Re: [PATCH] vdpa/mlx5: Use write memory barrier after updating CQ index

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 11:15:00AM +0200, Eli Cohen wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 10:51:44AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > 
> > On 2020/12/6 下午6:57, Eli Cohen wrote:
> > > Make sure to put write memory barrier after updating CQ consumer index
> > > so the hardware knows that there are available CQE slots in the queue.
> > > 
> > > Failure to do this can cause the update of the RX doorbell record to get
> > > updated before the CQ consumer index resulting in CQ overrun.
> > > 
> > > Change-Id: Ib0ae4c118cce524c9f492b32569179f3c1f04cc1
> 
> Michael, I left this gerrit ID by mistake. Can you remove it before
> merging?

No problem.

> > > Fixes: 1a86b377aa21 ("vdpa/mlx5: Add VDPA driver for supported mlx5 devices")
> > > Signed-off-by: Eli Cohen <elic@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c | 5 +++++
> > >   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> > > index 1f4089c6f9d7..295f46eea2a5 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> > > @@ -478,6 +478,11 @@ static int mlx5_vdpa_poll_one(struct mlx5_vdpa_cq *vcq)
> > >   static void mlx5_vdpa_handle_completions(struct mlx5_vdpa_virtqueue *mvq, int num)
> > >   {
> > >   	mlx5_cq_set_ci(&mvq->cq.mcq);
> > > +
> > > +	/* make sure CQ cosumer update is visible to the hardware before updating
> > > +	 * RX doorbell record.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	wmb();
> > >   	rx_post(&mvq->vqqp, num);
> > >   	if (mvq->event_cb.callback)
> > >   		mvq->event_cb.callback(mvq->event_cb.private);
> > 
> > 
> > Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> >