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* [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/9] blockdev: fix QMP 'transaction' with IOThreads
@ 2017-12-06 14:45 Stefan Hajnoczi
  2017-12-06 14:45 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/9] blockdev: hold AioContext for bdrv_unref() in external_snapshot_clean() Stefan Hajnoczi
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  0 siblings, 13 replies; 23+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Hajnoczi @ 2017-12-06 14:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-devel; +Cc: qemu-block, John Snow, Kevin Wolf, Stefan Hajnoczi

v2:
 * Use StrOrNull for x-blockdev-set-iothread iothread argument [eblake]

(This is for QEMU 2.12 because this bug is not -rc4 critical)

Previously AioContext was held across QMP 'transaction' in an attempt to
achieve bdrv_drained_begin/end() semantics.  Nowadays we have
bdrv_drained_begin/end() and the AioContext lock just protects state.
Therefore there is no reason to hold AioContext across
.prepare/.commit/.abort/.clean() anymore.

Besides being cleanup-worthy, holding AioContext also exposes a bug:
BDRV_POLL_WHILE() doesn't support recursive AioContext locking and will hang if
depth > 1.  This is easy to trigger by submitting a transaction with 2 actions
that touch two drives assigned to an IOThread.  The IOThread's AioContext will
be locked twice and BDRV_POLL_WHILE() will hang.

BDRV_POLL_WHILE() is best fixed by eliminating the AioContext lock entirely in
favor of fine-grained locking.  I discussed some fixes for BDRV_POLL_WHILE()
with Paolo but we came to the conclusion that it will just add complexity when
we really want to stop using AioContext locking.

Summary:

 * Patch 1 fixes missing AioContext lock protection

 * Patches 2-6 clean up excessive AioContext locked regions in QMP
   'transaction' to solve the hang

 * Patches 7-9 add a qemu-iotests test case and the necessary infrastructure

Stefan Hajnoczi (9):
  blockdev: hold AioContext for bdrv_unref() in
    external_snapshot_clean()
  block: don't keep AioContext acquired after
    external_snapshot_prepare()
  block: don't keep AioContext acquired after drive_backup_prepare()
  block: don't keep AioContext acquired after blockdev_backup_prepare()
  block: don't keep AioContext acquired after
    internal_snapshot_prepare()
  block: drop unused BlockDirtyBitmapState->aio_context field
  iothread: add iothread_by_id() API
  blockdev: add x-blockdev-set-iothread testing command
  qemu-iotests: add 202 external snapshots IOThread test

 qapi/block-core.json       |  36 +++++++
 include/sysemu/iothread.h  |   1 +
 blockdev.c                 | 258 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 iothread.c                 |   7 ++
 tests/qemu-iotests/202     |  95 +++++++++++++++++
 tests/qemu-iotests/202.out |  11 ++
 tests/qemu-iotests/group   |   1 +
 7 files changed, 339 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 tests/qemu-iotests/202
 create mode 100644 tests/qemu-iotests/202.out

-- 
2.14.3

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2017-12-06 14:45 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/9] blockdev: fix QMP 'transaction' with IOThreads Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-12-06 14:45 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/9] blockdev: hold AioContext for bdrv_unref() in external_snapshot_clean() Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-12-07 20:32   ` Eric Blake
2017-12-06 14:45 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/9] block: don't keep AioContext acquired after external_snapshot_prepare() Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-12-07 20:37   ` Eric Blake
2017-12-06 14:45 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/9] block: don't keep AioContext acquired after drive_backup_prepare() Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-12-07 21:27   ` Eric Blake
2017-12-06 14:45 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 4/9] block: don't keep AioContext acquired after blockdev_backup_prepare() Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-12-07 21:39   ` Eric Blake
2017-12-06 14:45 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 5/9] block: don't keep AioContext acquired after internal_snapshot_prepare() Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-12-07 21:46   ` Eric Blake
2017-12-06 14:45 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 6/9] block: drop unused BlockDirtyBitmapState->aio_context field Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-12-07 21:47   ` Eric Blake
2017-12-06 14:45 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 7/9] iothread: add iothread_by_id() API Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-12-07 21:48   ` Eric Blake
2017-12-06 14:45 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 8/9] blockdev: add x-blockdev-set-iothread testing command Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-12-07 21:54   ` Eric Blake
2017-12-06 14:45 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 9/9] qemu-iotests: add 202 external snapshots IOThread test Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-12-07 21:58   ` Eric Blake
2017-12-08 10:19 ` [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 0/9] blockdev: fix QMP 'transaction' with IOThreads Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-12-08 13:29 ` [Qemu-devel] " Kevin Wolf
2017-12-08 15:32 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2017-12-13 21:26 ` Paolo Bonzini

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