Re: [PATCH 5/5] aio-posix: make AioHandler dispatch O(1) with epoll

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 21/02/20 13:59, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> 1. It doesn't crash if the node is currently not on a list.
> 2. It clears the node's linked list pointers so that future linked
>    list operations (like QLIST_SAFE_REMOVE()) aren't accidentally
>    performed on stale pointers.
>
> The node has a long lifespan and will be inserted into ready_lists
> multiple times.  We need to safely remove it from ready_list to protect
> against a corruption the next time the node is inserted into a
> ready_list again:

Ah, so the one I singled out is for (2) (we know the node is currently
on a list), while the one below is for (1).  Would it make sense to move
(2) to Q*_REMOVE_*?  We can do it separately after this pull request.

>   /* Add a handler to a ready list */
>   static void add_ready_handler(AioHandlerList *ready_list,
>                                 AioHandler *node,
>                                 int revents)
>   {
>       QLIST_SAFE_REMOVE(node, node_ready); /* remove from nested parent's list */
>       ^---- would cause corruption if node->node_ready was stale!
> 
> Would you like me to add a comment?
No, it's okay.

Paolo