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

[Eli Cohen]

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?

> > 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>
> 
>