[PATCH] vhost: use try_lock in rte_vhost_vring_call
Changpeng Liu
changpeng.liu at intel.com
Tue Sep 6 04:22:25 CEST 2022
Note that this function is in data path, so the thread context
may not same as socket messages processing context, by using
try_lock here, users can have another try in case of VQ's access
lock is held by `vhost-events` thread.
Signed-off-by: Changpeng Liu <changpeng.liu at intel.com>
---
lib/vhost/vhost.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.c b/lib/vhost/vhost.c
index 60cb05a0ff..072d2acb7b 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -1329,7 +1329,11 @@ rte_vhost_vring_call(int vid, uint16_t vring_idx)
if (!vq)
return -1;
- rte_spinlock_lock(&vq->access_lock);
+ if (!rte_spinlock_trylock(&vq->access_lock)) {
+ VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(dev->ifname, DEBUG,
+ "failed to kick guest, virtqueue busy.\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
if (vq_is_packed(dev))
vhost_vring_call_packed(dev, vq);
--
2.21.3
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