On Mon, Apr 08, 2024 at 02:15:24PM +1000, Gavin Shan wrote: > Hi Michael, > > On 3/30/24 19:02, Gavin Shan wrote: > > On 3/28/24 19:31, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 10:21:49AM +1000, Gavin Shan wrote: > > > > All the callers of vhost_get_avail_idx() are concerned to the memory > > > > barrier, imposed by smp_rmb() to ensure the order of the available > > > > ring entry read and avail_idx read. > > > > > > > > Improve vhost_get_avail_idx() so that smp_rmb() is executed when > > > > the avail_idx is advanced. With it, the callers needn't to worry > > > > about the memory barrier. > > > > > > > > Suggested-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Previous patches are ok. This one I feel needs more work - > > > first more code such as sanity checking should go into > > > this function, second there's actually a difference > > > between comparing to last_avail_idx and just comparing > > > to the previous value of avail_idx. > > > I will pick patches 1-2 and post a cleanup on top so you can > > > take a look, ok? > > > > > > > Thanks, Michael. It's fine to me. > > > > A kindly ping. > > If it's ok to you, could you please merge PATCH[1-2]? Our downstream > 9.4 need the fixes, especially for NVidia's grace-hopper and grace-grace > platforms. > > For PATCH[3], I also can help with the improvement if you don't have time > for it. Please let me know. > > Thanks, > Gavin The thing to do is basically diff with the patch I wrote :) We can also do a bit more cleanups on top of *that*, like unifying error handling. -- MST
