The loop may exist if vq->broken is true, virtqueue_get_buf_ctx_packed or virtqueue_get_buf_ctx_split will return NULL, so virtnet_poll will reschedule napi to receive packet, it will lead cpu usage(si) to 100%. call trace as below: virtnet_poll virtnet_receive virtqueue_get_buf_ctx virtqueue_get_buf_ctx_packed virtqueue_get_buf_ctx_split virtqueue_napi_complete virtqueue_poll //return true virtqueue_napi_schedule //it will reschedule napi to fix this, return false if vq is broken in virtqueue_poll. Signed-off-by: Mao Wenan <wenan.mao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2->v3: change subject, original is : "virtio_net: Avoid loop in virtnet_poll" v1->v2: fix it in virtqueue_poll suggested by Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c index 58b96ba..4f7c73e 100644 --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c @@ -1960,6 +1960,9 @@ bool virtqueue_poll(struct virtqueue *_vq, unsigned last_used_idx) { struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq); + if (unlikely(vq->broken)) + return false; + virtio_mb(vq->weak_barriers); return vq->packed_ring ? virtqueue_poll_packed(_vq, last_used_idx) : virtqueue_poll_split(_vq, last_used_idx); -- 1.8.3.1