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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c index 72bf8bc0901..21d9a62767a 100644 --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c @@ -87,8 +87,11 @@ 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); + /* FIXME: for historical reasons, we force a notify here if + * there are outgoing parts to the buffer. Presumably the + * host should service the ring ASAP. */ + if (out) + vq->notify(&vq->vq); END_USE(vq); return -ENOSPC; } |