[Qemu-devel] [patch 05/11] qemu: separate thread for io

[Marcelo Tosatti]

Introduce a thread to handle host IO events.

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <address@hidden>

Index: trunk/qemu-common.h
===================================================================
--- trunk.orig/qemu-common.h
+++ trunk/qemu-common.h
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ void main_loop_break(void);
 /* Force QEMU to process pending events */
 void qemu_notify_event(void);
 
+/* Unblock cpu */
+void qemu_cpu_kick(void *env);
+int qemu_cpu_self(void *env);
+
 typedef struct QEMUIOVector {
     struct iovec *iov;
     int niov;
Index: trunk/vl.c
===================================================================
--- trunk.orig/vl.c
+++ trunk/vl.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #include "gdbstub.h"
 #include "qemu-timer.h"
 #include "qemu-char.h"
+#include "qemu-thread.h"
 #include "cache-utils.h"
 #include "block.h"
 #include "dma.h"
@@ -278,6 +279,13 @@ uint8_t qemu_uuid[16];
 
 static int io_thread_fd = -1;
 
+QemuMutex qemu_global_mutex;
+QemuMutex qemu_fair_mutex;
+
+QemuThread io_thread;
+QemuThread cpus_thread;
+QemuCond halt_cond;
+
 /***********************************************************/
 /* x86 ISA bus support */
 
@@ -1347,8 +1355,6 @@ static void host_alarm_handler(int host_
         write(alarm_timer_wfd, &byte, sizeof(byte));
 #endif
         alarm_timer->flags |= ALARM_FLAG_EXPIRED;
-
-        qemu_notify_event();
     }
 }
 
@@ -2957,6 +2963,7 @@ int qemu_set_fd_handler2(int fd,
         ioh->opaque = opaque;
         ioh->deleted = 0;
     }
+    main_loop_break();
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3324,7 +3331,6 @@ static int ram_load(QEMUFile *f, void *o
 
 void qemu_service_io(void)
 {
-    qemu_notify_event();
 }
 
 /***********************************************************/
@@ -3397,7 +3403,7 @@ void qemu_bh_schedule(QEMUBH *bh)
     bh->scheduled = 1;
     bh->idle = 0;
     /* stop the currently executing CPU to execute the BH ASAP */
-    qemu_notify_event();
+    main_loop_break();
 }
 
 void qemu_bh_cancel(QEMUBH *bh)
@@ -3606,32 +3612,24 @@ void qemu_system_reset_request(void)
     } else {
         reset_requested = 1;
     }
-    qemu_notify_event();
+    main_loop_break();
 }
 
 void qemu_system_shutdown_request(void)
 {
     shutdown_requested = 1;
-    qemu_notify_event();
+    main_loop_break();
 }
 
 void qemu_system_powerdown_request(void)
 {
     powerdown_requested = 1;
-    qemu_notify_event();
+    main_loop_break();
 }
 
 void qemu_notify_event(void)
 {
-    CPUState *env = cpu_single_env;
-
-    if (env) {
-        cpu_exit(env);
-#ifdef USE_KQEMU
-        if (env->kqemu_enabled)
-            kqemu_cpu_interrupt(env);
-#endif
-     }
+    main_loop_break();
 }
 
 void main_loop_break(void)
@@ -3733,6 +3731,105 @@ static void host_main_loop_wait(int *tim
 }
 #endif
 
+static int cpu_has_work(CPUState *env)
+{
+    if (!env->halted)
+        return 1;
+    if (qemu_cpu_has_work(env))
+        return 1;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int tcg_has_work(CPUState *env)
+{
+    for (env = first_cpu; env != NULL; env = env->next_cpu)
+        if (cpu_has_work(env))
+            return 1;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void qemu_wait_io_event(CPUState *env, int timeout)
+{
+    if (timeout)
+        while (!tcg_has_work(env))
+            qemu_cond_timedwait(&halt_cond, &qemu_global_mutex, timeout);
+
+   qemu_mutex_unlock(&qemu_global_mutex);
+
+    /*
+     * Users of qemu_global_mutex can be starved, having no chance
+     * to acquire it since this path will get to it first.
+     * So use another lock to provide fairness.
+     */
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&qemu_fair_mutex);
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&qemu_fair_mutex);
+
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&qemu_global_mutex);
+}
+
+void qemu_cpu_kick(void *env)
+{
+    qemu_cond_broadcast(&halt_cond);
+}
+
+int qemu_cpu_self(void *env)
+{
+    return (cpu_single_env != NULL);
+}
+
+static void cpu_signal(int sig)
+{
+    if (cpu_single_env)
+        cpu_exit(cpu_single_env);
+}
+
+static void block_io_signals(void)
+{
+    sigset_t set;
+    struct sigaction sigact;
+
+    sigemptyset(&set);
+    sigaddset(&set, SIGUSR2);
+    sigaddset(&set, SIGIO);
+    sigaddset(&set, SIGALRM);
+    pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL);
+
+    sigemptyset(&set);
+    sigaddset(&set, SIGUSR1);
+    pthread_sigmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, NULL);
+
+    memset(&sigact, 0, sizeof(sigact));
+    sigact.sa_handler = cpu_signal;
+    sigaction(SIGUSR1, &sigact, NULL);
+}
+
+static void unblock_io_signals(void)
+{
+    sigset_t set;
+
+    sigemptyset(&set);
+    sigaddset(&set, SIGUSR2);
+    sigaddset(&set, SIGIO);
+    sigaddset(&set, SIGALRM);
+    pthread_sigmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, NULL);
+
+    sigemptyset(&set);
+    sigaddset(&set, SIGUSR1);
+    pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL);
+}
+
+static void qemu_signal_lock(unsigned int msecs)
+{
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&qemu_fair_mutex);
+
+    while (qemu_mutex_trylock(&qemu_global_mutex)) {
+        qemu_thread_signal(&cpus_thread, SIGUSR1);
+        if (!qemu_mutex_timedlock(&qemu_global_mutex, msecs))
+            break;
+    }
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&qemu_fair_mutex);
+}
+
 void main_loop_wait(int timeout)
 {
     IOHandlerRecord *ioh;
@@ -3775,7 +3872,14 @@ void main_loop_wait(int timeout)
         slirp_select_fill(&nfds, &rfds, &wfds, &xfds);
     }
 #endif
+
+    /*
+     * main_loop_wait() *must* not assume any global state is consistent across
+     * select() invocations.
+     */
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&qemu_global_mutex);
     ret = select(nfds + 1, &rfds, &wfds, &xfds, &tv);
+    qemu_signal_lock(100);
     if (ret > 0) {
         IOHandlerRecord **pioh;
 
@@ -3811,9 +3915,11 @@ void main_loop_wait(int timeout)
 #endif
 
     /* vm time timers */
-    if (vm_running && likely(!(cur_cpu->singlestep_enabled & SSTEP_NOTIMER)))
-        qemu_run_timers(&active_timers[QEMU_TIMER_VIRTUAL],
-                        qemu_get_clock(vm_clock));
+    if (vm_running) {
+        if (cur_cpu && likely(!(cur_cpu->singlestep_enabled & SSTEP_NOTIMER)))
+            qemu_run_timers(&active_timers[QEMU_TIMER_VIRTUAL],
+                             qemu_get_clock(vm_clock));
+    }
 
     /* real time timers */
     qemu_run_timers(&active_timers[QEMU_TIMER_REALTIME],
@@ -3837,9 +3943,10 @@ static void setup_iothread_fd(void)
     qemu_set_fd_handler2(fds[0], NULL, io_thread_wakeup, NULL,
                          (void *)(unsigned long)fds[0]);
     io_thread_fd = fds[1];
+    fcntl(io_thread_fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
 }
 
-static int main_loop(void)
+static void *cpu_main_loop(void *arg)
 {
     int ret, timeout;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROFILER
@@ -3847,7 +3954,12 @@ static int main_loop(void)
 #endif
     CPUState *env;
 
-    cur_cpu = first_cpu;
+    block_io_signals();
+    qemu_thread_self(&cpus_thread);
+
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&qemu_global_mutex);
+
+    cur_cpu = env = first_cpu;
     next_cpu = cur_cpu->next_cpu ?: first_cpu;
     for(;;) {
         if (vm_running) {
@@ -3970,6 +4082,7 @@ static int main_loop(void)
                 timeout = 0;
             }
         } else {
+            env = env->next_cpu ?: first_cpu;
             if (shutdown_requested) {
                 ret = EXCP_INTERRUPT;
                 break;
@@ -3979,13 +4092,31 @@ static int main_loop(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROFILER
         ti = profile_getclock();
 #endif
-        main_loop_wait(timeout);
+        qemu_wait_io_event(env, timeout);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROFILER
         dev_time += profile_getclock() - ti;
 #endif
     }
     cpu_disable_ticks();
-    return ret;
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void main_loop(void)
+{
+    qemu_cond_init(&halt_cond);
+    qemu_mutex_init(&qemu_fair_mutex);
+    qemu_mutex_init(&qemu_global_mutex);
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&qemu_global_mutex);
+
+    qemu_thread_self(&io_thread);
+    setup_iothread_fd();
+
+    unblock_io_signals();
+
+    qemu_thread_create(&cpus_thread, cpu_main_loop, NULL);
+
+    while (1)
+        main_loop_wait(1000);
 }
 
 static void help(int exitcode)
Index: trunk/exec.c
===================================================================
--- trunk.orig/exec.c
+++ trunk/exec.c
@@ -1532,6 +1532,13 @@ void cpu_interrupt(CPUState *env, int ma
     old_mask = env->interrupt_request;
     env->interrupt_request |= mask;
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
+    if (!qemu_cpu_self(env)) {
+        qemu_cpu_kick(env);
+        return;
+    }
+#endif
+
     if (use_icount) {
         env->icount_decr.u16.high = 0xffff;
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY

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