According to the spec, if the VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX feature bit is negotiated the driver MUST set flags to 0. Not dirtying the available ring in virtqueue_disable_cb may also have a positive performance impact. Writes to the used event field (vring_used_event) are still unconditional. Signed-off-by: Ladi Prosek <lprosek@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c index ca6bfdd..d6345e1 100644 --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c @@ -718,7 +718,9 @@ void virtqueue_disable_cb(struct virtqueue *_vq) if (!(vq->avail_flags_shadow & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT)) { vq->avail_flags_shadow |= VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT; - vq->vring.avail->flags = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, vq->avail_flags_shadow); + if (!vq->event) { + vq->vring.avail->flags = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, vq->avail_flags_shadow); + } } } @@ -750,7 +752,9 @@ unsigned virtqueue_enable_cb_prepare(struct virtqueue *_vq) * entry. Always do both to keep code simple. */ if (vq->avail_flags_shadow & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT) { vq->avail_flags_shadow &= ~VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT; - vq->vring.avail->flags = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, vq->avail_flags_shadow); + if (!vq->event) { + vq->vring.avail->flags = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, vq->avail_flags_shadow); + } } vring_used_event(&vq->vring) = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, last_used_idx = vq->last_used_idx); END_USE(vq); @@ -818,10 +822,12 @@ bool virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed(struct virtqueue *_vq) * more to do. */ /* Depending on the VIRTIO_RING_F_USED_EVENT_IDX feature, we need to * either clear the flags bit or point the event index at the next - * entry. Always do both to keep code simple. */ + * entry. Always update the event index to keep code simple. */ if (vq->avail_flags_shadow & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT) { vq->avail_flags_shadow &= ~VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT; - vq->vring.avail->flags = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, vq->avail_flags_shadow); + if (!vq->event) { + vq->vring.avail->flags = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, vq->avail_flags_shadow); + } } /* TODO: tune this threshold */ bufs = (u16)(vq->avail_idx_shadow - vq->last_used_idx) * 3 / 4; @@ -939,7 +945,9 @@ struct virtqueue *__vring_new_virtqueue(unsigned int index, /* No callback? Tell other side not to bother us. */ if (!callback) { vq->avail_flags_shadow |= VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT; - vq->vring.avail->flags = cpu_to_virtio16(vdev, vq->avail_flags_shadow); + if (!vq->event) { + vq->vring.avail->flags = cpu_to_virtio16(vdev, vq->avail_flags_shadow); + } } /* Put everything in free lists. */ -- 2.5.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html