From: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
To: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@openvz.org>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: den@openvz.org, "Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
"Richard Henderson" <richard.henderson@linaro.org>,
"Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@oss.qualcomm.com>,
"Zhao Liu" <zhao1.liu@intel.com>, "Stefan Weil" <sw@weilnetz.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] util/qemu-thread: track bql_locked across the timed condvar wait
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:36:57 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878q3znc3a.fsf@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260915203455.580999-2-den@openvz.org>
"Denis V. Lunev" <den@openvz.org> writes:
> From: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
>
> qemu_cond_timedwait_ts() releases and retakes the mutex around
> pthread_cond_timedwait(), but calls the two trace points by hand
> instead of going through the mutex hooks, so it never reaches
> bql_update_status(). A thread waiting there still reports bql_locked
> true while the mutex is released, which is the confusion the hooks were
> given that job to end. migration/cpu-throttle.c reaches this through
> qemu_cond_timedwait_bql(). The Windows qemu_cond_timedwait_impl() has
> the same two trace calls, next to a qemu_cond_wait_impl() that already
> uses the hooks.
>
> Call the hooks, which emit the same two trace points.
>
> Fixes: c89d1c879a ("bql: Fix bql_locked status with condvar APIs")
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Cc: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
> Cc: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@oss.qualcomm.com>
> Cc: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>
> Cc: Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de>
> Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
> ---
> util/qemu-thread-posix.c | 4 ++--
> util/qemu-thread-win32.c | 4 ++--
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
> index 089606c93f..580cdf8079 100644
> --- a/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
> +++ b/util/qemu-thread-posix.c
> @@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ qemu_cond_timedwait_ts(QemuCond *cond, QemuMutex *mutex, struct timespec *ts,
> int err;
>
> assert(cond->initialized);
> - trace_qemu_mutex_unlock(mutex, file, line);
> + qemu_mutex_pre_unlock(mutex, file, line);
> err = pthread_cond_timedwait(&cond->cond, &mutex->lock, ts);
> - trace_qemu_mutex_locked(mutex, file, line);
> + qemu_mutex_post_lock(mutex, file, line);
> if (err && err != ETIMEDOUT) {
> error_exit(err, __func__);
> }
> diff --git a/util/qemu-thread-win32.c b/util/qemu-thread-win32.c
> index 3037732a6f..afdacdb5f2 100644
> --- a/util/qemu-thread-win32.c
> +++ b/util/qemu-thread-win32.c
> @@ -177,11 +177,11 @@ bool qemu_cond_timedwait_impl(QemuCond *cond, QemuMutex *mutex, int ms,
> int rc = 0;
>
> assert(cond->initialized);
> - trace_qemu_mutex_unlock(mutex, file, line);
> + qemu_mutex_pre_unlock(mutex, file, line);
> if (!SleepConditionVariableSRW(&cond->var, &mutex->lock, ms, 0)) {
> rc = GetLastError();
> }
> - trace_qemu_mutex_locked(mutex, file, line);
> + qemu_mutex_post_lock(mutex, file, line);
> if (rc && rc != ERROR_TIMEOUT) {
> error_exit(rc, __func__);
> }
Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-14 22:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-15 20:34 [PATCH 0/10] system: add a watchdog for the Big QEMU Lock Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-15 20:34 ` [PATCH 01/10] util/qemu-thread: track bql_locked across the timed condvar wait Denis V. Lunev
2026-10-14 22:36 ` Fabiano Rosas [this message]
2026-09-15 20:34 ` [PATCH 02/10] oslib: add qemu_debugger_attached() Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-15 20:34 ` [PATCH 03/10] oslib: add qemu_thread_states() Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-15 20:34 ` [PATCH 04/10] oslib: report kernel stacks in qemu_thread_states() Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-15 20:34 ` [PATCH 05/10] util/qemu-thread: reserve a signal for thread introspection Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-15 20:34 ` [PATCH 06/10] oslib: report each thread's program counter Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-15 20:34 ` [PATCH 07/10] system/cpus: report a BQL held past a deadline Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-15 20:34 ` [PATCH 08/10] system/cpus: hold off the BQL watchdog under a debugger Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-15 20:34 ` [PATCH 09/10] system/cpus: add bql-watchdog-abort Denis V. Lunev
2026-10-14 23:30 ` Fabiano Rosas
2026-09-15 20:34 ` [PATCH 10/10] tests/functional: cover the BQL watchdog Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-16 4:57 ` Thomas Huth
2026-09-16 6:44 ` Marc-André Lureau
2026-09-16 7:56 ` Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-18 21:56 ` [PATCH 0/10] system: add a watchdog for the Big QEMU Lock Fabiano Rosas
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