[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/6] vhost: rewrite enqueue

[Maxime Coquelin]

On 09/09/2016 05:39 AM, Zhihong Wang wrote:
>
> +static inline void __attribute__((always_inline))
> +notify_guest(struct virtio_net *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
> +{
>  	rte_smp_wmb();
> -
> -	*(volatile uint16_t *)&vq->used->idx += count;
> -	vq->last_used_idx += count;
> -	vhost_log_used_vring(dev, vq,
> -		offsetof(struct vring_used, idx),
> -		sizeof(vq->used->idx));
> -
> -	/* flush used->idx update before we read avail->flags. */
Please don't remove comments if not justified.
Here the comment is important, as it explains why the barrier is needed.
> +	*(volatile uint16_t *)&vq->used->idx = vq->last_used_idx;
> +	vhost_log_used_vring(dev, vq, offsetof(struct vring_used, idx),
> +			sizeof(vq->used->idx));
>  	rte_mb();
> -
> -	/* Kick the guest if necessary. */
>  	if (!(vq->avail->flags & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT)
>  			&& (vq->callfd >= 0))
>  		eventfd_write(vq->callfd, (eventfd_t)1);
> -	return count;
>  }