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From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: Fam Zheng <fam@euphon.net>, Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>,
	qemu-block@nongnu.org, eric.g.ernst@gmail.com,
	Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] util/async: print leaked BH name when AioContext finalizes
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 21:02:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210414200247.917496-3-stefanha@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210414200247.917496-1-stefanha@redhat.com>

BHs must be deleted before the AioContext is finalized. If not, it's a
bug and probably indicates that some part of the program still expects
the BH to run in the future. That can lead to memory leaks, inconsistent
state, or just hangs.

Unfortunately the assert(flags & BH_DELETED) call in aio_ctx_finalize()
is difficult to debug because the assertion failure contains no
information about the BH!

Use the QEMUBH name field added in the previous patch to show a useful
error when a leaked BH is detected.

Suggested-by: Eric Ernst <eric.g.ernst@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
---
 util/async.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/util/async.c b/util/async.c
index b6acb86520..2584fca249 100644
--- a/util/async.c
+++ b/util/async.c
@@ -344,8 +344,20 @@ aio_ctx_finalize(GSource     *source)
     assert(QSIMPLEQ_EMPTY(&ctx->bh_slice_list));
 
     while ((bh = aio_bh_dequeue(&ctx->bh_list, &flags))) {
-        /* qemu_bh_delete() must have been called on BHs in this AioContext */
-        assert(flags & BH_DELETED);
+        /*
+         * qemu_bh_delete() must have been called on BHs in this AioContext. In
+         * many cases memory leaks, hangs, or inconsistent state occur when a
+         * BH is leaked because something still expects it to run.
+         *
+         * If you hit this, fix the lifecycle of the BH so that
+         * qemu_bh_delete() and any associated cleanup is called before the
+         * AioContext is finalized.
+         */
+        if (unlikely(!(flags & BH_DELETED))) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: BH '%s' leaked, aborting...\n",
+                    __func__, bh->name);
+            abort();
+        }
 
         g_free(bh);
     }
-- 
2.30.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-04-14 20:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-14 20:02 [PATCH 0/2] util/async: print leaked BH name when AioContext finalizes Stefan Hajnoczi
2021-04-14 20:02 ` [PATCH 1/2] util/async: add a human-readable name to BHs for debugging Stefan Hajnoczi
2021-04-15  9:08   ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2021-04-14 20:02 ` Stefan Hajnoczi [this message]
2021-04-15  8:09 ` [PATCH 0/2] util/async: print leaked BH name when AioContext finalizes Fam Zheng
2021-07-05 10:55 ` Stefan Hajnoczi

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