Qemu does not trigger a new data read if we don't read all data in the buffer. Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <fziglio@xxxxxxxxxx> --- server/stream-device.c | 6 ++++++ server/tests/test-stream-device.c | 8 ++++++-- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Maybe would be better to use a loop inside stream_device_read_msg_from_dev instead of calling red_char_device_wakeup ? diff --git a/server/stream-device.c b/server/stream-device.c index 4eaa959b..18fee2e8 100644 --- a/server/stream-device.c +++ b/server/stream-device.c @@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ stream_device_read_msg_from_dev(RedCharDevice *self, SpiceCharDeviceInstance *si dev->hdr_pos = 0; } + // Qemu put the device on blocking state if we don't read all data + // so schedule another read. + // We arrive here only if we have an error or we are reading data + // so we can't cause a tighly loop here + red_char_device_wakeup(self); + return NULL; } diff --git a/server/tests/test-stream-device.c b/server/tests/test-stream-device.c index 656bf56b..f937e30b 100644 --- a/server/tests/test-stream-device.c +++ b/server/tests/test-stream-device.c @@ -68,8 +68,12 @@ static int vmc_read(SPICE_GNUC_UNUSED SpiceCharDeviceInstance *sin, pos += ret; // kick off next message read // currently Qemu kicks the device so we need to do it manually - // here - spice_server_char_device_wakeup(&vmc_instance); + // here. If not all data are read the device goes into blocking + // state and we get the wake only when we read from the device + // again + if (pos >= *message_sizes_curr) { + spice_server_char_device_wakeup(&vmc_instance); + } return ret; } -- 2.14.3 _______________________________________________ Spice-devel mailing list Spice-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel