Re: [PATCH v6 00/20] block: remove aio_disable_external() API

[Kevin Wolf]

Am 16.05.2023 um 21:02 hat Stefan Hajnoczi geschrieben:
> The aio_disable_external() API temporarily suspends file descriptor monitoring
> in the event loop. The block layer uses this to prevent new I/O requests being
> submitted from the guest and elsewhere between bdrv_drained_begin() and
> bdrv_drained_end().
> 
> While the block layer still needs to prevent new I/O requests in drained
> sections, the aio_disable_external() API can be replaced with
> .drained_begin/end/poll() callbacks that have been added to BdrvChildClass and
> BlockDevOps.
> 
> This newer .bdrained_begin/end/poll() approach is attractive because it works
> without specifying a specific AioContext. The block layer is moving towards
> multi-queue and that means multiple AioContexts may be processing I/O
> simultaneously.
> 
> The aio_disable_external() was always somewhat hacky. It suspends all file
> descriptors that were registered with is_external=true, even if they have
> nothing to do with the BlockDriverState graph nodes that are being drained.
> It's better to solve a block layer problem in the block layer than to have an
> odd event loop API solution.
> 
> The approach in this patch series is to implement BlockDevOps
> .drained_begin/end() callbacks that temporarily stop file descriptor handlers.
> This ensures that new I/O requests are not submitted in drained sections.

Thanks, applied to the block branch.

Kevin