From: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
To: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Cc: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>,
John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>,
qemu-devel@nongnu.org, qemu-block@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for-6.1? v2 3/7] job: @force parameter for job_cancel_sync{,_all}()
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 16:00:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YQlMAwbMs0IEIsQq@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210726144613.954844-4-mreitz@redhat.com>
Am 26.07.2021 um 16:46 hat Max Reitz geschrieben:
> Callers should be able to specify whether they want job_cancel_sync() to
> force-cancel the job or not.
>
> In fact, almost all invocations do not care about consistency of the
> result and just want the job to terminate as soon as possible, so they
> should pass force=true. The replication block driver is the exception.
>
> This changes some iotest outputs, because quitting qemu while a mirror
> job is active will now lead to it being cancelled instead of completed,
> which is what we want. (Cancelling a READY mirror job with force=false
> may take an indefinite amount of time, which we do not want when
> quitting. If users want consistent results, they must have all jobs be
> done before they quit qemu.)
>
> Buglink: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/462
> Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
> diff --git a/job.c b/job.c
> index e7a5d28854..9e971d64cf 100644
> --- a/job.c
> +++ b/job.c
> @@ -763,7 +763,12 @@ static void job_completed_txn_abort(Job *job)
> if (other_job != job) {
> ctx = other_job->aio_context;
> aio_context_acquire(ctx);
> - job_cancel_async(other_job, false);
> + /*
> + * This is a transaction: If one job failed, no result will matter.
> + * Therefore, pass force=true to terminate all other jobs as quickly
> + * as possible.
> + */
> + job_cancel_async(other_job, true);
> aio_context_release(ctx);
> }
> }
Sneaking in a hunk that is unrelated to what the commit message
promises? How naughty! :-)
(But I guess the change makes sense.)
Kevin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-03 14:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-26 14:46 [PATCH for-6.1? v2 0/7] mirror: Handle errors after READY cancel Max Reitz
2021-07-26 14:46 ` [PATCH for-6.1? v2 1/7] mirror: Keep s->synced on error Max Reitz
2021-07-26 14:46 ` [PATCH for-6.1? v2 2/7] mirror: Drop s->synced Max Reitz
2021-07-26 15:26 ` Eric Blake
2021-07-27 11:41 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2021-07-26 14:46 ` [PATCH for-6.1? v2 3/7] job: @force parameter for job_cancel_sync{, _all}() Max Reitz
2021-08-03 14:00 ` Kevin Wolf [this message]
2021-07-26 14:46 ` [PATCH for-6.1? v2 4/7] jobs: Give Job.force_cancel more meaning Max Reitz
2021-07-26 21:38 ` Eric Blake
2021-07-27 12:40 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2021-07-26 14:46 ` [PATCH for-6.1? v2 5/7] job: Add job_cancel_requested() Max Reitz
2021-07-27 13:04 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2021-07-27 15:39 ` Max Reitz
2021-07-27 15:47 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2021-08-02 10:23 ` Max Reitz
2021-08-03 12:35 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2021-08-03 14:25 ` Kevin Wolf
2021-08-04 8:07 ` Max Reitz
2021-08-04 10:34 ` Kevin Wolf
2021-08-04 11:00 ` Peter Krempa
2021-08-04 14:15 ` Max Reitz
2021-07-26 14:46 ` [PATCH for-6.1? v2 6/7] mirror: Check job_is_cancelled() earlier Max Reitz
2021-07-27 13:13 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2021-07-27 15:40 ` Max Reitz
2021-08-03 14:34 ` Kevin Wolf
2021-08-04 8:25 ` Max Reitz
2021-08-04 9:48 ` Kevin Wolf
2021-08-04 10:12 ` Max Reitz
2021-07-26 14:46 ` [PATCH for-6.1? v2 7/7] iotests: Add mirror-ready-cancel-error test Max Reitz
2021-07-27 13:24 ` Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
2021-08-03 14:36 ` [PATCH for-6.1? v2 0/7] mirror: Handle errors after READY cancel Kevin Wolf
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