linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] xen/netback: fix spurious event detection for common event case

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Date:   Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:24:09 +0000
From:   Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        Paul Durrant <paul@....org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] xen/netback: fix spurious event detection for
 common event case

On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 11:16:12AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote:
> In case of a common event for rx and tx queue the event should be
> regarded to be spurious if no rx and no tx requests are pending.
> 
> Unfortunately the condition for testing that is wrong causing to
> decide a event being spurious if no rx OR no tx requests are
> pending.
> 
> Fix that plus using local variables for rx/tx pending indicators in
> order to split function calls and if condition.
> 
> Fixes: 23025393dbeb3b ("xen/netback: use lateeoi irq binding")
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>

Reviewed-by: Wei Liu <wl@....org>