Re: [PATCH 1/2] util/async: add a human-readable name to BHs for debugging

["Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@redhat.com>]

On 4/14/21 10:02 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> It can be difficult to debug issues with BHs in production environments.
> Although BHs can usually be identified by looking up their ->cb()
> function pointer, this requires debug information for the program. It is
> also not possible to print human-readable diagnostics about BHs because
> they have no identifier.
> 
> This patch adds a name to each BH. The name is not unique per instance
> but differentiates between cb() functions, which is usually enough. It's
> done by changing aio_bh_new() and friends to macros that stringify cb.
> 
> The next patch will use the name field when reporting leaked BHs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> ---
>  include/block/aio.h            | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  include/qemu/main-loop.h       |  4 +++-
>  tests/unit/ptimer-test-stubs.c |  2 +-
>  util/async.c                   |  9 +++++++--
>  util/main-loop.c               |  4 ++--
>  5 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>