in vhost.c [2514:2548]
bool vhost_enable_notify(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
{
__virtio16 avail_idx;
int r;
if (!(vq->used_flags & VRING_USED_F_NO_NOTIFY))
return false;
vq->used_flags &= ~VRING_USED_F_NO_NOTIFY;
if (!vhost_has_feature(vq, VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX)) {
r = vhost_update_used_flags(vq);
if (r) {
vq_err(vq, "Failed to enable notification at %p: %d\n",
&vq->used->flags, r);
return false;
}
} else {
r = vhost_update_avail_event(vq, vq->avail_idx);
if (r) {
vq_err(vq, "Failed to update avail event index at %p: %d\n",
vhost_avail_event(vq), r);
return false;
}
}
/* They could have slipped one in as we were doing that: make
* sure it's written, then check again. */
smp_mb();
r = vhost_get_avail_idx(vq, &avail_idx);
if (r) {
vq_err(vq, "Failed to check avail idx at %p: %d\n",
&vq->avail->idx, r);
return false;
}
return vhost16_to_cpu(vq, avail_idx) != vq->avail_idx;
}