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virtio_ring: let virtqueue_{kick()/notify()} return a bool
authorHeinz Graalfs <graalfs@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 23:09:48 +0000 (09:39 +1030)
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:58:12 +0000 (11:28 +1030)
commite6b9e95b29322f9438dbb63a84593520c167ecba
treec90e760edaf94d91d94ff366e881fe5562e4478d
parent06d6b66f2bf1dde02993d90c1717f190dd89bb22
virtio_ring: let virtqueue_{kick()/notify()} return a bool

virtqueue_{kick()/notify()} should exploit the new host notification API.
If the notify call returned with a negative value the host kick failed
(e.g. a kick triggered after a device was hot-unplugged). In this case
the virtqueue is set to 'broken' and false is returned, otherwise true.

Signed-off-by: Heinz Graalfs <graalfs@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
include/linux/virtio.h