Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-iothread: IOThread supports the GMainContext event loop

[Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>]

On Fri, 08/11 08:29, Wang yong wrote:
> From: Wang Yong<wang.yong155@zte.com.cn>
> 
> IOThread uses AioContext event loop and does not run a GMainContext.
> Therefore,chardev cannot work in IOThread,such as the chardev is
> used for colo-compare packets reception.
> 
> This patch makes the IOThread run the GMainContext event loop,
> chardev and IOThread can work together.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Yong<wang.yong155@zte.com.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Wang Guang<wang.guang55@zte.com.cn>
> ---
>  include/sysemu/iothread.h |  1 +
>  iothread.c                | 13 +++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/sysemu/iothread.h b/include/sysemu/iothread.h
> index e6da1a4..ffe4e8a 100644
> --- a/include/sysemu/iothread.h
> +++ b/include/sysemu/iothread.h
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ typedef struct {
>  
>      QemuThread thread;
>      AioContext *ctx;
> +    GMainLoop *loop;
>      QemuMutex init_done_lock;
>      QemuCond init_done_cond;    /* is thread initialization done? */
>      bool stopping;
> diff --git a/iothread.c b/iothread.c
> index beeb870..b6f3c3c 100644
> --- a/iothread.c
> +++ b/iothread.c
> @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ AioContext *qemu_get_current_aio_context(void)
>  static void *iothread_run(void *opaque)
>  {
>      IOThread *iothread = opaque;
> +    GMainContext *context;
>  
>      rcu_register_thread();
>  
> @@ -57,6 +58,15 @@ static void *iothread_run(void *opaque)
>  
>      while (!atomic_read(&iothread->stopping)) {
>          aio_poll(iothread->ctx, true);
> +
> +        context = iothread->ctx->source.context;
> +        if (context) {
> +            iothread->loop = g_main_loop_new(context, TRUE);
> +            g_main_loop_run(iothread->loop);
> +
> +            g_main_loop_unref(iothread->loop);

Is it better to set iothread->loop to NULL after unref? If in the future a
second place adds g_main_loop_quit(), it can coordinate with iothread_stop by
checking iothread->loop == NULL.

> +            g_main_context_unref(context);

Where is the matching g_main_context_ref? I think the one reference in
iothread->loop goes away with g_main_loop_unref. Is this line unnecessary?

> +        }
>      }
>  
>      rcu_unregister_thread();
> @@ -72,6 +82,9 @@ static int iothread_stop(Object *object, void *opaque)
>          return 0;
>      }
>      iothread->stopping = true;
> +    if (iothread->loop) {
> +        g_main_loop_quit(iothread->loop);
> +    }
>      aio_notify(iothread->ctx);
>      qemu_thread_join(&iothread->thread);
>      return 0;
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1
> 
> 
> 

Though I haven't seen the chardev changes yet, the general idea looks good to
me.

Fam