From: "Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: "Markus Armbruster" <armbru@redhat.com>,
"Richard Henderson" <richard.henderson@linaro.org>,
"Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@linaro.org>,
devel@lists.libvirt.org, qemu-rust@nongnu.org,
"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@treblig.org>,
"Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@redhat.com>,
"Christian Schoenebeck" <qemu_oss@crudebyte.com>,
"Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>,
"Marc-André Lureau" <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>,
"Manos Pitsidianakis" <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org>,
"Eduardo Habkost" <eduardo@habkost.net>,
"Pierrick Bouvier" <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>,
"Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
"Stefan Weil" <sw@weilnetz.de>
Subject: [PULL 02/27] io: separate freeing of tasks from marking them as complete
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 17:47:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260305174743.3084606-3-berrange@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260305174743.3084606-1-berrange@redhat.com>
The original design of QIOTask was intended to simplify lifecycle
management by automatically freeing it when the task was marked as
complete. This overlooked the fact that when a QIOTask is used in
combination with a GSource, there may be times when the source
callback is never invoked. This is typically when a GSource is
released before any I/O event arrives. In such cases it is not
desirable to mark a QIOTask as complete, but it still needs to be
freed. To satisfy this, the task must be released manually.
Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
---
include/io/task.h | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++--------
io/channel-tls.c | 4 ++++
io/channel-websock.c | 3 +++
io/task.c | 8 ++++++--
tests/unit/test-io-task.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/io/task.h b/include/io/task.h
index 0b5342ee84..98847f5994 100644
--- a/include/io/task.h
+++ b/include/io/task.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ typedef void (*QIOTaskWorker)(QIOTask *task,
* 1000,
* myobject_operation_timer,
* task,
- * NULL);
+ * qio_task_free);
* }
* </programlisting>
* </example>
@@ -138,9 +138,8 @@ typedef void (*QIOTaskWorker)(QIOTask *task,
* the callback func 'myobject_operation_notify' shown
* earlier to deal with the results.
*
- * Once this function returns false, object_unref will be called
- * automatically on the task causing it to be released and the
- * ref on QMyObject dropped too.
+ * Once this function returns FALSE, the task will be freed,
+ * causing it release the ref on QMyObject too.
*
* The QIOTask module can also be used to perform operations
* in a background thread context, while still reporting the
@@ -208,8 +207,8 @@ typedef void (*QIOTaskWorker)(QIOTask *task,
* 'err' attribute in the task object to determine if
* the operation was successful or not.
*
- * The returned task will be released when qio_task_complete()
- * is invoked.
+ * The returned task must be released by calling
+ * qio_task_free() when no longer required.
*
* Returns: the task struct
*/
@@ -218,6 +217,19 @@ QIOTask *qio_task_new(Object *source,
gpointer opaque,
GDestroyNotify destroy);
+/**
+ * qio_task_free:
+ * task: the task object to free
+ *
+ * Free the resources associated with the task. Typically
+ * the qio_task_complete() method will be called immediately
+ * before this to trigger the task callback, however, it is
+ * permissible to free the task in the case of cancellation.
+ * The destroy callback will be used to release the opaque
+ * data provided to qio_task_new().
+ */
+void qio_task_free(QIOTask *task);
+
/**
* qio_task_run_in_thread:
* @task: the task struct
@@ -268,8 +280,9 @@ void qio_task_wait_thread(QIOTask *task);
* qio_task_complete:
* @task: the task struct
*
- * Invoke the completion callback for @task and
- * then free its memory.
+ * Invoke the completion callback for @task. This should typically
+ * only be invoked once on a task, and then qio_task_free() used
+ * to free it.
*/
void qio_task_complete(QIOTask *task);
diff --git a/io/channel-tls.c b/io/channel-tls.c
index b0cec27cb9..07274c12df 100644
--- a/io/channel-tls.c
+++ b/io/channel-tls.c
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ static void qio_channel_tls_handshake_task(QIOChannelTLS *ioc,
trace_qio_channel_tls_handshake_fail(ioc);
qio_task_set_error(task, err);
qio_task_complete(task);
+ qio_task_free(task);
return;
}
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ static void qio_channel_tls_handshake_task(QIOChannelTLS *ioc,
trace_qio_channel_tls_credentials_allow(ioc);
}
qio_task_complete(task);
+ qio_task_free(task);
} else {
GIOCondition condition;
QIOChannelTLSData *data = g_new0(typeof(*data), 1);
@@ -270,11 +272,13 @@ static void qio_channel_tls_bye_task(QIOChannelTLS *ioc, QIOTask *task,
trace_qio_channel_tls_bye_fail(ioc);
qio_task_set_error(task, err);
qio_task_complete(task);
+ qio_task_free(task);
return;
}
if (status == QCRYPTO_TLS_BYE_COMPLETE) {
qio_task_complete(task);
+ qio_task_free(task);
return;
}
diff --git a/io/channel-websock.c b/io/channel-websock.c
index d0929ba232..100faba6b3 100644
--- a/io/channel-websock.c
+++ b/io/channel-websock.c
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ static gboolean qio_channel_websock_handshake_send(QIOChannel *ioc,
trace_qio_channel_websock_handshake_fail(ioc, error_get_pretty(err));
qio_task_set_error(task, err);
qio_task_complete(task);
+ qio_task_free(task);
wioc->hs_io_tag = 0;
return FALSE;
}
@@ -561,6 +562,7 @@ static gboolean qio_channel_websock_handshake_send(QIOChannel *ioc,
trace_qio_channel_websock_handshake_complete(ioc);
qio_task_complete(task);
}
+ qio_task_free(task);
wioc->hs_io_tag = 0;
return FALSE;
}
@@ -588,6 +590,7 @@ static gboolean qio_channel_websock_handshake_io(QIOChannel *ioc,
trace_qio_channel_websock_handshake_fail(ioc, error_get_pretty(err));
qio_task_set_error(task, err);
qio_task_complete(task);
+ qio_task_free(task);
wioc->hs_io_tag = 0;
return FALSE;
}
diff --git a/io/task.c b/io/task.c
index da79d31782..c3615d2d74 100644
--- a/io/task.c
+++ b/io/task.c
@@ -70,8 +70,12 @@ QIOTask *qio_task_new(Object *source,
return task;
}
-static void qio_task_free(QIOTask *task)
+void qio_task_free(QIOTask *task)
{
+ if (!task) {
+ return;
+ }
+
qemu_mutex_lock(&task->thread_lock);
if (task->thread) {
if (task->thread->destroy) {
@@ -108,6 +112,7 @@ static gboolean qio_task_thread_result(gpointer opaque)
trace_qio_task_thread_result(task);
qio_task_complete(task);
+ qio_task_free(task);
return FALSE;
}
@@ -194,7 +199,6 @@ void qio_task_complete(QIOTask *task)
{
task->func(task, task->opaque);
trace_qio_task_complete(task);
- qio_task_free(task);
}
diff --git a/tests/unit/test-io-task.c b/tests/unit/test-io-task.c
index 115dba8970..b1c8ecb7ab 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test-io-task.c
+++ b/tests/unit/test-io-task.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static void test_task_complete(void)
src = qio_task_get_source(task);
qio_task_complete(task);
+ qio_task_free(task);
g_assert(obj == src);
@@ -84,6 +85,28 @@ static void test_task_complete(void)
}
+static void test_task_cancel(void)
+{
+ QIOTask *task;
+ Object *obj = object_new(TYPE_DUMMY);
+ Object *src;
+ struct TestTaskData data = { NULL, NULL, false };
+
+ task = qio_task_new(obj, task_callback, &data, NULL);
+ src = qio_task_get_source(task);
+
+ qio_task_free(task);
+
+ g_assert(obj == src);
+
+ object_unref(obj);
+
+ g_assert(data.source == NULL);
+ g_assert(data.err == NULL);
+ g_assert(data.freed == false);
+}
+
+
static void task_data_free(gpointer opaque)
{
struct TestTaskData *data = opaque;
@@ -101,6 +124,7 @@ static void test_task_data_free(void)
task = qio_task_new(obj, task_callback, &data, task_data_free);
qio_task_complete(task);
+ qio_task_free(task);
object_unref(obj);
@@ -123,6 +147,7 @@ static void test_task_failure(void)
qio_task_set_error(task, err);
qio_task_complete(task);
+ qio_task_free(task);
object_unref(obj);
@@ -260,6 +285,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_QOM);
type_register_static(&dummy_info);
g_test_add_func("/crypto/task/complete", test_task_complete);
+ g_test_add_func("/crypto/task/cancel", test_task_cancel);
g_test_add_func("/crypto/task/datafree", test_task_data_free);
g_test_add_func("/crypto/task/failure", test_task_failure);
g_test_add_func("/crypto/task/thread_complete", test_task_thread_complete);
--
2.53.0
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2026-03-05 17:47 [PULL v2 00/27] Misc patches queue Daniel P. Berrangé
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2026-03-05 17:47 ` Daniel P. Berrangé [this message]
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 03/27] io: fix cleanup for TLS I/O source data on cancellation Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 04/27] io: fix cleanup for websock " Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 05/27] docs: simplify DiamondRapids CPU docs Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 06/27] qemu-options: remove extraneous [] around arg values Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 07/27] include: define constant for early constructor priority Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 08/27] monitor: initialize global data from a constructor Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 09/27] system: unconditionally enable thread naming Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 10/27] util: fix race setting thread name on Win32 Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 11/27] util: expose qemu_thread_set_name Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 12/27] audio: make jackaudio use qemu_thread_set_name Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-07 11:37 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 13/27] util: set the name for the 'main' thread on Windows Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 14/27] util: add API to fetch the current thread name Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 15/27] util: introduce some API docs for logging APIs Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 16/27] util: avoid repeated prefix on incremental qemu_log calls Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 17/27] util/log: add missing error reporting in qemu_log_trylock_with_err Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 18/27] ui: add proper error reporting for password changes Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 19/27] ui: remove redundant use of error_printf_unless_qmp() Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 20/27] monitor: remove redundant error_[v]printf_unless_qmp Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 21/27] monitor: refactor error_vprintf() Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 22/27] monitor: move error_vprintf back to error-report.c Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 23/27] util: fix interleaving of error & trace output Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 24/27] util: don't skip error prefixes when QMP is active Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 25/27] util: fix interleaving of error prefixes Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 26/27] scripts/checkpatch: Fix MAINTAINERS update warning with --terse Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-05 17:47 ` [PULL 27/27] util/oslib-posix: increase memprealloc thread count to 32 Daniel P. Berrangé
2026-03-06 9:49 ` [PULL v2 00/27] Misc patches queue Peter Maydell
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