Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Automatic RCU read unlock

[Dr. David Alan Gilbert]

* Daniel P. Berrangé (address@hidden) wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 05:41:59PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) wrote:
> > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <address@hidden>
> > 
> > This patch uses glib's g_auto mechanism to automatically free
> > rcu_read_lock's at the end of the block.  Given that humans
> > have a habit of forgetting an error path somewhere it's
> > best to leave it to the compiler.
> > 
> > In particular:
> >   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1746787
> > suggests we've forgotten an unlock case somewhere in the
> > rdma migration code.
> 
> Probably worth mentioning this in the commit message of the 3rd patch
> so someone reading history sees that the patch wasn't just a no-op
> conversion, but instead actively fixing a bug.

Added.

Dave

> Regards,
> Daniel
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