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Re: [PATCH v8 05/20] job.c: add job_lock/unlock while keeping job.h inta


From: Stefan Hajnoczi
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 05/20] job.c: add job_lock/unlock while keeping job.h intact
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 08:39:48 +0100

On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 10:15:23AM -0400, Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito wrote:
> +void job_ref(Job *job)
> +{
> +    JOB_LOCK_GUARD();
> +    job_ref_locked(job);
> +}

You don't need to fix this, but just a note:

This API seems dangerous. If we don't hold the lock, how can we be sure
job won't be unreferenced before we call job_ref()? We would need to be
sure there exists another reference that won't be released until
job_ref() returns...

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