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authorRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2008-02-04 23:49:59 -0500
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>2008-02-04 23:50:00 +1100
commit426e3e0af5d2473e67d4256fc1340b7faebd1cc7 (patch)
tree29912e63889e45307f41ef08116ecd895b17e21c /drivers/virtio
parent3309daaad724dd08eb598bf9c12b7bb9daddd706 (diff)
downloadlinux-426e3e0af5d2473e67d4256fc1340b7faebd1cc7.tar.gz
virtio: clarify NO_NOTIFY flag usage
The other side (host) can set the NO_NOTIFY flag as an optimization,
to say "no need to kick me when you add things".  Make it clear that
this is advisory only; especially that we should always notify when
the ring is full.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/virtio')
-rw-r--r--drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 342bb0363fbe..dbe1d35db32a 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ static int vring_add_buf(struct virtqueue *_vq,
 	if (vq->num_free < out + in) {
 		pr_debug("Can't add buf len %i - avail = %i\n",
 			 out + in, vq->num_free);
+		/* We notify *even if* VRING_USED_F_NO_NOTIFY is set here. */
+		vq->notify(&vq->vq);
 		END_USE(vq);
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}