[PATCH 1/4] virtio-scsi: unlock during kick

[Paolo Bonzini]

Separate virtqueue_kick_prepare from virtqueue_notify, so that the
expensive vmexit is done without holding the lock.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
index 1b38431..b0ad5aa 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
@@ -264,9 +264,11 @@ static int virtscsi_kick_cmd(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi, struct virtqueue *vq,
 
 	ret = virtqueue_add_buf(vq, vscsi->sg, out_num, in_num, cmd, gfp);
 	if (ret >= 0)
-		virtqueue_kick(vq);
+		ret = virtqueue_kick_prepare(vq);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vscsi->vq_lock, flags);
+	if (ret > 0)
+		virtqueue_notify(vq);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.1


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