Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 11/17] block-backend: Decrease in_flight only after callback

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 14/09/2018 19:14, Kevin Wolf wrote:
>> As you mention, you could have a nested aio_poll() in the main thread,
>> for example invoked from a bottom half, but in that case I'd rather
>> track the caller that is creating the bottom half and see if it lacks a
>> bdrv_ref/bdrv_unref (or perhaps it's even higher in the tree that is
>> missing).
> I went back to the commit where I first added the patch (it already
> contained the ref/unref pair) and tried if I could reproduce a bug with
> the pair removed. I couldn't.
> 
> I'm starting to think that maybe I was just overly cautious with the
> ref/unref. I may have confused the nested aio_poll() crash with a
> different situation. I've dealt with so many crashes and hangs while
> working on this series that it's quite possible.

Are you going to drop the patch hen?

Thanks,

Paolo