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Re: [RFC 3/8] virtio: Add API to batch set host notifiers
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Stefan Hajnoczi |
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Re: [RFC 3/8] virtio: Add API to batch set host notifiers |
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Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:47:45 +0100 |
On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 04:17:32PM +0200, Greg Kurz wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:55:42 +0100
> Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 12:17:40PM +0200, Greg Kurz wrote:
> > > On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:10:57 +0100
> > > Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 04:07:30PM +0100, Greg Kurz wrote:
> > > > > @@ -315,6 +338,10 @@ static void
> > > > > virtio_bus_unset_and_cleanup_host_notifiers(VirtioBusState *bus,
> > > > >
> > > > > for (i = 0; i < nvqs; i++) {
> > > > > virtio_bus_set_host_notifier(bus, i + n_offset, false);
> > > > > + }
> > > > > + /* Let address_space_update_ioeventfds() run before closing
> > > > > ioeventfds */
> > > >
> > > > assert(memory_region_transaction_depth == 0)?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Hmm... appart from the fact that memory_region_transaction_depth is
> > > a memory internal thing that shouldn't be exposed here, it seems to
> > > me that memory_region_transaction_depth can be != 0 when, e.g. when
> > > batching is used... or I'm missing something ?
> > >
> > > I was actually thinking of adding some asserts for that in the
> > > memory_region_*_eventfd_full() functions introduced by patch 1.
> > >
> > > if (!transaction) {
> > > memory_region_transaction_begin();
> > > }
> > > assert(memory_region_transaction_depth != 0);
> >
> > In that case is it safe to call virtio_bus_cleanup_host_notifier()
> > below? I thought it depends on the transaction committing first.
> >
>
> Yes because the transaction ends...
>
> > >
> > > > > + virtio_bus_set_host_notifier_commit(bus);
> ... here ^^
>
> > > > > + for (i = 0; i < nvqs; i++) {
> > > > > virtio_bus_cleanup_host_notifier(bus, i + n_offset);
> > > > > }
> > > > > }
That contradicts what you said above: "it seems to me that
memory_region_transaction_depth can be != 0 when, e.g. when batching is
used".
If memory_region_transaction_depth can be != 0 when this function is
entered then memory_region_transaction_commit() will have no effect:
void memory_region_transaction_commit(void)
{
AddressSpace *as;
assert(memory_region_transaction_depth);
assert(qemu_mutex_iothread_locked());
--memory_region_transaction_depth;
if (!memory_region_transaction_depth) {
^--- we won't take this branch!
So the code after memory_region_transaction_commit() cannot assume that
anything was actually committed.
That's why I asked about adding assert(memory_region_transaction_depth
== 0) to guarantee that our commit takes effect immediately so that it's
safe to call virtio_bus_cleanup_host_notifier().
Stefan
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[RFC 4/8] virtio-pci: Batch add/del ioeventfds in a single MR transaction, Greg Kurz, 2021/03/25
[RFC 5/8] virtio-blk: Fix rollback path in virtio_blk_data_plane_start(), Greg Kurz, 2021/03/25
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