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* [PATCH] block: add single-check guard in throttle_group_restart_queue to address race with schedule_next_request
@ 2025-11-14  2:11 luzhipeng
  2025-11-14  2:11 ` [PATCH] mirror: Optimize mirroring for zero blocks in mirror_read_complete luzhipeng
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: luzhipeng @ 2025-11-14  2:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-block; +Cc: Alberto Garcia, Kevin Wolf, Hanna Reitz, qemu-devel, luzhipeng

A race condition exists between throttle_group_restart_queue() and
schedule_next_request(): when multiple ThrottleGroupMembers in the same
throttle group are assigned to different IOThreads, concurrent execution
can cause schedule_next_request() to re-arm a throttle timer while
throttle_group_restart_queue() is being called (e.g., from a timer
callback or external restart). This violates the assumption that no
timer is pending upon entry to throttle_group_restart_queue(), triggering
an assertion failure and causing QEMU to abort.

This patch replaces the assert with a single early-return check:
if the timer for the given direction is already pending, the function
returns immediately. This prevents duplicate coroutine scheduling and
avoids crashes under race conditions, without altering the core
(non-thread-safe) throttle group logic.

For details, see: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/3194

Signed-off-by: luzhipeng <luzhipeng@cestc.cn>
---
 block/throttle-groups.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/throttle-groups.c b/block/throttle-groups.c
index 66fdce9a90..9dcc6b4923 100644
--- a/block/throttle-groups.c
+++ b/block/throttle-groups.c
@@ -430,15 +430,14 @@ static void throttle_group_restart_queue(ThrottleGroupMember *tgm,
                                         ThrottleDirection direction)
 {
     Coroutine *co;
+    if (timer_pending(tgm->throttle_timers.timers[direction])) {
+        return;
+    }
     RestartData *rd = g_new0(RestartData, 1);
 
     rd->tgm = tgm;
     rd->direction = direction;
 
-    /* This function is called when a timer is fired or when
-     * throttle_group_restart_tgm() is called. Either way, there can
-     * be no timer pending on this tgm at this point */
-    assert(!timer_pending(tgm->throttle_timers.timers[direction]));
 
     qatomic_inc(&tgm->restart_pending);
 
-- 
2.31.1





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* [PATCH] mirror: Optimize mirroring for zero blocks in mirror_read_complete
  2025-11-14  2:11 [PATCH] block: add single-check guard in throttle_group_restart_queue to address race with schedule_next_request luzhipeng
@ 2025-11-14  2:11 ` luzhipeng
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: luzhipeng @ 2025-11-14  2:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-block; +Cc: Alberto Garcia, Kevin Wolf, Hanna Reitz, qemu-devel, luzhipeng

When mirroring data blocks, detect if the read data consists entirely of
zeros. If so, use blk_co_pwrite_zeroes() instead of regular write to
improve performance.

Signed-off-by: luzhipeng <luzhipeng@cestc.cn>
---
 block/mirror.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index b344182c74..535112f65d 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -269,6 +269,33 @@ static void coroutine_fn mirror_read_complete(MirrorOp *op, int ret)
         return;
     }
 
+    /* Check if the read data is all zeros */
+    bool is_zero = true;
+    for (int i = 0; i < op->qiov.niov; i++) {
+        if (!buffer_is_zero(op->qiov.iov[i].iov_base,
+                           op->qiov.iov[i].iov_len)) {
+            is_zero = false;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Write to target - optimized path for zero blocks */
+    if (is_zero) {
+        /*
+         * Use zero-writing interface which may:
+         * 1. Avoid actual data transfer
+         * 2. Enable storage-level optimizations
+         * 3. Potentially unmap blocks (if supported)
+         */
+        ret = blk_co_pwrite_zeroes(s->target, op->offset,
+                                 op->qiov.size,
+                                 BDRV_REQ_MAY_UNMAP);
+    } else {
+        /* Normal data write path */
+        ret = blk_co_pwritev(s->target, op->offset,
+                           op->qiov.size, &op->qiov, 0);
+    }
+
     ret = blk_co_pwritev(s->target, op->offset, op->qiov.size, &op->qiov, 0);
     mirror_write_complete(op, ret);
 }
-- 
2.45.1.windows.1





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