[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Replace qemu_system_cond with VCPU stop mechanism

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Replace qemu_system_cond with VCPU stop mechanism

[Jan Kiszka]

We can express the VCPU thread wakeup with the stop mechanism, saving
both qemu_system_ready and the qemu_system_cond. For KVM threads, we can
just enter the main loop as long as the thread is stopped. The central
TCG thread is better held back before the loop as there can be side
effects of the services called even when all CPUs are stopped.

Creating VCPUs in stopped state will also be required for proper CPU
hotplugging support.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
---
 cpus.c |   18 +++++-------------
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cpus.c b/cpus.c
index 0e54d6b..7a83bdf 100644
--- a/cpus.c
+++ b/cpus.c
@@ -643,11 +643,9 @@ static QemuThread io_thread;
 static QemuThread *tcg_cpu_thread;
 static QemuCond *tcg_halt_cond;
 
-static int qemu_system_ready;
 /* cpu creation */
 static QemuCond qemu_cpu_cond;
 /* system init */
-static QemuCond qemu_system_cond;
 static QemuCond qemu_pause_cond;
 static QemuCond qemu_work_cond;
 
@@ -669,7 +667,6 @@ int qemu_init_main_loop(void)
     }
 
     qemu_cond_init(&qemu_cpu_cond);
-    qemu_cond_init(&qemu_system_cond);
     qemu_cond_init(&qemu_pause_cond);
     qemu_cond_init(&qemu_work_cond);
     qemu_mutex_init(&qemu_fair_mutex);
@@ -683,8 +680,7 @@ int qemu_init_main_loop(void)
 
 void qemu_main_loop_start(void)
 {
-    qemu_system_ready = 1;
-    qemu_cond_broadcast(&qemu_system_cond);
+    resume_all_vcpus();
 }
 
 void run_on_cpu(CPUState *env, void (*func)(void *data), void *data)
@@ -803,11 +799,6 @@ static void *qemu_kvm_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
     env->created = 1;
     qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
 
-    /* and wait for machine initialization */
-    while (!qemu_system_ready) {
-        qemu_cond_wait(&qemu_system_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
-    }
-
     while (1) {
         if (cpu_can_run(env)) {
             r = kvm_cpu_exec(env);
@@ -836,9 +827,9 @@ static void *qemu_tcg_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
     }
     qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
 
-    /* and wait for machine initialization */
-    while (!qemu_system_ready) {
-        qemu_cond_wait(&qemu_system_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
+    /* wait for initial kick-off after machine start */
+    while (!first_cpu->stopped) {
+        qemu_cond_wait(tcg_halt_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
     }
 
     while (1) {
@@ -1006,6 +997,7 @@ void qemu_init_vcpu(void *_env)
 
     env->nr_cores = smp_cores;
     env->nr_threads = smp_threads;
+    env->stopped = 1;
     if (kvm_enabled()) {
         qemu_kvm_start_vcpu(env);
     } else {
-- 
1.7.3.4

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Replace qemu_system_cond with VCPU stop mechanism

[Jan Kiszka]

From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>

We can express the VCPU thread wakeup with the stop mechanism, saving
both qemu_system_ready and the qemu_system_cond. For KVM threads, we can
just enter the main loop as long as the thread is stopped. The central
TCG thread is better held back before the loop as there can be side
effects of the services called even when all CPUs are stopped.

Creating VCPUs in stopped state will also be required for proper CPU
hotplugging support.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
---

Changes in v2:
 - move tcg_halt_cond initialization to avoid crash in tcg mode

 cpus.c |   20 ++++++--------------
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cpus.c b/cpus.c
index 0e54d6b..04c1278 100644
--- a/cpus.c
+++ b/cpus.c
@@ -643,11 +643,9 @@ static QemuThread io_thread;
 static QemuThread *tcg_cpu_thread;
 static QemuCond *tcg_halt_cond;
 
-static int qemu_system_ready;
 /* cpu creation */
 static QemuCond qemu_cpu_cond;
 /* system init */
-static QemuCond qemu_system_cond;
 static QemuCond qemu_pause_cond;
 static QemuCond qemu_work_cond;
 
@@ -669,7 +667,6 @@ int qemu_init_main_loop(void)
     }
 
     qemu_cond_init(&qemu_cpu_cond);
-    qemu_cond_init(&qemu_system_cond);
     qemu_cond_init(&qemu_pause_cond);
     qemu_cond_init(&qemu_work_cond);
     qemu_mutex_init(&qemu_fair_mutex);
@@ -683,8 +680,7 @@ int qemu_init_main_loop(void)
 
 void qemu_main_loop_start(void)
 {
-    qemu_system_ready = 1;
-    qemu_cond_broadcast(&qemu_system_cond);
+    resume_all_vcpus();
 }
 
 void run_on_cpu(CPUState *env, void (*func)(void *data), void *data)
@@ -803,11 +799,6 @@ static void *qemu_kvm_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
     env->created = 1;
     qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
 
-    /* and wait for machine initialization */
-    while (!qemu_system_ready) {
-        qemu_cond_wait(&qemu_system_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
-    }
-
     while (1) {
         if (cpu_can_run(env)) {
             r = kvm_cpu_exec(env);
@@ -836,9 +827,9 @@ static void *qemu_tcg_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
     }
     qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
 
-    /* and wait for machine initialization */
-    while (!qemu_system_ready) {
-        qemu_cond_wait(&qemu_system_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
+    /* wait for initial kick-off after machine start */
+    while (!first_cpu->stopped) {
+        qemu_cond_wait(tcg_halt_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
     }
 
     while (1) {
@@ -977,12 +968,12 @@ static void qemu_tcg_init_vcpu(void *_env)
         env->thread = qemu_mallocz(sizeof(QemuThread));
         env->halt_cond = qemu_mallocz(sizeof(QemuCond));
         qemu_cond_init(env->halt_cond);
+        tcg_halt_cond = env->halt_cond;
         qemu_thread_create(env->thread, qemu_tcg_cpu_thread_fn, env);
         while (env->created == 0) {
             qemu_cond_wait(&qemu_cpu_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
         }
         tcg_cpu_thread = env->thread;
-        tcg_halt_cond = env->halt_cond;
     } else {
         env->thread = tcg_cpu_thread;
         env->halt_cond = tcg_halt_cond;
@@ -1006,6 +997,7 @@ void qemu_init_vcpu(void *_env)
 
     env->nr_cores = smp_cores;
     env->nr_threads = smp_threads;
+    env->stopped = 1;
     if (kvm_enabled()) {
         qemu_kvm_start_vcpu(env);
     } else {