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From: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: qemu-block@nongnu.org, mreitz@redhat.com, famz@redhat.com,
	slp@redhat.com, jsnow@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 06/17] job: Use AIO_WAIT_WHILE() in job_finish_sync()
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 19:39:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180913173926.GE5172@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <387dce30-0a62-ad0a-e955-56ca714323b4@redhat.com>

Am 13.09.2018 um 17:15 hat Paolo Bonzini geschrieben:
> On 13/09/2018 14:52, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> > Also, job_drain() without aio_poll() isn't necessarily enough to make
> > progress on a job, it could depend on bottom halves to be executed.
> 
> This is not changed by the patch though; AIO_WAIT_WHILE does not do the
> bottom halves part anymore, bdrv_drain_poll_top_level does it instead.
> 
> What is it that needs bottom halves to be executed?  Could it delay
> switching the job state until after that?

AIO_WAIT_WHILE() does still execute bottom halves if the condition is
true, which is all that is needed to make progress. It only doesn't
execute them unconditionally any more.

Kevin

  reply	other threads:[~2018-09-13 17:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-09-13 12:52 [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 00/17] Fix some jobs/drain/aio_poll related hangs Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 01/17] job: Fix missing locking due to mismerge Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 13:56   ` Max Reitz
2018-09-13 17:38   ` John Snow
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 02/17] blockjob: Wake up BDS when job becomes idle Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 14:31   ` Max Reitz
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 03/17] aio-wait: Increase num_waiters even in home thread Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 15:11   ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-09-13 17:21     ` Kevin Wolf
2018-09-14 15:14       ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 04/17] test-bdrv-drain: Drain with block jobs in an I/O thread Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 05/17] test-blockjob: Acquire AioContext around job_cancel_sync() Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 06/17] job: Use AIO_WAIT_WHILE() in job_finish_sync() Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 14:45   ` Max Reitz
2018-09-13 15:15   ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-09-13 17:39     ` Kevin Wolf [this message]
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 07/17] test-bdrv-drain: Test AIO_WAIT_WHILE() in completion callback Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 08/17] block: Add missing locking in bdrv_co_drain_bh_cb() Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 14:58   ` Max Reitz
2018-09-13 15:17   ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-09-13 17:36     ` Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 09/17] block-backend: Add .drained_poll callback Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 15:01   ` Max Reitz
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 10/17] block-backend: Fix potential double blk_delete() Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 15:19   ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-09-13 19:50   ` Max Reitz
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 11/17] block-backend: Decrease in_flight only after callback Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 15:10   ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-09-13 16:59     ` Kevin Wolf
2018-09-14  7:47       ` Fam Zheng
2018-09-14 15:12       ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-09-14 17:14         ` Kevin Wolf
2018-09-14 17:38           ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-09-13 20:50   ` Max Reitz
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 12/17] mirror: Fix potential use-after-free in active commit Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 20:55   ` Max Reitz
2018-09-13 21:43     ` Max Reitz
2018-09-14 16:25     ` Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 13/17] blockjob: Lie better in child_job_drained_poll() Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 21:52   ` Max Reitz
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 14/17] block: Remove aio_poll() in bdrv_drain_poll variants Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 21:55   ` Max Reitz
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 15/17] test-bdrv-drain: Test nested poll in bdrv_drain_poll_top_level() Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 16/17] job: Avoid deadlocks in job_completed_txn_abort() Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 22:01   ` Max Reitz
2018-09-13 12:52 ` [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 17/17] test-bdrv-drain: AIO_WAIT_WHILE() in job .commit/.abort Kevin Wolf
2018-09-13 22:05   ` Max Reitz

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