Convert ram_list to RCU
commit0dc3f44aca18b1be8b425f3f4feb4b3e8d68de2e
authorMike Day <ncmike@ncultra.org>
Thu, 5 Sep 2013 18:41:35 +0000 (5 14:41 -0400)
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:31:55 +0000 (16 17:31 +0100)
tree3f219d3cc29c57a205c50ec639b3c0b4f98ddc17
parent0d53d9fe8a0dcb849bc7c9836e9e6a287f9aa787
Convert ram_list to RCU

Allow "unlocked" reads of the ram_list by using an RCU-enabled QLIST.

The ramlist mutex is kept.  call_rcu callbacks are run with the iothread
lock taken, but that may change in the future.  Writers still take the
ramlist mutex, but they no longer need to assume that the iothread lock
is taken.

Readers of the list, instead, no longer require either the iothread
or ramlist mutex, but they need to use rcu_read_lock() and
rcu_read_unlock().

One place in arch_init.c was downgrading from write side to read side
like this:

    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread()
    qemu_mutex_lock_ramlist()
    ...
    qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread()
    ...
    qemu_mutex_unlock_ramlist()

and the equivalent idiom is:

    qemu_mutex_lock_ramlist()
    rcu_read_lock()
    ...
    qemu_mutex_unlock_ramlist()
    ...
    rcu_read_unlock()

Reviewed-by: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Day <ncmike@ncultra.org>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
arch_init.c
exec.c
include/exec/cpu-all.h