Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] block-copy: improve comments of BlockCopyTask and BlockCopyState types and functions

[Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>]

14.06.2021 10:33, Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito wrote:
> As done in BlockCopyCallState, categorize BlockCopyTask
> and BlockCopyState in IN, State and OUT fields.
> This is just to understand which field has to be protected with a lock.
> 
> .sleep_state is handled in the series "coroutine: new sleep/wake API"
> and thus here left as TODO.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com>
> ---
>   block/block-copy.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>   1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/block-copy.c b/block/block-copy.c
> index 3f26be8ddc..5ff7764e87 100644
> --- a/block/block-copy.c
> +++ b/block/block-copy.c
> @@ -52,29 +52,35 @@ typedef struct BlockCopyCallState {
>       /* Coroutine where async block-copy is running */
>       Coroutine *co;
>   
> -    /* To reference all call states from BlockCopyState */
> -    QLIST_ENTRY(BlockCopyCallState) list;
> -
>       /* State */
> -    int ret;
>       bool finished;
> -    QemuCoSleep sleep;
> -    bool cancelled;
> +    QemuCoSleep sleep; /* TODO: protect API with a lock */
> +
> +    /* To reference all call states from BlockCopyState */
> +    QLIST_ENTRY(BlockCopyCallState) list;
>   
>       /* OUT parameters */
> +    bool cancelled;
>       bool error_is_read;
> +    int ret;
>   } BlockCopyCallState;
>   
>   typedef struct BlockCopyTask {
>       AioTask task;
>   
> +    /*
> +     * IN parameters. Initialized in block_copy_task_create()
> +     * and never changed.
> +     */

That's just not true for method field :(

>       BlockCopyState *s;
>       BlockCopyCallState *call_state;
>       int64_t offset;
> -    int64_t bytes;
>       BlockCopyMethod method;
> -    QLIST_ENTRY(BlockCopyTask) list;
> +
> +    /* State */
>       CoQueue wait_queue; /* coroutines blocked on this task */
> +    int64_t bytes;
> +    QLIST_ENTRY(BlockCopyTask) list;
>   } BlockCopyTask;
>   
>   static int64_t task_end(BlockCopyTask *task)
> @@ -90,15 +96,25 @@ typedef struct BlockCopyState {
>        */
>       BdrvChild *source;
>       BdrvChild *target;
> -    BdrvDirtyBitmap *copy_bitmap;
> +
> +    /* State */
>       int64_t in_flight_bytes;
> -    int64_t cluster_size;
>       BlockCopyMethod method;
> -    int64_t max_transfer;
> -    uint64_t len;
>       QLIST_HEAD(, BlockCopyTask) tasks; /* All tasks from all block-copy calls */
>       QLIST_HEAD(, BlockCopyCallState) calls;
> +    /* State fields that use a thread-safe API */
> +    BdrvDirtyBitmap *copy_bitmap;
> +    ProgressMeter *progress;
> +    SharedResource *mem;
> +    RateLimit rate_limit;
>   
> +    /*
> +     * IN parameters. Initialized in block_copy_state_new()
> +     * and never changed.
> +     */
> +    int64_t cluster_size;
> +    int64_t max_transfer;
> +    uint64_t len;
>       BdrvRequestFlags write_flags;
>   
>       /*
> @@ -114,14 +130,11 @@ typedef struct BlockCopyState {
>        * In this case, block_copy() will query the source’s allocation status,
>        * skip unallocated regions, clear them in the copy_bitmap, and invoke
>        * block_copy_reset_unallocated() every time it does.
> +     *
> +     * This field is set in backup_run() before coroutines are run,
> +     * therefore is an IN.

That's not true: it is modified from backup_run, when block-copy already initialized, and block_copy() calls may be done from backup-top filter.

>        */
>       bool skip_unallocated;
> -
> -    ProgressMeter *progress;
> -
> -    SharedResource *mem;
> -
> -    RateLimit rate_limit;
>   } BlockCopyState;
>   
>   static BlockCopyTask *find_conflicting_task(BlockCopyState *s,
> 


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Best regards,
Vladimir