From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga03.intel.com (mga03.intel.com [134.134.136.65]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6553E5A3E for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2015 18:33:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga003.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.29]) by orsmga103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Apr 2015 09:33:32 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.11,624,1422950400"; d="scan'208";a="484255692" Received: from shvmail01.sh.intel.com ([10.239.29.42]) by FMSMGA003.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Apr 2015 09:33:20 -0700 Received: from shecgisg003.sh.intel.com (shecgisg003.sh.intel.com [10.239.29.90]) by shvmail01.sh.intel.com with ESMTP id t3MGXIbD014889; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:33:18 +0800 Received: from shecgisg003.sh.intel.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by shecgisg003.sh.intel.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id t3MGXGFJ025379; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:33:18 +0800 Received: (from hxie5@localhost) by shecgisg003.sh.intel.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id t3MGXEGP025375; Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:33:14 +0800 From: Huawei Xie To: dev@dpdk.org Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:33:12 +0800 Message-Id: <1429720392-25345-1-git-send-email-huawei.xie@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.4.1 Cc: mst@redhat.com Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vhost: flush used->idx update before reading avail->flags X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 16:33:33 -0000 update of used->idx and read of avail->flags could be reordered. memory fence should be used to ensure the order, otherwise guest could see a stale used->idx value after it toggles the interrupt suppression flag. Signed-off-by: Huawei Xie --- lib/librte_vhost/vhost_rxtx.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_rxtx.c b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_rxtx.c index 510ffe8..6afba35 100644 --- a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_rxtx.c +++ b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_rxtx.c @@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ virtio_dev_rx(struct virtio_net *dev, uint16_t queue_id, *(volatile uint16_t *)&vq->used->idx += count; vq->last_used_idx = res_end_idx; + /* flush used->idx update before we read avail->flags. */ + rte_mb(); + /* Kick the guest if necessary. */ if (!(vq->avail->flags & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT)) eventfd_write((int)vq->callfd, 1); -- 1.8.1.4