Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/7] dirty-bitmaps: fix comment about dirty_bitmap_mutex

[John Snow]

On 04/16/2018 07:44 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
> Clarify first two cases and fix Modify -> Any access in third case.
> Also, drop 'only' from third case, as it a bit confuses, when thinking
> about case where we modify BdrvDirtyBitmap and access HBitmap.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <address@hidden>
> ---
>  include/block/block_int.h | 12 ++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
> index c4dd1d4bb8..189666efa5 100644
> --- a/include/block/block_int.h
> +++ b/include/block/block_int.h
> @@ -709,10 +709,14 @@ struct BlockDriverState {
>      uint64_t write_threshold_offset;
>      NotifierWithReturn write_threshold_notifier;
>  
> -    /* Writing to the list requires the BQL _and_ the dirty_bitmap_mutex.
> -     * Reading from the list can be done with either the BQL or the
> -     * dirty_bitmap_mutex.  Modifying a bitmap only requires
> -     * dirty_bitmap_mutex.  */
> +    /* Writing to the list (i.e. to any field of BdrvDirtyBitmap or to the
> +     * list-head) requires both the BQL _and_ the dirty_bitmap_mutex.
> +     *
> +     * Reading from the list (from any field of BdrvDirtyBitmap or from the
> +     * list-head) can be done with either the BQL or the dirty_bitmap_mutex.
> +     *
> +     * Any access to underlying HBitmap requires dirty_bitmap_mutex.

"to the underlying HBitmap," probably.

> +     */
>      QemuMutex dirty_bitmap_mutex;
>      QLIST_HEAD(, BdrvDirtyBitmap) dirty_bitmaps;
>  
> 

Reviewed-by: John Snow <address@hidden>