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-rw-r--r--hw/virtio/virtio.c18
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index c727e9201b..2058b838e9 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -997,7 +997,12 @@ void virtqueue_push(VirtQueue *vq, const VirtQueueElement *elem,
 /* Called within rcu_read_lock().  */
 static int virtqueue_num_heads(VirtQueue *vq, unsigned int idx)
 {
-    uint16_t num_heads = vring_avail_idx(vq) - idx;
+    uint16_t avail_idx, num_heads;
+
+    /* Use shadow index whenever possible. */
+    avail_idx = (vq->shadow_avail_idx != idx) ? vq->shadow_avail_idx
+                                              : vring_avail_idx(vq);
+    num_heads = avail_idx - idx;
 
     /* Check it isn't doing very strange things with descriptor numbers. */
     if (num_heads > vq->vring.num) {
@@ -1005,8 +1010,15 @@ static int virtqueue_num_heads(VirtQueue *vq, unsigned int idx)
                      idx, vq->shadow_avail_idx);
         return -EINVAL;
     }
-    /* On success, callers read a descriptor at vq->last_avail_idx.
-     * Make sure descriptor read does not bypass avail index read. */
+    /*
+     * On success, callers read a descriptor at vq->last_avail_idx.
+     * Make sure descriptor read does not bypass avail index read.
+     *
+     * This is necessary even if we are using a shadow index, since
+     * the shadow index could have been initialized by calling
+     * vring_avail_idx() outside of this function, i.e., by a guest
+     * memory read not accompanied by a barrier.
+     */
     if (num_heads) {
         smp_rmb();
     }