Separate virtqueue_kick_prepare from virtqueue_notify, so that the expensive vmexit is done without holding the lock. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@Parallels.com>
@@ -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;
}