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[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 04/11] blockdev: add note that block_job_cb() must b
From: |
Stefan Hajnoczi |
Subject: |
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 04/11] blockdev: add note that block_job_cb() must be thread-safe |
Date: |
Wed, 1 Oct 2014 18:01:52 +0100 |
This function is correct but we should document the constraint that
everything must be thread-safe.
Emitting QMP events and scheduling BHs are both thread-safe so nothing
needs to be done here.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
---
blockdev.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 5e38f34..1c79352 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -1889,6 +1889,11 @@ out:
static void block_job_cb(void *opaque, int ret)
{
+ /* Note that this function may be executed from another AioContext besides
+ * the QEMU main loop. If you need to access anything that assumes the
+ * QEMU global mutex, use a BH or introduce a mutex.
+ */
+
BlockDriverState *bs = opaque;
const char *msg = NULL;
--
1.9.3
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/11] block: allow blockjobs to coexist with dataplane, Stefan Hajnoczi, 2014/10/01
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 01/11] block: acquire AioContext in generic blockjob QMP commands, Stefan Hajnoczi, 2014/10/01
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 03/11] blockdev: acquire AioContext in blockdev_mark_auto_del(), Stefan Hajnoczi, 2014/10/01
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 02/11] blockdev: acquire AioContext in do_qmp_query_block_jobs_one(), Stefan Hajnoczi, 2014/10/01
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 04/11] blockdev: add note that block_job_cb() must be thread-safe,
Stefan Hajnoczi <=
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 05/11] blockjob: add block_job_defer_to_main_loop(), Stefan Hajnoczi, 2014/10/01
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 06/11] block: add bdrv_drain(), Stefan Hajnoczi, 2014/10/01
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 07/11] block: let backup blockjob run in BDS AioContext, Stefan Hajnoczi, 2014/10/01