[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] virtio: fix rx ring descriptor starvation

[Thomas Monjalon]

Any review, please?

2015-11-13 09:30, Tom Kiely:
> If all rx descriptors are processed while transient
> mbuf exhaustion is present, the rx ring ends up with
> no available descriptors. Thus no packets are received
> on that ring. Since descriptor refill is performed post
> rx descriptor processing, in this case no refill is
> ever subsequently performed resulting in permanent rx
> traffic drop.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Kiely <tkiely at brocade.com>