netdev - [PATCH V2] vhost: fix check for # of outstanding buffers

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Date:	Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:23:12 -0700
From:	Shirley Ma <mashirle@...ibm.com>
To:	mst@...hat.com
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	jasowang@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH V2]  vhost: fix check for # of outstanding buffers

Fix the check for number of outstanding buffers returns incorrect
results due to vq->pend_idx wrap around;

Signed-off-by: Shirley Ma <xma@...ibm.com>
---

 drivers/vhost/net.c |   12 +++++++++---
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 70ac604..946a71e 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -182,15 +182,21 @@ static void handle_tx(struct vhost_net *net)
 			break;
 		/* Nothing new?  Wait for eventfd to tell us they refilled. */
 		if (head == vq->num) {
+			int num_pends;
+
 			wmem = atomic_read(&sock->sk->sk_wmem_alloc);
 			if (wmem >= sock->sk->sk_sndbuf * 3 / 4) {
 				tx_poll_start(net, sock);
 				set_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &sock->flags);
 				break;
 			}
-			/* If more outstanding DMAs, queue the work */
-			if (unlikely(vq->upend_idx - vq->done_idx >
-				     VHOST_MAX_PEND)) {
+			/* If more outstanding DMAs, queue the work
+			 * handle upend_idx wrap around
+			 */
+			num_pends = (vq->upend_idx >= vq->done_idx) ?
+				    (vq->upend_idx - vq->done_idx) :
+				    (vq->upend_idx + UIO_MAXIOV - vq->done_idx);
+			if (unlikely(num_pends > VHOST_MAX_PEND)) {
 				tx_poll_start(net, sock);
 				set_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_NOSPACE, &sock->flags);
 				break;


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