[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] virtio: use volatile to get used->idx in the loop

[Huawei Xie]

There is no external function call or any barrier in the loop,
the used->idx would only be retrieved once.

Signed-off-by: Huawei Xie <huawei.xie at intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
index c3fb628..f6d6305 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ virtio_send_command(struct virtqueue *vq, struct virtio_pmd_ctrl *ctrl,
 		usleep(100);
 	}
 
-	while (vq->vq_used_cons_idx != vq->vq_ring.used->idx) {
+	while (vq->vq_used_cons_idx !=
+	       *((volatile uint16_t *)(&vq->vq_ring.used->idx))) {
 		uint32_t idx, desc_idx, used_idx;
 		struct vring_used_elem *uep;
 
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