Re: [PATCH 5/6] Replace "iothread lock" with "BQL" in comments

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>]

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On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 02:47:49PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Hi Stefan,
> 
> On 29/11/23 22:26, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> > The term "iothread lock" is obsolete. The APIs use Big QEMU Lock (BQL)
> > in their names. Update the code comments to use "BQL" instead of
> > "iothread lock".
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >   docs/devel/reset.rst             |  2 +-
> >   hw/display/qxl.h                 |  2 +-
> >   include/exec/cpu-common.h        |  2 +-
> >   include/exec/memory.h            |  4 ++--
> >   include/exec/ramblock.h          |  2 +-
> >   include/migration/register.h     |  8 ++++----
> >   target/arm/internals.h           |  4 ++--
> >   accel/tcg/cputlb.c               |  4 ++--
> >   accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-icount.c |  2 +-
> >   hw/remote/mpqemu-link.c          |  2 +-
> >   migration/block-dirty-bitmap.c   | 10 +++++-----
> >   migration/block.c                | 24 ++++++++++++------------
> >   migration/colo.c                 |  2 +-
> >   migration/migration.c            |  2 +-
> >   migration/ram.c                  |  4 ++--
> >   system/physmem.c                 |  6 +++---
> >   target/arm/helper.c              |  2 +-
> >   target/arm/tcg/m_helper.c        |  2 +-
> >   ui/spice-core.c                  |  2 +-
> >   util/rcu.c                       |  2 +-
> >   audio/coreaudio.m                |  4 ++--
> >   ui/cocoa.m                       |  6 +++---
> >   22 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> > diff --git a/include/exec/ramblock.h b/include/exec/ramblock.h
> > index 69c6a53902..a2bc0a345d 100644
> > --- a/include/exec/ramblock.h
> > +++ b/include/exec/ramblock.h
> > @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct RAMBlock {
> >       ram_addr_t max_length;
> >       void (*resized)(const char*, uint64_t length, void *host);
> >       uint32_t flags;
> > -    /* Protected by iothread lock.  */
> > +    /* Protected by BQL.  */
> 
> There is only one single BQL, so preferably:
> 
> "by the BQL"
> 
> >       char idstr[256];
> >       /* RCU-enabled, writes protected by the ramlist lock */
> >       QLIST_ENTRY(RAMBlock) next;
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -/* Called with iothread lock taken.  */
> > +/* Called with BQL taken.  */
> 
> "with the BQL" (other uses)

I will try to change these for v2. It's a pre-existing issue though
because there was only ever one "iothread lock" too.

Stefan

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