
+MSI vector that will be raised in the destination guest.  The number of MSI
+vectors is configurable but it is set when the VM is started.
+
+The important thing to remember with MSI is that it is only a signal, no status
+is set (since MSI interrupts are not shared).  All information other than the
+interrupt itself should be communicated via the shared memory region.  Devices
+supporting multiple MSI vectors can use different vectors to indicate different
+events have occurred.  The semantics of interrupt vectors are left to the
+user's discretion.
+
+
+Usage in the Guest
+------------------
+
+The shared memory device is intended to be used with the provided UIO driver.
+Very little configuration is needed.  The guest should map BAR0 to access the
+registers (an array of 32-bit ints allows simple writing) and map BAR2 to
+access the shared memory region itself.  The size of the shared memory region
+is specified when the guest (or shared memory server) is started.  A guest may
+map the whole shared memory region or only part of it.
diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 868cd7f..8636316 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -2808,6 +2808,49 @@
     return last;
 }
 
+ram_addr_t qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(DeviceState *dev, const char *name,
+                        ram_addr_t size, void *host)
+{
+    RAMBlock *new_block, *block;
+
+    size = TARGET_PAGE_ALIGN(size);
+    new_block = qemu_mallocz(sizeof(*new_block));
+
+    if (dev && dev->parent_bus && dev->parent_bus->info->get_dev_path) {
+        char *id = dev->parent_bus->info->get_dev_path(dev);
+        if (id) {
+            snprintf(new_block->idstr, sizeof(new_block->idstr), "%s/", id);
+            qemu_free(id);
+        }
+    }
+    pstrcat(new_block->idstr, sizeof(new_block->idstr), name);
+
+    QLIST_FOREACH(block, &ram_list.blocks, next) {
+        if (!strcmp(block->idstr, new_block->idstr)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "RAMBlock \"%s\" already registered, abort!\n",
+                    new_block->idstr);
+            abort();
+        }
+    }
+
+    new_block->host = host;
+
+    new_block->offset = find_ram_offset(size);
+    new_block->length = size;
+
+    QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&ram_list.blocks, new_block, next);
+
+    ram_list.phys_dirty = qemu_realloc(ram_list.phys_dirty,
+                                       last_ram_offset() >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS);
+    memset(ram_list.phys_dirty + (new_block->offset >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS),
+           0xff, size >> TARGET_PAGE_BITS);
+
+    if (kvm_enabled())
+        kvm_setup_guest_memory(new_block->host, size);
+
+    return new_block->offset;
+}
+
 ram_addr_t qemu_ram_alloc(DeviceState *dev, const char *name, ram_addr_t size)
 {
     RAMBlock *new_block, *block;
diff --git a/hw/hw.h b/hw/hw.h
index e3c3db2..4405092 100644
--- a/hw/hw.h
+++ b/hw/hw.h
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@
                          void *opaque);
 
 void unregister_savevm(DeviceState *dev, const char *idstr, void *opaque);
+void register_device_unmigratable(DeviceState *dev, const char *idstr,
+                                                                void *opaque);
 
 typedef void QEMUResetHandler(void *opaque);
 
diff --git a/hw/ivshmem.c b/hw/ivshmem.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06dce70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/ivshmem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,829 @@
+/*
+ * Inter-VM Shared Memory PCI device.
+ *
+ * Author:
+ *      Cam Macdonell <cam@cs.ualberta.ca>
+ *
+ * Based On: cirrus_vga.c
+ *          Copyright (c) 2004 Fabrice Bellard
+ *          Copyright (c) 2004 Makoto Suzuki (suzu)
+ *
+ *      and rtl8139.c
+ *          Copyright (c) 2006 Igor Kovalenko
+ *
+ * This code is licensed under the GNU GPL v2.
+ */
+#include "hw.h"
+#include "pc.h"
+#include "pci.h"
+#include "msix.h"
+#include "kvm.h"
+
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#define IVSHMEM_IOEVENTFD   0
+#define IVSHMEM_MSI     1
+
+#define IVSHMEM_PEER    0
+#define IVSHMEM_MASTER  1
+
+#define IVSHMEM_REG_BAR_SIZE 0x100
+
+//#define DEBUG_IVSHMEM
+#ifdef DEBUG_IVSHMEM
+#define IVSHMEM_DPRINTF(fmt, ...)        \
+    do {printf("IVSHMEM: " fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+#else
+#define IVSHMEM_DPRINTF(fmt, ...)
+#endif
+
+typedef struct Peer {
+    int nb_eventfds;
+    int *eventfds;
+} Peer;
+
+typedef struct EventfdEntry {
+    PCIDevice *pdev;
+    int vector;
+} EventfdEntry;
+
+typedef struct IVShmemState {
+    PCIDevice dev;
+    uint32_t intrmask;
+    uint32_t intrstatus;
+    uint32_t doorbell;
+
+    CharDriverState **eventfd_chr;
+    CharDriverState *server_chr;
+    int ivshmem_mmio_io_addr;
+
+    pcibus_t mmio_addr;
+    pcibus_t shm_pci_addr;
+    uint64_t ivshmem_offset;
+    uint64_t ivshmem_size; /* size of shared memory region */
+    int shm_fd; /* shared memory file descriptor */
+
+    Peer *peers;
+    int nb_peers; /* how many guests we have space for */
+    int max_peer; /* maximum numbered peer */
+
+    int vm_id;
+    uint32_t vectors;
+    uint32_t features;
+    EventfdEntry *eventfd_table;
+
+    char * shmobj;
+    char * sizearg;
+    char * role;
+    int role_val;   /* scalar to avoid multiple string comparisons */
+} IVShmemState;
+
+/* registers for the Inter-VM shared memory device */
+enum ivshmem_registers {
+    INTRMASK = 0,
+    INTRSTATUS = 4,
+    IVPOSITION = 8,
+    DOORBELL = 12,
+};
+
+static inline uint32_t ivshmem_has_feature(IVShmemState *ivs,
+                                                    unsigned int feature) {
+    return (ivs->features & (1 << feature));
+}
+
+static inline bool is_power_of_two(uint64_t x) {
+    return (x & (x - 1)) == 0;
+}
+
+static void ivshmem_map(PCIDevice *pci_dev, int region_num,
+                    pcibus_t addr, pcibus_t size, int type)
+{
+    IVShmemState *s = DO_UPCAST(IVShmemState, dev, pci_dev);
+
+    s->shm_pci_addr = addr;
+
+    if (s->ivshmem_offset > 0) {
+        cpu_register_physical_memory(s->shm_pci_addr, s->ivshmem_size,
+                                                            s->ivshmem_offset);
+    }
+
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("guest pci addr = %" FMT_PCIBUS ", guest h/w addr = %"
+        PRIu64 ", size = %" FMT_PCIBUS "\n", addr, s->ivshmem_offset, size);
+
+}
+
+/* accessing registers - based on rtl8139 */
+static void ivshmem_update_irq(IVShmemState *s, int val)
+{
+    int isr;
+    isr = (s->intrstatus & s->intrmask) & 0xffffffff;
+
+    /* don't print ISR resets */
+    if (isr) {
+        IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("Set IRQ to %d (%04x %04x)\n",
+           isr ? 1 : 0, s->intrstatus, s->intrmask);
+    }
+
+    qemu_set_irq(s->dev.irq[0], (isr != 0));
+}
+
+static void ivshmem_IntrMask_write(IVShmemState *s, uint32_t val)
+{
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("IntrMask write(w) val = 0x%04x\n", val);
+
+    s->intrmask = val;
+
+    ivshmem_update_irq(s, val);
+}
+
+static uint32_t ivshmem_IntrMask_read(IVShmemState *s)
+{
+    uint32_t ret = s->intrmask;
+
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("intrmask read(w) val = 0x%04x\n", ret);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void ivshmem_IntrStatus_write(IVShmemState *s, uint32_t val)
+{
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("IntrStatus write(w) val = 0x%04x\n", val);
+
+    s->intrstatus = val;
+
+    ivshmem_update_irq(s, val);
+    return;
+}
+
+static uint32_t ivshmem_IntrStatus_read(IVShmemState *s)
+{
+    uint32_t ret = s->intrstatus;
+
+    /* reading ISR clears all interrupts */
+    s->intrstatus = 0;
+
+    ivshmem_update_irq(s, 0);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void ivshmem_io_writew(void *opaque, target_phys_addr_t addr,
+                                                            uint32_t val)
+{
+
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("We shouldn't be writing words\n");
+}
+
+static void ivshmem_io_writel(void *opaque, target_phys_addr_t addr,
+                                                            uint32_t val)
+{
+    IVShmemState *s = opaque;
+
+    uint64_t write_one = 1;
+    uint16_t dest = val >> 16;
+    uint16_t vector = val & 0xff;
+
+    addr &= 0xfc;
+
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("writing to addr " TARGET_FMT_plx "\n", addr);
+    switch (addr)
+    {
+        case INTRMASK:
+            ivshmem_IntrMask_write(s, val);
+            break;
+
+        case INTRSTATUS:
+            ivshmem_IntrStatus_write(s, val);
+            break;
+
+        case DOORBELL:
+            /* check that dest VM ID is reasonable */
+            if (dest > s->max_peer) {
+                IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("Invalid destination VM ID (%d)\n", dest);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            /* check doorbell range */
+            if (vector < s->peers[dest].nb_eventfds) {
+                IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("Writing %" PRId64 " to VM %d on vector %d\n",
+                                                    write_one, dest, vector);
+                if (write(s->peers[dest].eventfds[vector],
+                                                    &(write_one), 8) != 8) {
+                    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("error writing to eventfd\n");
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+        default:
+            IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("Invalid VM Doorbell VM %d\n", dest);
+    }
+}
+
+static void ivshmem_io_writeb(void *opaque, target_phys_addr_t addr,
+                                                                uint32_t val)
+{
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("We shouldn't be writing bytes\n");
+}
+
+static uint32_t ivshmem_io_readw(void *opaque, target_phys_addr_t addr)
+{
+
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("We shouldn't be reading words\n");
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static uint32_t ivshmem_io_readl(void *opaque, target_phys_addr_t addr)
+{
+
+    IVShmemState *s = opaque;
+    uint32_t ret;
+
+    switch (addr)
+    {
+        case INTRMASK:
+            ret = ivshmem_IntrMask_read(s);
+            break;
+
+        case INTRSTATUS:
+            ret = ivshmem_IntrStatus_read(s);
+            break;
+
+        case IVPOSITION:
+            /* return my VM ID if the memory is mapped */
+            if (s->shm_fd > 0) {
+                ret = s->vm_id;
+            } else {
+                ret = -1;
+            }
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("why are we reading " TARGET_FMT_plx "\n", addr);
+            ret = 0;
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static uint32_t ivshmem_io_readb(void *opaque, target_phys_addr_t addr)
+{
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("We shouldn't be reading bytes\n");
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static CPUReadMemoryFunc * const ivshmem_mmio_read[3] = {
+    ivshmem_io_readb,
+    ivshmem_io_readw,
+    ivshmem_io_readl,
+};
+
+static CPUWriteMemoryFunc * const ivshmem_mmio_write[3] = {
+    ivshmem_io_writeb,
+    ivshmem_io_writew,
+    ivshmem_io_writel,
+};
+
+static void ivshmem_receive(void *opaque, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
+{
+    IVShmemState *s = opaque;
+
+    ivshmem_IntrStatus_write(s, *buf);
+
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("ivshmem_receive 0x%02x\n", *buf);
+}
+
+static int ivshmem_can_receive(void * opaque)
+{
+    return 8;
+}
+
+static void ivshmem_event(void *opaque, int event)
+{
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("ivshmem_event %d\n", event);
+}
+
+static void fake_irqfd(void *opaque, const uint8_t *buf, int size) {
+
+    EventfdEntry *entry = opaque;
+    PCIDevice *pdev = entry->pdev;
+
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("interrupt on vector %p %d\n", pdev, entry->vector);
+    msix_notify(pdev, entry->vector);
+}
+
+static CharDriverState* create_eventfd_chr_device(void * opaque, int eventfd,
+                                                                    int vector)
+{
+    /* create a event character device based on the passed eventfd */
+    IVShmemState *s = opaque;
+    CharDriverState * chr;
+
+    chr = qemu_chr_open_eventfd(eventfd);
+
+    if (chr == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "creating eventfd for eventfd %d failed\n", eventfd);
+        exit(-1);
+    }
+
+    /* if MSI is supported we need multiple interrupts */
+    if (ivshmem_has_feature(s, IVSHMEM_MSI)) {
+        s->eventfd_table[vector].pdev = &s->dev;
+        s->eventfd_table[vector].vector = vector;
+
+        qemu_chr_add_handlers(chr, ivshmem_can_receive, fake_irqfd,
+                      ivshmem_event, &s->eventfd_table[vector]);
+    } else {
+        qemu_chr_add_handlers(chr, ivshmem_can_receive, ivshmem_receive,
+                      ivshmem_event, s);
+    }
+
+    return chr;
+
+}
+
+static int check_shm_size(IVShmemState *s, int fd) {
+    /* check that the guest isn't going to try and map more memory than the
+     * the object has allocated return -1 to indicate error */
+
+    struct stat buf;
+
+    fstat(fd, &buf);
+
+    if (s->ivshmem_size > buf.st_size) {
+        fprintf(stderr,
+                "IVSHMEM ERROR: Requested memory size greater"
+                " than shared object size (%" PRIu64 " > %" PRIu64")\n",
+                s->ivshmem_size, (uint64_t)buf.st_size);
+        return -1;
+    } else {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+/* create the shared memory BAR when we are not using the server, so we can
+ * create the BAR and map the memory immediately */
+static void create_shared_memory_BAR(IVShmemState *s, int fd) {
+
+    void * ptr;
+
+    s->shm_fd = fd;
+
+    ptr = mmap(0, s->ivshmem_size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+
+    s->ivshmem_offset = qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(&s->dev.qdev, "ivshmem.bar2",
+                                                        s->ivshmem_size, ptr);
+
+    /* region for shared memory */
+    pci_register_bar(&s->dev, 2, s->ivshmem_size,
+                                PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEMORY, ivshmem_map);
+}
+
+static void close_guest_eventfds(IVShmemState *s, int posn)
+{
+    int i, guest_curr_max;
+
+    guest_curr_max = s->peers[posn].nb_eventfds;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < guest_curr_max; i++) {
+        kvm_set_ioeventfd_mmio_long(s->peers[posn].eventfds[i],
+                    s->mmio_addr + DOORBELL, (posn << 16) | i, 0);
+        close(s->peers[posn].eventfds[i]);
+    }
+
+    qemu_free(s->peers[posn].eventfds);
+    s->peers[posn].nb_eventfds = 0;
+}
+
+static void setup_ioeventfds(IVShmemState *s) {
+
+    int i, j;
+
+    for (i = 0; i <= s->max_peer; i++) {
+        for (j = 0; j < s->peers[i].nb_eventfds; j++) {
+            kvm_set_ioeventfd_mmio_long(s->peers[i].eventfds[j],
+                    s->mmio_addr + DOORBELL, (i << 16) | j, 1);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/* this function increase the dynamic storage need to store data about other
+ * guests */
+static void increase_dynamic_storage(IVShmemState *s, int new_min_size) {
+
+    int j, old_nb_alloc;
+
+    old_nb_alloc = s->nb_peers;
+
+    while (new_min_size >= s->nb_peers)
+        s->nb_peers = s->nb_peers * 2;
+
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("bumping storage to %d guests\n", s->nb_peers);
+    s->peers = qemu_realloc(s->peers, s->nb_peers * sizeof(Peer));
+
+    /* zero out new pointers */
+    for (j = old_nb_alloc; j < s->nb_peers; j++) {
+        s->peers[j].eventfds = NULL;
+        s->peers[j].nb_eventfds = 0;
+    }
+}
+
+static void ivshmem_read(void *opaque, const uint8_t * buf, int flags)
+{
+    IVShmemState *s = opaque;
+    int incoming_fd, tmp_fd;
+    int guest_max_eventfd;
+    long incoming_posn;
+
+    memcpy(&incoming_posn, buf, sizeof(long));
+    /* pick off s->server_chr->msgfd and store it, posn should accompany msg */
+    tmp_fd = qemu_chr_get_msgfd(s->server_chr);
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("posn is %ld, fd is %d\n", incoming_posn, tmp_fd);
+
+    /* make sure we have enough space for this guest */
+    if (incoming_posn >= s->nb_peers) {
+        increase_dynamic_storage(s, incoming_posn);
+    }
+
+    if (tmp_fd == -1) {
+        /* if posn is positive and unseen before then this is our posn*/
+        if ((incoming_posn >= 0) &&
+                            (s->peers[incoming_posn].eventfds == NULL)) {
+            /* receive our posn */
+            s->vm_id = incoming_posn;
+            return;
+        } else {
+            /* otherwise an fd == -1 means an existing guest has gone away */
+            IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("posn %ld has gone away\n", incoming_posn);
+            close_guest_eventfds(s, incoming_posn);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* because of the implementation of get_msgfd, we need a dup */
+    incoming_fd = dup(tmp_fd);
+
+    if (incoming_fd == -1) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "could not allocate file descriptor %s\n",
+                                                            strerror(errno));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* if the position is -1, then it's shared memory region fd */
+    if (incoming_posn == -1) {
+
+        void * map_ptr;
+
+        s->max_peer = 0;
+
+        if (check_shm_size(s, incoming_fd) == -1) {
+            exit(-1);
+        }
+
+        /* mmap the region and map into the BAR2 */
+        map_ptr = mmap(0, s->ivshmem_size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED,
+                                                            incoming_fd, 0);
+        s->ivshmem_offset = qemu_ram_alloc_from_ptr(&s->dev.qdev,
+                                    "ivshmem.bar2", s->ivshmem_size, map_ptr);
+
+        IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("guest pci addr = %" FMT_PCIBUS ", guest h/w addr = %"
+                         PRIu64 ", size = %" PRIu64 "\n", s->shm_pci_addr,
+                         s->ivshmem_offset, s->ivshmem_size);
+
+        if (s->shm_pci_addr > 0) {
+            /* map memory into BAR2 */
+            cpu_register_physical_memory(s->shm_pci_addr, s->ivshmem_size,
+                                                            s->ivshmem_offset);
+        }
+
+        /* only store the fd if it is successfully mapped */
+        s->shm_fd = incoming_fd;
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* each guest has an array of eventfds, and we keep track of how many
+     * guests for each VM */
+    guest_max_eventfd = s->peers[incoming_posn].nb_eventfds;
+
+    if (guest_max_eventfd == 0) {
+        /* one eventfd per MSI vector */
+        s->peers[incoming_posn].eventfds = (int *) qemu_malloc(s->vectors *
+                                                                sizeof(int));
+    }
+
+    /* this is an eventfd for a particular guest VM */
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("eventfds[%ld][%d] = %d\n", incoming_posn,
+                                            guest_max_eventfd, incoming_fd);
+    s->peers[incoming_posn].eventfds[guest_max_eventfd] = incoming_fd;
+
+    /* increment count for particular guest */
+    s->peers[incoming_posn].nb_eventfds++;
+
+    /* keep track of the maximum VM ID */
+    if (incoming_posn > s->max_peer) {
+        s->max_peer = incoming_posn;
+    }
+
+    if (incoming_posn == s->vm_id) {
+        s->eventfd_chr[guest_max_eventfd] = create_eventfd_chr_device(s,
+                   s->peers[s->vm_id].eventfds[guest_max_eventfd],
+                   guest_max_eventfd);
+    }
+
+    if (ivshmem_has_feature(s, IVSHMEM_IOEVENTFD)) {
+        if (kvm_set_ioeventfd_mmio_long(incoming_fd, s->mmio_addr + DOORBELL,
+                        (incoming_posn << 16) | guest_max_eventfd, 1) < 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "ivshmem: ioeventfd not available\n");
+        }
+    }
+
+    return;
+}
+
+static void ivshmem_reset(DeviceState *d)
+{
+    IVShmemState *s = DO_UPCAST(IVShmemState, dev.qdev, d);
+
+    s->intrstatus = 0;
+    return;
+}
+
+static void ivshmem_mmio_map(PCIDevice *pci_dev, int region_num,
+                       pcibus_t addr, pcibus_t size, int type)
+{
+    IVShmemState *s = DO_UPCAST(IVShmemState, dev, pci_dev);
+
+    s->mmio_addr = addr;
+    cpu_register_physical_memory(addr + 0, IVSHMEM_REG_BAR_SIZE,
+                                                s->ivshmem_mmio_io_addr);
+
+    if (ivshmem_has_feature(s, IVSHMEM_IOEVENTFD)) {
+        setup_ioeventfds(s);
+    }
+}
+
+static uint64_t ivshmem_get_size(IVShmemState * s) {
+
+    uint64_t value;
+    char *ptr;
+
+    value = strtoull(s->sizearg, &ptr, 10);
+    switch (*ptr) {
+        case 0: case 'M': case 'm':
+            value <<= 20;
+            break;
+        case 'G': case 'g':
+            value <<= 30;
+            break;
+        default:
+            fprintf(stderr, "qemu: invalid ram size: %s\n", s->sizearg);
+            exit(1);
+    }
+
+    /* BARs must be a power of 2 */
+    if (!is_power_of_two(value)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ivshmem: size must be power of 2\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    return value;
+}
+
+static void ivshmem_setup_msi(IVShmemState * s) {
+
+    int i;
+
+    /* allocate the MSI-X vectors */
+
+    if (!msix_init(&s->dev, s->vectors, 1, 0)) {
+        pci_register_bar(&s->dev, 1,
+                         msix_bar_size(&s->dev),
+                         PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEMORY,
+                         msix_mmio_map);
+        IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("msix initialized (%d vectors)\n", s->vectors);
+    } else {
+        IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("msix initialization failed\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    /* 'activate' the vectors */
+    for (i = 0; i < s->vectors; i++) {
+        msix_vector_use(&s->dev, i);
+    }
+
+    /* allocate Qemu char devices for receiving interrupts */
+    s->eventfd_table = qemu_mallocz(s->vectors * sizeof(EventfdEntry));
+}
+
+static void ivshmem_save(QEMUFile* f, void *opaque)
+{
+    IVShmemState *proxy = opaque;
+
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("ivshmem_save\n");
+    pci_device_save(&proxy->dev, f);
+
+    if (ivshmem_has_feature(proxy, IVSHMEM_MSI)) {
+        msix_save(&proxy->dev, f);
+    } else {
+        qemu_put_be32(f, proxy->intrstatus);
+        qemu_put_be32(f, proxy->intrmask);
+    }
+
+}
+
+static int ivshmem_load(QEMUFile* f, void *opaque, int version_id)
+{
+    IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("ivshmem_load\n");
+
+    IVShmemState *proxy = opaque;
+    int ret, i;
+
+    if (version_id > 0) {
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    if (proxy->role_val == IVSHMEM_PEER) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ivshmem: 'peer' devices are not migratable\n");
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+    ret = pci_device_load(&proxy->dev, f);
+    if (ret) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    if (ivshmem_has_feature(proxy, IVSHMEM_MSI)) {
+        msix_load(&proxy->dev, f);
+        for (i = 0; i < proxy->vectors; i++) {
+            msix_vector_use(&proxy->dev, i);
+        }
+    } else {
+        proxy->intrstatus = qemu_get_be32(f);
+        proxy->intrmask = qemu_get_be32(f);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int pci_ivshmem_init(PCIDevice *dev)
+{
+    IVShmemState *s = DO_UPCAST(IVShmemState, dev, dev);
+    uint8_t *pci_conf;
+
+    if (s->sizearg == NULL)
+        s->ivshmem_size = 4 << 20; /* 4 MB default */
+    else {
+        s->ivshmem_size = ivshmem_get_size(s);
+    }
+
+    register_savevm(&s->dev.qdev, "ivshmem", 0, 0, ivshmem_save, ivshmem_load,
+                                                                        dev);
+
+    /* IRQFD requires MSI */
+    if (ivshmem_has_feature(s, IVSHMEM_IOEVENTFD) &&
+        !ivshmem_has_feature(s, IVSHMEM_MSI)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "ivshmem: ioeventfd/irqfd requires MSI\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    /* check that role is reasonable */
+    if (s->role) {
+        if (strncmp(s->role, "peer", 5) == 0) {
+            s->role_val = IVSHMEM_PEER;
+        } else if (strncmp(s->role, "master", 7) == 0) {
+            s->role_val = IVSHMEM_MASTER;
+        } else {
+            fprintf(stderr, "ivshmem: 'role' must be 'peer' or 'master'\n");
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    } else {
+        s->role_val = IVSHMEM_MASTER; /* default */
+    }
+
+    if (s->role_val == IVSHMEM_PEER) {
+        register_device_unmigratable(&s->dev.qdev, "ivshmem", s);
+    }
+
+    pci_conf = s->dev.config;
+    pci_config_set_vendor_id(pci_conf, PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT_QUMRANET);
+    pci_conf[0x02] = 0x10;
+    pci_conf[0x03] = 0x11;
+    pci_conf[PCI_COMMAND] = PCI_COMMAND_IO | PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY;
+    pci_config_set_class(pci_conf, PCI_CLASS_MEMORY_RAM);
+    pci_conf[PCI_HEADER_TYPE] = PCI_HEADER_TYPE_NORMAL;
+
+    pci_config_set_interrupt_pin(pci_conf, 1);
+
+    s->shm_pci_addr = 0;
+    s->ivshmem_offset = 0;
+    s->shm_fd = 0;
+
+    s->ivshmem_mmio_io_addr = cpu_register_io_memory(ivshmem_mmio_read,
+                                    ivshmem_mmio_write, s);
+    /* region for registers*/
+    pci_register_bar(&s->dev, 0, IVSHMEM_REG_BAR_SIZE,
+                           PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEMORY, ivshmem_mmio_map);
+
+    if ((s->server_chr != NULL) &&
+                        (strncmp(s->server_chr->filename, "unix:", 5) == 0)) {
+        /* if we get a UNIX socket as the parameter we will talk
+         * to the ivshmem server to receive the memory region */
+
+        if (s->shmobj != NULL) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: do not specify both 'chardev' "
+                                                "and 'shm' with ivshmem\n");
+        }
+
+        IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("using shared memory server (socket = %s)\n",
+                                                    s->server_chr->filename);
+
+        if (ivshmem_has_feature(s, IVSHMEM_MSI)) {
+            ivshmem_setup_msi(s);
+        }
+
+        /* we allocate enough space for 16 guests and grow as needed */
+        s->nb_peers = 16;
+        s->vm_id = -1;
+
+        /* allocate/initialize space for interrupt handling */
+        s->peers = qemu_mallocz(s->nb_peers * sizeof(Peer));
+
+        pci_register_bar(&s->dev, 2, s->ivshmem_size,
+                                PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEMORY, ivshmem_map);
+
+        s->eventfd_chr = qemu_mallocz(s->vectors * sizeof(CharDriverState *));
+
+        qemu_chr_add_handlers(s->server_chr, ivshmem_can_receive, ivshmem_read,
+                     ivshmem_event, s);
+    } else {
+        /* just map the file immediately, we're not using a server */
+        int fd;
+
+        if (s->shmobj == NULL) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Must specify 'chardev' or 'shm' to ivshmem\n");
+        }
+
+        IVSHMEM_DPRINTF("using shm_open (shm object = %s)\n", s->shmobj);
+
+        /* try opening with O_EXCL and if it succeeds zero the memory
+         * by truncating to 0 */
+        if ((fd = shm_open(s->shmobj, O_CREAT|O_RDWR|O_EXCL,
+                        S_IRWXU|S_IRWXG|S_IRWXO)) > 0) {
+           /* truncate file to length PCI device's memory */
+            if (ftruncate(fd, s->ivshmem_size) != 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "ivshmem: could not truncate shared file\n");
+            }
+
+        } else if ((fd = shm_open(s->shmobj, O_CREAT|O_RDWR,
+                        S_IRWXU|S_IRWXG|S_IRWXO)) < 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "ivshmem: could not open shared file\n");
+            exit(-1);
+
+        }
+
+        if (check_shm_size(s, fd) == -1) {
+            exit(-1);
+        }
+
+        create_shared_memory_BAR(s, fd);
+
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int pci_ivshmem_uninit(PCIDevice *dev)
+{
+    IVShmemState *s = DO_UPCAST(IVShmemState, dev, dev);
+
+    cpu_unregister_io_memory(s->ivshmem_mmio_io_addr);
+    unregister_savevm(&dev->qdev, "ivshmem", s);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static PCIDeviceInfo ivshmem_info = {
+    .qdev.name  = "ivshmem",
+    .qdev.size  = sizeof(IVShmemState),
+    .qdev.reset = ivshmem_reset,
+    .init       = pci_ivshmem_init,
+    .exit       = pci_ivshmem_uninit,
+    .qdev.props = (Property[]) {
+        DEFINE_PROP_CHR("chardev", IVShmemState, server_chr),
+        DEFINE_PROP_STRING("size", IVShmemState, sizearg),
+        DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("vectors", IVShmemState, vectors, 1),
+        DEFINE_PROP_BIT("ioeventfd", IVShmemState, features, IVSHMEM_IOEVENTFD, false),
+        DEFINE_PROP_BIT("msi", IVShmemState, features, IVSHMEM_MSI, true),
+        DEFINE_PROP_STRING("shm", IVShmemState, shmobj),
+        DEFINE_PROP_STRING("role", IVShmemState, role),
+        DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+    }
+};
+
+static void ivshmem_register_devices(void)
+{
+    pci_qdev_register(&ivshmem_info);
+}
+
+device_init(ivshmem_register_devices)
diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index 7635f2f..d9a5dd0 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -1241,6 +1241,38 @@
     return r;
 }
 
+int kvm_set_ioeventfd_mmio_long(int fd, uint32_t addr, uint32_t val, bool assign)
+{
+#ifdef KVM_IOEVENTFD
+    int ret;
+    struct kvm_ioeventfd iofd;
+
+    iofd.datamatch = val;
+    iofd.addr = addr;
+    iofd.len = 4;
+    iofd.flags = KVM_IOEVENTFD_FLAG_DATAMATCH;
+    iofd.fd = fd;
+
+    if (!kvm_enabled()) {
+        return -ENOSYS;
+    }
+
+    if (!assign) {
+        iofd.flags |= KVM_IOEVENTFD_FLAG_DEASSIGN;
+    }
+
+    ret = kvm_vm_ioctl(kvm_state, KVM_IOEVENTFD, &iofd);
+
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return -errno;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+#else
+    return -ENOSYS;
+#endif
+}
+
 int kvm_set_ioeventfd_pio_word(int fd, uint16_t addr, uint16_t val, bool assign)
 {
 #ifdef KVM_IOEVENTFD
diff --git a/kvm-stub.c b/kvm-stub.c
index 3378bd3..d45f9fa 100644
--- a/kvm-stub.c
+++ b/kvm-stub.c
@@ -136,3 +136,8 @@
 {
     return -ENOSYS;
 }
+
+int kvm_set_ioeventfd_mmio_long(int fd, uint32_t adr, uint32_t val, bool assign)
+{
+    return -ENOSYS;
+}
diff --git a/kvm.h b/kvm.h
index 93f8187..50b6c01 100644
--- a/kvm.h
+++ b/kvm.h
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
 }
 
 #endif
+int kvm_set_ioeventfd_mmio_long(int fd, uint32_t adr, uint32_t val, bool assign);
 
 int kvm_set_ioeventfd_pio_word(int fd, uint16_t adr, uint16_t val, bool assign);
 #endif
diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c
index 9b69d92..6a3952c 100644
--- a/qemu-char.c
+++ b/qemu-char.c
@@ -2087,6 +2087,12 @@
     }
 }
 
+CharDriverState *qemu_chr_open_eventfd(int eventfd){
+
+    return qemu_chr_open_fd(eventfd, eventfd);
+
+}
+
 static void tcp_chr_connect(void *opaque)
 {
     CharDriverState *chr = opaque;
diff --git a/qemu-char.h b/qemu-char.h
index e3a0783..6ea01ba 100644
--- a/qemu-char.h
+++ b/qemu-char.h
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@
 void qemu_chr_info(Monitor *mon, QObject **ret_data);
 CharDriverState *qemu_chr_find(const char *name);
 
+/* add an eventfd to the qemu devices that are polled */
+CharDriverState *qemu_chr_open_eventfd(int eventfd);
+
 extern int term_escape_char;
 
 /* async I/O support */
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index e67bf44..55a966f 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -706,6 +706,49 @@
 that span several QEMU instances. See @ref{sec_invocation} to have a
 basic example.
 
+@section Other Devices
+
+@subsection Inter-VM Shared Memory device
+
+With KVM enabled on a Linux host, a shared memory device is available.  Guests
+map a POSIX shared memory region into the guest as a PCI device that enables
+zero-copy communication to the application level of the guests.  The basic
+syntax is:
+
+@example
+qemu -device ivshmem,size=<size in format accepted by -m>[,shm=<shm name>]
+@end example
+
+If desired, interrupts can be sent between guest VMs accessing the same shared
+memory region.  Interrupt support requires using a shared memory server and
+using a chardev socket to connect to it.  The code for the shared memory server
+is qemu.git/contrib/ivshmem-server.  An example syntax when using the shared
+memory server is:
+
+@example
+qemu -device ivshmem,size=<size in format accepted by -m>[,chardev=<id>]
+                        [,msi=on][,ioeventfd=on][,vectors=n][,role=peer|master]
+qemu -chardev socket,path=<path>,id=<id>
+@end example
+
+When using the server, the guest will be assigned a VM ID (>=0) that allows guests
+using the same server to communicate via interrupts.  Guests can read their
+VM ID from a device register (see example code).  Since receiving the shared
+memory region from the server is asynchronous, there is a (small) chance the
+guest may boot before the shared memory is attached.  To allow an application
+to ensure shared memory is attached, the VM ID register will return -1 (an
+invalid VM ID) until the memory is attached.  Once the shared memory is
+attached, the VM ID will return the guest's valid VM ID.  With these semantics,
+the guest application can check to ensure the shared memory is attached to the
+guest before proceeding.
+
+The @option{role} argument can be set to either master or peer and will affect
+how the shared memory is migrated.  With @option{role=master}, the guest will
+copy the shared memory on migration to the destination host.  With
+@option{role=peer}, the guest will not be able to migrate with the device attached.
+With the @option{peer} case, the device should be detached and then reattached
+after migration using the PCI hotplug support.
+
 @node direct_linux_boot
 @section Direct Linux Boot
 
diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index 4c0e5d3..3b00a84 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -1018,6 +1018,7 @@
     const VMStateDescription *vmsd;
     void *opaque;
     CompatEntry *compat;
+    int no_migrate;
 } SaveStateEntry;
 
 
@@ -1081,6 +1082,7 @@
     se->load_state = load_state;
     se->opaque = opaque;
     se->vmsd = NULL;
+    se->no_migrate = 0;
 
     if (dev && dev->parent_bus && dev->parent_bus->info->get_dev_path) {
         char *id = dev->parent_bus->info->get_dev_path(dev);
@@ -1147,6 +1149,31 @@
     }
 }
 
+/* mark a device as not to be migrated, that is the device should be
+   unplugged before migration */
+void register_device_unmigratable(DeviceState *dev, const char *idstr,
+                                                            void *opaque)
+{
+    SaveStateEntry *se;
+    char id[256] = "";
+
+    if (dev && dev->parent_bus && dev->parent_bus->info->get_dev_path) {
+        char *path = dev->parent_bus->info->get_dev_path(dev);
+        if (path) {
+            pstrcpy(id, sizeof(id), path);
+            pstrcat(id, sizeof(id), "/");
+            qemu_free(path);
+        }
+    }
+    pstrcat(id, sizeof(id), idstr);
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(se, &savevm_handlers, entry) {
+        if (strcmp(se->idstr, id) == 0 && se->opaque == opaque) {
+            se->no_migrate = 1;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 int vmstate_register_with_alias_id(DeviceState *dev, int instance_id,
                                    const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
                                    void *opaque, int alias_id,
@@ -1353,13 +1380,19 @@
     return vmstate_load_state(f, se->vmsd, se->opaque, version_id);
 }
 
-static void vmstate_save(QEMUFile *f, SaveStateEntry *se)
+static int vmstate_save(QEMUFile *f, SaveStateEntry *se)
 {
+    if (se->no_migrate) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     if (!se->vmsd) {         /* Old style */
         se->save_state(f, se->opaque);
-        return;
+        return 0;
     }
     vmstate_save_state(f,se->vmsd, se->opaque);
+
+    return 0;
 }
 
 #define QEMU_VM_FILE_MAGIC           0x5145564d
@@ -1454,6 +1487,7 @@
 int qemu_savevm_state_complete(Monitor *mon, QEMUFile *f)
 {
     SaveStateEntry *se;
+    int r;
 
     cpu_synchronize_all_states();
 
@@ -1486,7 +1520,11 @@
         qemu_put_be32(f, se->instance_id);
         qemu_put_be32(f, se->version_id);
 
-        vmstate_save(f, se);
+        r = vmstate_save(f, se);
+        if (r < 0) {
+            monitor_printf(mon, "cannot migrate with device '%s'\n", se->idstr);
+            return r;
+        }
     }
 
     qemu_put_byte(f, QEMU_VM_EOF);