linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.8 080/138] virtio_ring: Make interrupt suppression spec compliant

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Message-Id: <20161109102848.532097593@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Wed,  9 Nov 2016 11:46:03 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Ladi Prosek <lprosek@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.8 080/138] virtio_ring: Make interrupt suppression spec compliant

4.8-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Ladi Prosek <lprosek@...hat.com>

commit 0ea1e4a6d9b62cf29e210d2b4ba9fd43917522e3 upstream.

According to the spec, if the VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX feature bit is
negotiated the driver MUST set flags to 0. Not dirtying the available
ring in virtqueue_disable_cb also has a minor positive performance
impact, improving L1 dcache load missed by ~0.5% in vring_bench.

Writes to the used event field (vring_used_event) are still unconditional.

Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ladi Prosek <lprosek@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c |   14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -732,7 +732,8 @@ void virtqueue_disable_cb(struct virtque
 
 	if (!(vq->avail_flags_shadow & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT)) {
 		vq->avail_flags_shadow |= VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT;
-		vq->vring.avail->flags = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, vq->avail_flags_shadow);
+		if (!vq->event)
+			vq->vring.avail->flags = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, vq->avail_flags_shadow);
 	}
 
 }
@@ -764,7 +765,8 @@ unsigned virtqueue_enable_cb_prepare(str
 	 * entry. Always do both to keep code simple. */
 	if (vq->avail_flags_shadow & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT) {
 		vq->avail_flags_shadow &= ~VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT;
-		vq->vring.avail->flags = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, vq->avail_flags_shadow);
+		if (!vq->event)
+			vq->vring.avail->flags = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, vq->avail_flags_shadow);
 	}
 	vring_used_event(&vq->vring) = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, last_used_idx = vq->last_used_idx);
 	END_USE(vq);
@@ -832,10 +834,11 @@ bool virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed(struct
 	 * 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. */
+	 * entry. Always update the event index to keep code simple. */
 	if (vq->avail_flags_shadow & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT) {
 		vq->avail_flags_shadow &= ~VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT;
-		vq->vring.avail->flags = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, vq->avail_flags_shadow);
+		if (!vq->event)
+			vq->vring.avail->flags = cpu_to_virtio16(_vq->vdev, vq->avail_flags_shadow);
 	}
 	/* TODO: tune this threshold */
 	bufs = (u16)(vq->avail_idx_shadow - vq->last_used_idx) * 3 / 4;
@@ -953,7 +956,8 @@ struct virtqueue *__vring_new_virtqueue(
 	/* No callback?  Tell other side not to bother us. */
 	if (!callback) {
 		vq->avail_flags_shadow |= VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT;
-		vq->vring.avail->flags = cpu_to_virtio16(vdev, vq->avail_flags_shadow);
+		if (!vq->event)
+			vq->vring.avail->flags = cpu_to_virtio16(vdev, vq->avail_flags_shadow);
 	}
 
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