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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/2] monitor: delay monitor iothread creation
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Markus Armbruster |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/2] monitor: delay monitor iothread creation |
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Tue, 30 Oct 2018 19:44:00 +0100 |
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Markus Armbruster <address@hidden> writes:
> Peter Xu <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 01:00:26PM +0400, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 12:02 PM Wolfgang Bumiller
>>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Commit d32749deb615 moved the call to monitor_init_globals()
>>> > to before os_daemonize(), making it an unsuitable place to
>>> > spawn the monitor iothread as it won't be inherited over the
>>> > fork() in os_daemonize().
>>> >
>>> > We now spawn the thread the first time we instantiate a
>>> > monitor which actually has use_io_thread == true. Therefore
>>> > mon_iothread initialization is protected by monitor_lock.
>>> >
>>> > We still need to create the qmp_dispatcher_bh when not using
>>> > iothreads, so this now still happens via
>>> > monitor_init_globals().
>>> >
>>> > Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Bumiller <address@hidden>
>>> > Fixes: d32749deb615 ("monitor: move init global earlier")
>>> > ---
>>> > Changes to v1:
>>> > - move mon_iothread declaration down to monitor_lock's declaration
>>> > (updating monitor_lock's coverage comment)
>>> > - in monitor_data_init() assert() that mon_iothread is not NULL or
>>> > not used instead of initializing it there, as its usage pattern is
>>> > so that it is a initialized once before being used, or never used
>>> > at all.
>>> > - in monitor_iothread_init(), protect mon_iothread initialization
>>> > with monitor_lock
>>> > - in monitor_init(): run monitor_ithread_init() in the `use_oob`
>>> > branch.
>>> > Note that I currently also test for mon_iothread being NULL there,
>>> > which we could leave this out as spawning new monitors isn't
>>> > something that happens a lot, but I like the idea of avoiding
>>> > taking a lock when not required.
>>> > Otherwise, I can send a v3 with this removed.
>>> >
>>> > monitor.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>>> > 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>>> >
>>> > diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
>>> > index d47e4259fd..870584a548 100644
>>> > --- a/monitor.c
>>> > +++ b/monitor.c
>>> > @@ -239,9 +239,6 @@ struct Monitor {
>>> > int mux_out;
>>> > };
>>> >
>>> > -/* Shared monitor I/O thread */
>>> > -IOThread *mon_iothread;
>>> > -
>>> > /* Bottom half to dispatch the requests received from I/O thread */
>>> > QEMUBH *qmp_dispatcher_bh;
>>> >
>>> > @@ -262,10 +259,11 @@ typedef struct QMPRequest QMPRequest;
>>> > /* QMP checker flags */
>>> > #define QMP_ACCEPT_UNKNOWNS 1
>>> >
>>> > -/* Protects mon_list, monitor_qapi_event_state. */
>>> > +/* Protects mon_list, monitor_qapi_event_state and mon_iothread. */
>>> > static QemuMutex monitor_lock;
>>> > static GHashTable *monitor_qapi_event_state;
>>> > static QTAILQ_HEAD(mon_list, Monitor) mon_list;
>>> > +IOThread *mon_iothread; /* Shared monitor I/O thread */
>>> >
>>> > /* Protects mon_fdsets */
>>> > static QemuMutex mon_fdsets_lock;
>>> > @@ -710,6 +708,7 @@ static void handle_hmp_command(Monitor *mon, const
>>> > char *cmdline);
>>> > static void monitor_data_init(Monitor *mon, bool skip_flush,
>>> > bool use_io_thread)
>>> > {
>>> > + assert(!use_io_thread || mon_iothread);
>>> > memset(mon, 0, sizeof(Monitor));
>>> > qemu_mutex_init(&mon->mon_lock);
>>> > qemu_mutex_init(&mon->qmp.qmp_queue_lock);
>>> > @@ -4453,16 +4452,11 @@ static AioContext *monitor_get_aio_context(void)
>>> >
>>> > static void monitor_iothread_init(void)
>>> > {
>>> > - mon_iothread = iothread_create("mon_iothread", &error_abort);
>>> > -
>>> > - /*
>>> > - * The dispatcher BH must run in the main loop thread, since we
>>> > - * have commands assuming that context. It would be nice to get
>>> > - * rid of those assumptions.
>>> > - */
>>> > - qmp_dispatcher_bh = aio_bh_new(iohandler_get_aio_context(),
>>> > - monitor_qmp_bh_dispatcher,
>>> > - NULL);
>>> > + qemu_mutex_lock(&monitor_lock);
>>> > + if (!mon_iothread) {
>>> > + mon_iothread = iothread_create("mon_iothread", &error_abort);
>>> > + }
>>> > + qemu_mutex_unlock(&monitor_lock);
>>> > }
>>> >
>>> > void monitor_init_globals(void)
>>> > @@ -4472,7 +4466,15 @@ void monitor_init_globals(void)
>>> > sortcmdlist();
>>> > qemu_mutex_init(&monitor_lock);
>>> > qemu_mutex_init(&mon_fdsets_lock);
>>> > - monitor_iothread_init();
>>> > +
>>> > + /*
>>> > + * The dispatcher BH must run in the main loop thread, since we
>>> > + * have commands assuming that context. It would be nice to get
>>> > + * rid of those assumptions.
>>> > + */
>>> > + qmp_dispatcher_bh = aio_bh_new(iohandler_get_aio_context(),
>>> > + monitor_qmp_bh_dispatcher,
>>> > + NULL);
>>> > }
>>> >
>>> > /* These functions just adapt the readline interface in a typesafe way.
>>> > We
>>> > @@ -4535,6 +4537,9 @@ static void monitor_qmp_setup_handlers_bh(void
>>> > *opaque)
>>> > monitor_list_append(mon);
>>> > }
>>> >
>>> > +/*
>>> > + * This expects to be run in the main thread.
>>> > + */
>>>
>>> I read that Markus suggested that comment, but I don't really get why.
>>>
>>> It means that callers (chardev new) should also be restricted to main
>>> thread.
>>
>> My understanding is that Markus mentioned about uncertainty on the
>> chardev creation paths. Though AFAIU if we're with the lock then we
>> don't need this comment at all, do we?
>
> The conversation (Message-ID: <address@hidden>) was:
>
> Peter Xu <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 10:46:34AM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> [...]
> >> Should we put @mon_iothread under @monitor_lock?
> >
> > IMHO we can when we create the thread. I guess we don't need that
> > lock when reading @mon_iothread, after all it's a very special
> > variable in that:
> >
> > - it is only set once, or never
> >
> > - when reading @mon_iothread only, we must have it set or it should
> > be a programming error, so it's more like an assert(mon_iothread)
> > not a contention
> >
> >>
> >> Could we accept this patch without doing that, on the theory that it
> >> doesn't make things worse than they already are?
> >
> > If this bothers us that much, how about we just choose the option that
> > Wolfgang offered at [1] above to create the iothread after daemonize
> > (so we pick that out from monitor_global_init)?
>
> I'd prefer this patch's approach, because it keeps the interface
> simpler.
>
> v2 uses this approach.
>
> I can accept this patch as is, or with my incremental patch squashed
> in. A comment explaining monitor_init() expects to run in the main
> thread would be nice.
>
> Acceptable alternative 1, with a few optional variations.
>
> The comment makes sense because if monitor_init can run in other
> threads, the creation of @iothread is racy. Acceptable since it's
> really no worse than before (see the full message for why).
>
> I'd also accept a patch that wraps
>
> if (!mon_iothread) {
> monitor_iothread_init();
> }
>
> in a critical section. Using @monitor_lock is fine. A new lock feels
> unnecessarily fine-grained. If using @monitor_lock, move the definition
> of @mon_iothread next to @monitor_lock, and update the comment there.
>
> Acceptable alternative 2.
>
> v2 appears to combine both alternatives. Not what I asked for. I
> figure the comment still makes sense, since @iothread creation is just
> one of the issues, and protecting it with a lock leaves the other issues
> unaddressed.
>
> If we actually run it in other threads, the comment needs to be
> augmented with a suitable FIXME stating the problem.
>
> Marc-André, does this make sense?
>
>>>
>>> > void monitor_init(Chardev *chr, int flags)
>>> > {
>>> > Monitor *mon = g_malloc(sizeof(*mon));
>>> > @@ -4551,6 +4556,9 @@ void monitor_init(Chardev *chr, int flags)
>>> > error_report("Monitor out-of-band is only supported by QMP");
>>> > exit(1);
>>> > }
>>> > + if (!mon_iothread) {
>>> > + monitor_iothread_init();
>>> > + }
>>>
>>> I would call it unconditonnally, to avoid TOCTOU.
>>
>> Yeh agree that the "if" could be omitted; though there shouldn't be
>> toctou since the function will check it again.
>
> Really?
>
> [...]
>>> > }
>>> >
>>> > monitor_data_init(mon, false, use_oob);
>>> > @@ -4607,7 +4615,9 @@ void monitor_cleanup(void)
>>> > * we need to unregister from chardev below in
>>> > * monitor_data_destroy(), and chardev is not thread-safe yet
>>> > */
>>> > - iothread_stop(mon_iothread);
>>> > + if (mon_iothread) {
>>> > + iothread_stop(mon_iothread);
>>> > + }
>>> >
>>>
>>> here the monitor_lock isn't taken, is there a reason worth a comment?
>
> I don't know. What I know is that locking something only some of the
> times (not counting a single-threaded initial stretch of initialization
> code) is usually wrong.
>
>>> > /* Flush output buffers and destroy monitors */
>>> > qemu_mutex_lock(&monitor_lock);
> [...]
>
> Since the bug is inconveniencing people, should I merge v1 for now? We
> can then figure out how to improve on it.
I'm queuing v1, and will post a follow-up patch to address its minor
shortcomings.
Thanks, and sorry for the delay!