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diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
index 64110797044a..bb5e3c28d9d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
+++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ static struct termios orig_term;
* threads and so we need to make sure that changes visible to the Guest happen
* in precise order. */
#define wmb() __asm__ __volatile__("" : : : "memory")
+#define mb() __asm__ __volatile__("" : : : "memory")
/* Convert an iovec element to the given type.
*
@@ -593,9 +594,23 @@ static unsigned wait_for_vq_desc(struct virtqueue *vq,
/* OK, tell Guest about progress up to now. */
trigger_irq(vq);
+ /* OK, now we need to know about added descriptors. */
+ vq->vring.used->flags &= ~VRING_USED_F_NO_NOTIFY;
+
+ /* They could have slipped one in as we were doing that: make
+ * sure it's written, then check again. */
+ mb();
+ if (last_avail != vq->vring.avail->idx) {
+ vq->vring.used->flags |= VRING_USED_F_NO_NOTIFY;
+ break;
+ }
+
/* Nothing new? Wait for eventfd to tell us they refilled. */
if (read(vq->eventfd, &event, sizeof(event)) != sizeof(event))
errx(1, "Event read failed?");
+
+ /* We don't need to be notified again. */
+ vq->vring.used->flags |= VRING_USED_F_NO_NOTIFY;
}
/* Check it isn't doing very strange things with descriptor numbers. */