Re: [PATCH RFC v5 net-next 2/6] virtio_ring: try to disable event index callbacks in virtqueue_disable_cb()
From: Rusty Russell <hidden>
Date: 2015-02-10 01:49:43
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From: Rusty Russell <hidden>
Date: 2015-02-10 01:49:43
Also in:
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Jason Wang [off-list ref] writes:
Currently, we do nothing to prevent the callbacks in virtqueue_disable_cb() when event index is used. This may cause spurious interrupts which may damage the performance. This patch tries to publish avail event as the used even to prevent the callbacks. Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Rusty Russell <redacted>
--- drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c index 545fed5..e9ffbfb 100644 --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c@@ -539,6 +539,8 @@ void virtqueue_disable_cb(struct virtqueue *_vq) struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq); vq->vring.avail->flags |= cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT); + vring_used_event(&vq->vring) = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, + vq->vring.avail->idx); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtqueue_disable_cb);-- 1.8.3.1 _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization