[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Check return values from g_poll and select

[Fabien Chouteau]

The current implementation of os_host_main_loop_wait() on Windows,
returns 1 only when a g_poll() event occurs because the return value of
select() is overridden. This is wrong as we may skip a socket event, as
shown in this example:

1. select() returns 0
2. g_poll() returns 1  (socket event occurs)
3. os_host_main_loop_wait() returns 1
4. qemu_iohandler_poll() sees no socket event because select() has
   return before the event occurs
5. select() returns 1
6. g_poll() returns 0 (g_poll overrides select's return value)
7. os_host_main_loop_wait() returns 0
8. qemu_iohandler_poll() doesn't check for socket events because the
   return value of os_host_main_loop_wait() is zero.
9. goto 5

This patch use one variable for each of these return values, so we don't
miss a select() event anymore.

Also move the call to select() after g_poll(), this will improve latency
as we don't have to go through two os_host_main_loop_wait() calls to
detect a socket event.

Signed-off-by: Fabien Chouteau <address@hidden>
---
 main-loop.c |   27 +++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main-loop.c b/main-loop.c
index 54f38ae..6f52ac3 100644
--- a/main-loop.c
+++ b/main-loop.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ void qemu_fd_register(int fd)
 static int os_host_main_loop_wait(uint32_t timeout)
 {
     GMainContext *context = g_main_context_default();
-    int ret, i;
+    int select_ret, g_poll_ret, ret, i;
     PollingEntry *pe;
     WaitObjects *w = &wait_objects;
     gint poll_timeout;
@@ -345,13 +345,6 @@ static int os_host_main_loop_wait(uint32_t timeout)
         return ret;
     }
 
-    if (nfds >= 0) {
-        ret = select(nfds + 1, &rfds, &wfds, &xfds, &tv0);
-        if (ret != 0) {
-            timeout = 0;
-        }
-    }
-
     g_main_context_prepare(context, &max_priority);
     n_poll_fds = g_main_context_query(context, max_priority, &poll_timeout,
                                       poll_fds, ARRAY_SIZE(poll_fds));
@@ -367,9 +360,9 @@ static int os_host_main_loop_wait(uint32_t timeout)
     }
 
     qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
-    ret = g_poll(poll_fds, n_poll_fds + w->num, poll_timeout);
+    g_poll_ret = g_poll(poll_fds, n_poll_fds + w->num, poll_timeout);
     qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-    if (ret > 0) {
+    if (g_poll_ret > 0) {
         for (i = 0; i < w->num; i++) {
             w->revents[i] = poll_fds[n_poll_fds + i].revents;
         }
@@ -384,12 +377,18 @@ static int os_host_main_loop_wait(uint32_t timeout)
         g_main_context_dispatch(context);
     }
 
-    /* If an edge-triggered socket event occurred, select will return a
-     * positive result on the next iteration.  We do not need to do anything
-     * here.
+    /* Call select after g_poll to avoid a useless iteration and therefore
+     * improve socket latency.
      */
 
-    return ret;
+    if (nfds >= 0) {
+        select_ret = select(nfds + 1, &rfds, &wfds, &xfds, &tv0);
+        if (select_ret != 0) {
+            timeout = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return select_ret || g_poll_ret;
 }
 #endif
 
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