NBD is using the CoMutex in a way that wasn't anticipated. For example, if there are
N(N=26, MAX_NBD_REQUESTS=16) nbd write requests, so we will invoke nbd_client_co_pwritev
N times.
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time request Actions
1 1 in_flight=1, Coroutine=C1
2 2 in_flight=2, Coroutine=C2
...
15 15 in_flight=15, Coroutine=C15
16 16 in_flight=16, Coroutine=C16, free_sema->holder=C16, mutex->locked=true
17 17 in_flight=16, Coroutine=C17, queue C17 into free_sema->queue
18 18 in_flight=16, Coroutine=C18, queue C18 into free_sema->queue
...
26 N in_flight=16, Coroutine=C26, queue C26 into free_sema->queue
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Once nbd client recieves request No.16' reply, we will re-enter C16. It's ok, because
it's equal to 'free_sema->holder'.
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time request Actions
27 16 in_flight=15, Coroutine=C16, free_sema->holder=C16, mutex->locked=false
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Then nbd_coroutine_end invokes qemu_co_mutex_unlock what will pop coroutines from
free_sema->queue's head and enter C17. More free_sema->holder is C17 now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
time request Actions
28 17 in_flight=16, Coroutine=C17, free_sema->holder=C17, mutex->locked=true
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In above scenario, we only recieves request No.16' reply. As time goes by, nbd client will
almostly recieves replies from requests 1 to 15 rather than request 17 who owns C17. In this
case, we will encounter assert "mutex->holder == self" failed since Kevin's commit 0e438cdc
"coroutine: Let CoMutex remember who holds it". For example, if nbd client recieves request
No.15' reply, qemu will stop unexpectedly:
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time request Actions
29 15(most case) in_flight=15, Coroutine=C15, free_sema->holder=C17, mutex->locked=false
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Per Paolo's suggestion "The simplest fix is to change it to CoQueue, which is like a condition
variable", this patch replaces CoMutex with CoQueue.
Cc: Wen Congyang <wency@cn.fujitsu.com>
Reported-by: zhanghailiang <zhang.zhanghailiang@huawei.com>
Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Changlong Xie <xiecl.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
Message-Id: <1476267508-19499-1-git-send-email-xiecl.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
QEMU README
===========
QEMU is a generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and
virtualizer.
QEMU is capable of emulating a complete machine in software without any
need for hardware virtualization support. By using dynamic translation,
it achieves very good performance. QEMU can also integrate with the Xen
and KVM hypervisors to provide emulated hardware while allowing the
hypervisor to manage the CPU. With hypervisor support, QEMU can achieve
near native performance for CPUs. When QEMU emulates CPUs directly it is
capable of running operating systems made for one machine (e.g. an ARMv7
board) on a different machine (e.g. an x86_64 PC board).
QEMU is also capable of providing userspace API virtualization for Linux
and BSD kernel interfaces. This allows binaries compiled against one
architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux PPC64 ABI) to be run on a host using a
different architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux x86_64 ABI). This does not
involve any hardware emulation, simply CPU and syscall emulation.
QEMU aims to fit into a variety of use cases. It can be invoked directly
by users wishing to have full control over its behaviour and settings.
It also aims to facilitate integration into higher level management
layers, by providing a stable command line interface and monitor API.
It is commonly invoked indirectly via the libvirt library when using
open source applications such as oVirt, OpenStack and virt-manager.
QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License,
version 2. For full licensing details, consult the LICENSE file.
Building
========
QEMU is multi-platform software intended to be buildable on all modern
Linux platforms, OS-X, Win32 (via the Mingw64 toolchain) and a variety
of other UNIX targets. The simple steps to build QEMU are:
mkdir build
cd build
../configure
make
Additional information can also be found online via the QEMU website:
http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/Linux
http://qemu-project.org/Hosts/W32
Submitting patches
==================
The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version control system.
git clone git://git.qemu-project.org/qemu.git
When submitting patches, the preferred approach is to use 'git
format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to format & send the mail to the
qemu-devel@nongnu.org mailing list. All patches submitted must contain
a 'Signed-off-by' line from the author. Patches should follow the
guidelines set out in the HACKING and CODING_STYLE files.
Additional information on submitting patches can be found online via
the QEMU website
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/TrivialPatches
Bug reporting
=============
The QEMU project uses Launchpad as its primary upstream bug tracker. Bugs
found when running code built from QEMU git or upstream released sources
should be reported via:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/
If using QEMU via an operating system vendor pre-built binary package, it
is preferable to report bugs to the vendor's own bug tracker first. If
the bug is also known to affect latest upstream code, it can also be
reported via launchpad.
For additional information on bug reporting consult:
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/ReportABug
Contact
=======
The QEMU community can be contacted in a number of ways, with the two
main methods being email and IRC
- qemu-devel@nongnu.org
http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
- #qemu on irc.oftc.net
Information on additional methods of contacting the community can be
found online via the QEMU website:
http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/StartHere
-- End