linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/18] virtio_ring: support for used

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Message-ID: <dd16b9f3bad847b0eadc7f94368e27982c1a7560.1304541919.git.mst@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 4 May 2011 23:51:38 +0300
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Carsten Otte <cotte@...ibm.com>,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	linux390@...ibm.com, Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Shirley Ma <xma@...ibm.com>, lguest@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@...ibm.com>,
	Tom Lendacky <tahm@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, steved@...ibm.com,
	habanero@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH 08/18] virtio_ring: support for used_event idx feature

Add support for the used_event idx feature: when enabling
interrupts, publish the current avail index value to
the host so that we get interrupts on the next update.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c |   14 ++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 507d6eb..3a3ed75 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -320,6 +320,14 @@ void *virtqueue_get_buf(struct virtqueue *_vq, unsigned int *len)
 	ret = vq->data[i];
 	detach_buf(vq, i);
 	vq->last_used_idx++;
+	/* If we expect an interrupt for the next entry, tell host
+	 * by writing event index and flush out the write before
+	 * the read in the next get_buf call. */
+	if (!(vq->vring.avail->flags & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT)) {
+		vring_used_event(&vq->vring) = vq->last_used_idx;
+		virtio_mb();
+	}
+
 	END_USE(vq);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -341,7 +349,11 @@ bool virtqueue_enable_cb(struct virtqueue *_vq)
 
 	/* We optimistically turn back on interrupts, then check if there was
 	 * more to do. */
+	/* Depending on the VIRTIO_RING_F_USED_EVENT_IDX feature, we need to
+	 * either clear the flags bit or point the event index at the next
+	 * entry. Always do both to keep code simple. */
 	vq->vring.avail->flags &= ~VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT;
+	vring_used_event(&vq->vring) = vq->last_used_idx;
 	virtio_mb();
 	if (unlikely(more_used(vq))) {
 		END_USE(vq);
@@ -468,6 +480,8 @@ void vring_transport_features(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 			break;
 		case VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC:
 			break;
+		case VIRTIO_RING_F_USED_EVENT_IDX:
+			break;
 		default:
 			/* We don't understand this bit. */
 			clear_bit(i, vdev->features);
-- 
1.7.5.53.gc233e

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