Re: [PATCH 2/2] virtio_ring: add unlikely annotation for free descs check

From: Xianting Tian
Date: Mon Apr 04 2022 - 11:11:32 EST


I can't find it in next branch, will you apply this patch?

在 2022/3/29 下午3:50, Stefano Garzarella 写道:
On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 06:58:17PM +0800, Xianting Tian wrote:
The 'if (vq->vq.num_free < descs_used)' check will almost always be false.

Signed-off-by: Xianting Tian <xianting.tian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx>


diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index d597fc0874ec..ab6d5f0cb579 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ static inline int virtqueue_add_split(struct virtqueue *_vq,
        descs_used = total_sg;
    }

-    if (vq->vq.num_free < descs_used) {
+    if (unlikely(vq->vq.num_free < descs_used)) {
        pr_debug("Can't add buf len %i - avail = %i\n",
             descs_used, vq->vq.num_free);
        /* FIXME: for historical reasons, we force a notify here if
--
2.17.1