On 19/09/2016 13:38, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> This avoids an expensive memory barrier if the next descriptor
> is already there. The benefit is around 10%.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com>
> ---
> tools/virtio/ringtest/ring.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/virtio/ringtest/ring.c b/tools/virtio/ringtest/ring.c
> index c25c8d248b6b..e617e20538bf 100644
> --- a/tools/virtio/ringtest/ring.c
> +++ b/tools/virtio/ringtest/ring.c
> @@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ bool enable_call()
> {
> unsigned head = (ring_size - 1) & guest.last_used_idx;
>
> + if (!(ring[head].flags & DESC_HW))
> + return false;
> +
> event->call_index = guest.last_used_idx;
> /* Flush call index write */
> /* Barrier D (for pairing) */
> @@ -215,6 +218,9 @@ bool enable_kick()
> {
> unsigned head = (ring_size - 1) & host.used_idx;
>
> + if (ring[head].flags & DESC_HW)
> + return false;
> +
> event->kick_index = host.used_idx;
> /* Barrier C (for pairing) */
> smp_mb();
>
Ping?
Paolo
