With the new used_event and avail_event and features, both host and guest need similar logic to check whether events are enabled, so it helps to put the common code in the header. Note that Xen has similar logic for notification hold-off in include/xen/interface/io/ring.h with req_event and req_prod corresponding to event_idx + 1 and new_idx respectively. +1 comes from the fact that req_event and req_prod in Xen start at 1, while event index in virtio starts at 0. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/virtio_ring.h | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_ring.h b/include/linux/virtio_ring.h index 70b0b39..cf020e3 100644 --- a/include/linux/virtio_ring.h +++ b/include/linux/virtio_ring.h @@ -123,6 +123,20 @@ static inline unsigned vring_size(unsigned int num, unsigned long align) + sizeof(__u16) * 3 + sizeof(struct vring_used_elem) * num; } +/* The following is used with USED_EVENT_IDX and AVAIL_EVENT_IDX */ +/* Assuming a given event_idx value from the other size, if + * we have just incremented index from old to new_idx, + * should we trigger an event? */ +static inline int vring_need_event(__u16 event_idx, __u16 new_idx, __u16 old) +{ + /* Note: Xen has similar logic for notification hold-off + * in include/xen/interface/io/ring.h with req_event and req_prod + * corresponding to event_idx + 1 and new_idx respectively. + * Note also that req_event and req_prod in Xen start at 1, + * event indexes in virtio start at 0. */ + return (__u16)(new_idx - event_idx - 1) < (__u16)(new_idx - old); +} + #ifdef __KERNEL__ #include <linux/irqreturn.h> struct virtio_device; -- 1.7.5.53.gc233e -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html