From: "Andreas Färber" <afaerber@suse.de>
To: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>, Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>,
"Shergill, Gurinder" <gurinder.shergill@hp.com>,
Michael Roth <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
"Vinod, Chegu" <chegu_vinod@hp.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 4/7] iothread: add I/O thread object
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:32:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <531F56A1.9000109@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1393842608-17795-5-git-send-email-stefanha@redhat.com>
Am 03.03.2014 11:30, schrieb Stefan Hajnoczi:
> This is a stand-in for Michael Roth's QContext. I expect this to be
> replaced once QContext is completed.
>
> The IOThread object is an AioContext event loop thread. This patch adds
> the concept of multiple event loop threads, allowing users to define
> them.
>
> When SMP guests run on SMP hosts it makes sense to instantiate multiple
> IOThreads. This spreads event loop processing across multiple cores.
> Note that additional patches are required to actually bind a device to
> an IOThread.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> ---
> Makefile.objs | 1 +
> include/sysemu/iothread.h | 30 ++++++++++++
> iothread.c | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 150 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 include/sysemu/iothread.h
> create mode 100644 iothread.c
>
> diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
> index 4a62913..846ed66 100644
> --- a/Makefile.objs
> +++ b/Makefile.objs
> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ libcacard-y += libcacard/vcardt.o
>
> ifeq ($(CONFIG_SOFTMMU),y)
> common-obj-y = blockdev.o blockdev-nbd.o block/
> +common-obj-y += iothread.o
> common-obj-y += net/
> common-obj-y += qdev-monitor.o device-hotplug.o
> common-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += os-win32.o
> diff --git a/include/sysemu/iothread.h b/include/sysemu/iothread.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..a32214a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/sysemu/iothread.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
> +/*
> + * Event loop thread
> + *
> + * Copyright Red Hat Inc., 2013
> + *
> + * Authors:
> + * Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> + *
> + * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
> + * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
> + *
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef IOTHREAD_H
> +#define IOTHREAD_H
> +
> +#include "block/aio.h"
> +
> +#define TYPE_IOTHREAD "iothread"
> +
> +typedef struct IOThread IOThread;
> +
> +#define IOTHREAD(obj) \
> + OBJECT_CHECK(IOThread, obj, TYPE_IOTHREAD)
> +
> +IOThread *iothread_find(const char *id);
> +char *iothread_get_id(IOThread *iothread);
> +AioContext *iothread_get_aio_context(IOThread *iothread);
> +
> +#endif /* IOTHREAD_H */
> diff --git a/iothread.c b/iothread.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..231ce6c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/iothread.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
> +/*
> + * Event loop thread
> + *
> + * Copyright Red Hat Inc., 2013
> + *
> + * Authors:
> + * Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> + *
> + * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
> + * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
> + *
> + */
> +
> +#include "qom/object.h"
> +#include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
> +#include "qemu/module.h"
> +#include "qemu/thread.h"
> +#include "block/aio.h"
> +#include "sysemu/iothread.h"
> +
> +#define IOTHREADS_PATH "/objects"
> +
> +typedef ObjectClass IOThreadClass;
> +struct IOThread {
> + Object parent;
Can you rename to parent_obj in your tree please and leave a while line
after?
Thanks,
Andreas
> + QemuThread thread;
> + AioContext *ctx;
> + bool stopping;
> +};
> +
> +#define IOTHREAD_GET_CLASS(obj) \
> + OBJECT_GET_CLASS(IOThreadClass, obj, TYPE_IOTHREAD)
> +#define IOTHREAD_CLASS(klass) \
> + OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(IOThreadClass, klass, TYPE_IOTHREAD)
> +
> +static void *iothread_run(void *opaque)
> +{
> + IOThread *iothread = opaque;
> +
> + while (!iothread->stopping) {
> + aio_context_acquire(iothread->ctx);
> + while (!iothread->stopping && aio_poll(iothread->ctx, true)) {
> + /* Progress was made, keep going */
> + }
> + aio_context_release(iothread->ctx);
> + }
> + return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static void iothread_instance_finalize(Object *obj)
> +{
> + IOThread *iothread = IOTHREAD(obj);
> +
> + iothread->stopping = true;
> + aio_notify(iothread->ctx);
> + qemu_thread_join(&iothread->thread);
> + aio_context_unref(iothread->ctx);
> +}
> +
> +static void iothread_complete(UserCreatable *obj, Error **errp)
> +{
> + IOThread *iothread = IOTHREAD(obj);
> +
> + iothread->stopping = false;
> + iothread->ctx = aio_context_new();
> +
> + /* This assumes we are called from a thread with useful CPU affinity for us
> + * to inherit.
> + */
> + qemu_thread_create(&iothread->thread, iothread_run,
> + iothread, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
> +}
> +
> +static void iothread_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *class_data)
> +{
> + UserCreatableClass *ucc = USER_CREATABLE_CLASS(klass);
> + ucc->complete = iothread_complete;
> +}
> +
> +static const TypeInfo iothread_info = {
> + .name = TYPE_IOTHREAD,
> + .parent = TYPE_OBJECT,
> + .class_init = iothread_class_init,
> + .instance_size = sizeof(IOThread),
> + .instance_finalize = iothread_instance_finalize,
> + .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
> + {TYPE_USER_CREATABLE},
> + {}
> + },
> +};
> +
> +static void iothread_register_types(void)
> +{
> + type_register_static(&iothread_info);
> +}
> +
> +type_init(iothread_register_types)
> +
> +IOThread *iothread_find(const char *id)
> +{
> + Object *container = container_get(object_get_root(), IOTHREADS_PATH);
> + Object *child;
> +
> + child = object_property_get_link(container, id, NULL);
> + if (!child) {
> + return NULL;
> + }
> + return (IOThread *)object_dynamic_cast(child, TYPE_IOTHREAD);
> +}
> +
> +char *iothread_get_id(IOThread *iothread)
> +{
> + return object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(iothread));
> +}
> +
> +AioContext *iothread_get_aio_context(IOThread *iothread)
> +{
> + return iothread->ctx;
> +}
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-11 18:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-03 10:30 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 0/7] dataplane: switch to N:M devices-per-thread model Stefan Hajnoczi
2014-03-03 10:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 1/7] object: add object_get_canonical_path_component() Stefan Hajnoczi
2014-03-11 18:28 ` Andreas Färber
2014-03-03 10:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 2/7] rfifolock: add recursive FIFO lock Stefan Hajnoczi
2014-03-03 10:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 3/7] aio: add aio_context_acquire() and aio_context_release() Stefan Hajnoczi
2014-03-03 10:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 4/7] iothread: add I/O thread object Stefan Hajnoczi
2014-03-11 18:32 ` Andreas Färber [this message]
2014-03-11 18:39 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2014-03-03 10:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 5/7] qdev: make get_pointer() handle temporary strings Stefan Hajnoczi
2014-03-11 18:29 ` Andreas Färber
2014-03-03 10:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 6/7] iothread: add "iothread" qdev property type Stefan Hajnoczi
2014-03-03 10:30 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 7/7] dataplane: replace internal thread with IOThread Stefan Hajnoczi
2014-03-11 18:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 0/7] dataplane: switch to N:M devices-per-thread model Stefan Hajnoczi
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