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diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex index e8a2445..48698fc 100644 --- a/content.tex +++ b/content.tex @@ -644,17 +644,18 @@ free descriptors before beginning the mappings. \subsubsection{Updating The Available Ring}\label{sec:General Initialization And Device Operation / Device Operation / Supplying Buffers to The Device / Updating The Available Ring} -The head of the buffer we mapped is the first d in the algorithm -above (the descriptor chain head). A naive implementation would do the following (with the +The descriptor chain head is the first d in the algorithm +above, ie. the index of the descriptor table entry referring to the first +part of the buffer. A naive implementation would do the following (with the appropriate conversion to-and-from little-endian assumed): \begin{lstlisting} avail->ring[avail->idx % qsz] = head; \end{lstlisting} -However, in general we can add many descriptor chains before we update +However, in general the driver can add many descriptor chains before it updates the “idx” field (at which point they become visible to the -device), so we keep a counter of how many we've added: +device), so it is common to keep a counter of how many the driver has added: \begin{lstlisting} avail->ring[(avail->idx + added++) % qsz] = head; @@ -663,12 +664,12 @@ device), so we keep a counter of how many we've added: \subsubsection{Updating The Index Field}\label{sec:General Initialization And Device Operation / Device Operation / Supplying Buffers to The Device / Updating The Index Field} Once the index field of the virtqueue is updated, the device will -be able to access the descriptor chains we've created and the +be able to access the descriptor chains the driver created and the memory they refer to. This is why a memory barrier is generally used before the index update, to ensure it sees the most up-to-date copy. -The index field always increments, and we let it wrap naturally at +The index field always increments, and the driver can let it wrap naturally at 65536: \begin{lstlisting} @@ -678,22 +679,21 @@ The index field always increments, and we let it wrap naturally at \subsubsection{Notifying The Device}\label{sec:General Initialization And Device Operation / Device Operation / Supplying Buffers to The Device / Notifying The Device} The actual method of device notification is bus-specific, but generally -it can be expensive. So the device can suppress such notifications if it +it can be expensive. So the device MAY suppress such notifications if it doesn't need them. The driver has to be careful to expose the new index -value before checking if notifications are suppressed: it's OK to notify -gratuitously, but not to omit a required notification. So again, -we use a memory barrier here before reading the flags or the +value before checking if notifications are suppressed: the driver MAY notify +gratuitously, but MUST NOT to omit a required notification. So again, +the driver SHOULD use a memory barrier here before reading the flags or the avail_event field. If the VIRTIO_F_RING_EVENT_IDX feature is not negotiated, and if the VRING_USED_F_NOTIFY flag is not set, the driver SHOULD notify the device. -If the VIRTIO_F_RING_EVENT_IDX feature is negotiated, we read the +If the VIRTIO_F_RING_EVENT_IDX feature is negotiated, the driver reads the avail_event field in the available ring structure. If the available index crossed_the avail_event field value since the -last notification, we go ahead and write to the PCI configuration -space. The avail_event field wraps naturally at 65536 as well, +last notification, the driver SHOULD notify the device. The avail_event field wraps naturally at 65536 as well, giving the following algorithm for calculating whether a device needs notification: |