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 <huawei.xie at intel.com> --- 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