Commit a7766ef18b33("virtio_net: disable cb aggressively") enables virtqueue callback via the following statement: do { ...... } while (use_napi && kick && unlikely(!virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed(sq->vq))); This will cause a missing call to virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed() when kick is false. Fixing this by removing the checking of the kick from the condition to make sure callback is enabled correctly. Fixes: a7766ef18b33 ("virtio_net: disable cb aggressively") Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- The patch is needed for -stable. --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c index 86e52454b5b5..44d7daf0267b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c @@ -1834,8 +1834,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) free_old_xmit_skbs(sq, false); - } while (use_napi && kick && - unlikely(!virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed(sq->vq))); + } while (use_napi && + unlikely(!virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed(sq->vq))); /* timestamp packet in software */ skb_tx_timestamp(skb); -- 2.25.1 _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization