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author | Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> | 2024-01-02 10:35:25 -0500 |
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committer | Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> | 2024-01-08 10:45:43 -0500 |
commit | 195801d700c008b6a8d8acfa299aa5f177446647 (patch) | |
tree | 7ab423e4a773b818f6c6d65f2fa06dc4517cad24 /target/i386/hvf/README.md | |
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system/cpus: rename qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() to bql_lock()
The Big QEMU Lock (BQL) has many names and they are confusing. The
actual QemuMutex variable is called qemu_global_mutex but it's commonly
referred to as the BQL in discussions and some code comments. The
locking APIs, however, are called qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() and
qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread().
The "iothread" name is historic and comes from when the main thread was
split into into KVM vcpu threads and the "iothread" (now called the main
loop thread). I have contributed to the confusion myself by introducing
a separate --object iothread, a separate concept unrelated to the BQL.
The "iothread" name is no longer appropriate for the BQL. Rename the
locking APIs to:
- void bql_lock(void)
- void bql_unlock(void)
- bool bql_locked(void)
There are more APIs with "iothread" in their names. Subsequent patches
will rename them. There are also comments and documentation that will be
updated in later patches.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xen.org>
Acked-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Acked-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@kaod.org>
Acked-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Harsh Prateek Bora <harshpb@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Hyman Huang <yong.huang@smartx.com>
Reviewed-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
Message-id: 20240102153529.486531-2-stefanha@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/target/i386/hvf/README.md b/target/i386/hvf/README.md index 2d33477..64a8935 100644 --- a/target/i386/hvf/README.md +++ b/target/i386/hvf/README.md @@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ These sources (and ../hvf-all.c) are adapted from Veertu Inc's vdhh (Veertu Desk 1. Adapt to our current QEMU's `CPUState` structure and `address_space_rw` API; many struct members have been moved around (emulated x86 state, xsave_buf) due to historical differences + QEMU needing to handle more emulation targets. 2. Removal of `apic_page` and hyperv-related functionality. -3. More relaxed use of `qemu_mutex_lock_iothread`. +3. More relaxed use of `bql_lock`. |