Split virtqueue_kick to be able to do the actual notification outside the lock protecting the virtqueue. This patch was originally done by Stefan Hajnoczi, but I can't find the original one anymore and had to recreated it from memory. Pointers to the original or corrections for the commit message are welcome. Index: linux-2.6/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c 2011-09-15 15:28:55.891347016 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c 2011-10-03 18:45:32.492738431 +0200 @@ -237,9 +237,11 @@ add_head: } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtqueue_add_buf_gfp); -void virtqueue_kick(struct virtqueue *_vq) +bool virtqueue_kick_prepare(struct virtqueue *_vq) { struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq); + bool need_kick = false; + u16 new, old; START_USE(vq); /* Descriptors and available array need to be set before we expose the @@ -253,15 +255,32 @@ void virtqueue_kick(struct virtqueue *_v /* Need to update avail index before checking if we should notify */ virtio_mb(); - if (vq->event ? - vring_need_event(vring_avail_event(&vq->vring), new, old) : - !(vq->vring.used->flags & VRING_USED_F_NO_NOTIFY)) - /* Prod other side to tell it about changes. */ - vq->notify(&vq->vq); - + if (vq->event) { + if (vring_need_event(vring_avail_event(&vq->vring), new, old)) + need_kick = true; + } else { + if (!(vq->vring.used->flags & VRING_USED_F_NO_NOTIFY)) + need_kick = true; + } END_USE(vq); + return need_kick; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtqueue_kick_prepare); + +void virtqueue_notify(struct virtqueue *_vq) +{ + struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq); + + /* Prod other side to tell it about changes. */ + vq->notify(_vq); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtqueue_notify); + +void virtqueue_kick(struct virtqueue *vq) +{ + if (virtqueue_kick_prepare(vq)) + virtqueue_notify(vq); } -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtqueue_kick); static void detach_buf(struct vring_virtqueue *vq, unsigned int head) { Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/virtio.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/virtio.h 2011-09-15 15:28:57.078857804 +0200 +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/virtio.h 2011-10-03 18:41:07.309766531 +0200 @@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ static inline int virtqueue_add_buf(stru } void virtqueue_kick(struct virtqueue *vq); +bool virtqueue_kick_prepare(struct virtqueue *vq); +void virtqueue_notify(struct virtqueue *vq); void *virtqueue_get_buf(struct virtqueue *vq, unsigned int *len); -- 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