linux/drivers
Rusty Russell b4f68be6c5 virtio: force callback on empty.
virtio allows drivers to suppress callbacks (ie. interrupts) for
efficiency (no locking, it's just an optimization).

There's a similar mechanism for the host to suppress notifications
coming from the guest: in that case, we ignore the suppression if the
ring is completely full.

It turns out that life is simpler if the host similarly ignores
callback suppression when the ring is completely empty: the network
driver wants to free up old packets in a timely manner, and otherwise
has to use a timer to poll.

We have to remove the code which ignores interrupts when the driver
has disabled them (again, it had no locking and hence was unreliable
anyway).

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2008-05-30 15:09:46 +10:00
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accessibility Kconfig: improved help for CONFIG_ACCESSIBILITY 2008-05-08 10:46:55 -07:00
acorn/char
acpi acpi: fix integer as NULL pointer warning 2008-05-23 08:11:06 -07:00
amba
ata drivers/ata: trim trailing whitespace 2008-05-19 17:56:10 -04:00
atm drivers/atm/: remove CVS keywords 2008-05-20 14:52:25 -07:00
auxdisplay
base Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-05-20 17:23:03 -07:00
block virtio_blk: allow read-only disks 2008-05-30 15:09:44 +10:00
bluetooth hci_usb.h: fix hard-to-trigger race 2008-05-02 16:45:10 -07:00
cdrom [POWERPC] iSeries: Remove unused mail address 2008-05-23 16:45:04 +10:00
char virtio: An entropy device, as suggested by hpa. 2008-05-30 15:09:44 +10:00
clocksource
connector
cpufreq [CPUFREQ] clarify license of freq_table.c 2008-05-22 16:38:03 -04:00
cpuidle
crypto
dca
dio
dma iop-adma: fixup some kzalloc/memset confusions 2008-05-20 13:51:20 -07:00
edac edac: mpc85xx: fix building as a module 2008-05-24 09:56:13 -07:00
eisa
firewire firewire: prevent userspace from accessing shut down devices 2008-05-20 18:24:17 +02:00
firmware
gpio gpiolib: fix off by one errors 2008-05-24 09:56:11 -07:00
hid HID: remove CVS keywords 2008-05-20 16:44:43 +02:00
hwmon ibmaem: new driver for power/energy/temp meters in IBM System X hardware 2008-05-24 09:56:08 -07:00
i2c i2c/max6875: Really prevent 24RF08 corruption 2008-05-18 20:49:41 +02:00
ide ide: fix race in device_create 2008-05-20 13:31:54 -07:00
ieee1394 ieee1394: sbp2: use correct size of command descriptor block 2008-05-20 18:24:17 +02:00
infiniband Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband 2008-05-23 11:11:44 -07:00
input MODULE_LICENSE expects "GPL v2", not "GPLv2" 2008-05-21 16:56:00 -07:00
isdn isdn: fix integer as NULL pointer warning 2008-05-23 08:11:06 -07:00
leds LEDS: fix race in device_create 2008-05-20 13:31:55 -07:00
lguest virtio: set device index in common code. 2008-05-30 15:09:42 +10:00
macintosh [POWERPC] macintosh: Replace deprecated __initcall with device_initcall 2008-05-15 20:50:00 +10:00
mca
md md: restart recovery cleanly after device failure. 2008-05-24 09:56:10 -07:00
media tuner: Do not alter i2c_client.name 2008-05-26 16:08:40 +02:00
memstick
message
mfd HTC_EGPIO is ARM-only 2008-05-21 16:56:00 -07:00
misc drivers/misc/sgi-xp: replace partid_t with a short 2008-05-13 08:02:23 -07:00
mmc missing dependencies on HAS_DMA 2008-05-21 16:55:59 -07:00
mtd ck804rom: fix driver_data in probe table. 2008-05-27 07:34:38 -07:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-05-26 10:14:02 -07:00
nubus
of [POWERPC] Add null pointer check to of_find_property 2008-05-15 20:49:49 +10:00
oprofile oprofile: don't request cache line alignment for cpu_buffer 2008-05-14 19:11:12 -07:00
parisc drivers/parisc: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-05-15 10:38:54 -04:00
parport
pci pciehp: add message about pciehp_slot_with_bus option 2008-05-27 15:43:47 -07:00
pcmcia pcmcia: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-05-01 08:04:00 -07:00
pnp Clean up 'print_fn_descriptor_symbol()' types 2008-05-15 17:50:37 -07:00
power Power Supply: fix race in device_create 2008-05-20 13:31:55 -07:00
ps3 [POWERPC] PS3: Remove unsupported wakeup sources 2008-05-02 15:00:44 +10:00
rapidio
rtc rtc: m41t80: include <linux/kernel.h> for printk() 2008-05-13 08:02:26 -07:00
s390 virtio: set device index in common code. 2008-05-30 15:09:42 +10:00
sbus sbus bpp: instances missed in s/dev_name/bpp_dev_name/ 2008-05-21 16:55:59 -07:00
scsi scsi: fix integer as NULL pointer warning 2008-05-23 08:11:07 -07:00
serial serial: fix enable_irq_wake/disable_irq_wake imbalance in serial_core.c 2008-05-24 09:56:11 -07:00
sh
sn
spi spi: remove some spidev oops-on-rmmod paths 2008-05-24 09:56:14 -07:00
ssb
tc
telephony
thermal
uio UIO: fix race in device_create 2008-05-20 13:31:55 -07:00
usb Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6 2008-05-20 17:20:49 -07:00
video Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm 2008-05-24 10:13:16 -07:00
virtio virtio: force callback on empty. 2008-05-30 15:09:46 +10:00
w1
watchdog [WATCHDOG] Add ICH9DO into the iTCO_wdt.c driver 2008-05-25 09:45:39 +00:00
xen
zorro
Kconfig
Makefile