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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 06/17] job: Use AIO_WAIT_WHILE() in job_finis


From: Max Reitz
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 06/17] job: Use AIO_WAIT_WHILE() in job_finish_sync()
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:45:33 +0200
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On 13.09.18 14:52, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> job_finish_sync() needs to release the AioContext lock of the job before
> calling aio_poll(). Otherwise, callbacks called by aio_poll() would
> possibly take the lock a second time and run into a deadlock with a
> nested AIO_WAIT_WHILE() call.
> 
> Also, job_drain() without aio_poll() isn't necessarily enough to make
> progress on a job, it could depend on bottom halves to be executed.
> 
> Combine both open-coded while loops into a single AIO_WAIT_WHILE() call
> that solves both of these problems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <address@hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Fam Zheng <address@hidden>
> ---
>  job.c | 14 ++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <address@hidden>

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