[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] virtio: Fix vring entry number issue

[Ouyang Changchun]

Fix one issue in virtio TX: it needs one more vring entry to hold the virtio header when transmitting packets, it is used later to determine whether to free more entries from used vring.

Signed-off-by: Changchun Ouyang <changchun.ouyang at intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Huawei Xie <huawei.xie at intel.com>
Tested-by: Jingguo Fu <jingguox.fu at intel.com>
---
 lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_rxtx.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_rxtx.c b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
index 0b10108..b1c189c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
@@ -699,7 +699,8 @@ virtio_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 	num = (uint16_t)(likely(nb_used < VIRTIO_MBUF_BURST_SZ) ? nb_used : VIRTIO_MBUF_BURST_SZ);
 
 	while (nb_tx < nb_pkts) {
-		int need = tx_pkts[nb_tx]->pkt.nb_segs - txvq->vq_free_cnt;
+		/* Need one more entry for virtio header. */
+		int need = tx_pkts[nb_tx]->pkt.nb_segs - txvq->vq_free_cnt + 1;
 		int deq_cnt = RTE_MIN(need, (int)num);
 
 		num -= (deq_cnt > 0) ? deq_cnt : 0;
-- 
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