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-rw-r--r--drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/virtio.h5
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index aa71402..c2fa5c6 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -214,10 +214,7 @@ static void vring_disable_cb(struct virtqueue *_vq)
{
struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);
- START_USE(vq);
- BUG_ON(vq->vring.avail->flags & VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT);
vq->vring.avail->flags |= VRING_AVAIL_F_NO_INTERRUPT;
- END_USE(vq);
}
static bool vring_enable_cb(struct virtqueue *_vq)
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio.h b/include/linux/virtio.h
index 12c18ac..e7d1084 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio.h
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ struct virtqueue
* Returns NULL or the "data" token handed to add_buf.
* @disable_cb: disable callbacks
* vq: the struct virtqueue we're talking about.
+ * Note that this is not necessarily synchronous, hence unreliable and only
+ * useful as an optimization.
* @enable_cb: restart callbacks after disable_cb.
* vq: the struct virtqueue we're talking about.
* This re-enables callbacks; it returns "false" if there are pending
@@ -48,7 +50,8 @@ struct virtqueue
* checking for more work, and enabling callbacks.
*
* Locking rules are straightforward: the driver is responsible for
- * locking. No two operations may be invoked simultaneously.
+ * locking. No two operations may be invoked simultaneously, with the exception
+ * of @disable_cb.
*
* All operations can be called in any context.
*/
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