Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] vnc: Fix qemu crash on vnc client disconnection

[Gerd Hoffmann]

On Mo, 2013-10-28 at 08:47 +0000, Gonglei (Arei) wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gerd Hoffmann [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 3:53 PM
> > To: Gonglei (Arei)
> > Cc: address@hidden; Stefan Hajnoczi; Yanqiangjun; Luonengjun;
> > Huangweidong (Hardware)
> > Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] vnc: Fix qemu crash on vnc client
> > disconnection
> > 
> >   Hi,
> > 
> > > diff --git a/ui/vnc.c b/ui/vnc.c
> > > index 5601cc3..2177704 100644
> > > --- a/ui/vnc.c
> > > +++ b/ui/vnc.c
> > > @@ -876,7 +876,8 @@ static int find_and_clear_dirty_height(struct
> > VncState *vs,
> > >  static int vnc_update_client_sync(VncState *vs, int has_dirty)
> > >  {
> > >      int ret = vnc_update_client(vs, has_dirty);
> > > -    vnc_jobs_join(vs);
> > > +    if (ret >= 0)
> > > +        vnc_jobs_join(vs);
> > 
> > What happens with any running jobs if you skip the jouin call here?
> 
> Hi, Gerd. The other jobs are unaffected, and other clients still work.

My concern is more that we might keep threads running which should not
run any more.

cheers,
  Gerd