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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/9] jobs: add exit shim
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Max Reitz |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/9] jobs: add exit shim |
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Mon, 27 Aug 2018 12:00:17 +0200 |
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On 2018-08-24 00:08, John Snow wrote:
> All jobs do the same thing when they leave their running loop:
> - Store the return code in a structure
> - wait to receive this structure in the main thread
> - signal job completion via job_completed
>
> Few jobs do anything beyond exactly this. Consolidate this exit
> logic for a net reduction in SLOC.
>
> More seriously, when we utilize job_defer_to_main_loop_bh to call
> a function that calls job_completed, job_finalize_single will run
> in a context where it has recursively taken the aio_context lock,
> which can cause hangs if it puts down a reference that causes a flush.
>
> You can observe this in practice by looking at mirror_exit's careful
> placement of job_completed and bdrv_unref calls.
>
> If we centralize job exiting, we can signal job completion from outside
> of the aio_context, which should allow for job cleanup code to run with
> only one lock, which makes cleanup callbacks less tricky to write.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Snow <address@hidden>
> ---
> include/qemu/job.h | 11 +++++++++++
> job.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>
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- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/9] jobs: canonize Error object, (continued)
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/9] jobs: canonize Error object, John Snow, 2018/08/23
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 7/9] block/backup: make function variables consistently named, John Snow, 2018/08/23
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 5/9] block/mirror: utilize job_exit shim, John Snow, 2018/08/23
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 6/9] jobs: utilize job_exit shim, John Snow, 2018/08/23
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 9/9] jobs: remove job_defer_to_main_loop, John Snow, 2018/08/23
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 4/9] block/commit: utilize job_exit shim, John Snow, 2018/08/23
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/9] jobs: change start callback to run callback, John Snow, 2018/08/23
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/9] jobs: add exit shim, John Snow, 2018/08/23
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/9] jobs: add exit shim,
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