Stefan Hajnoczi e7b337326d virtiofsd: prevent fv_queue_thread() vs virtio_loop() races ... We call into libvhost-user from the virtqueue handler thread and the vhost-user message processing thread without a lock. There is nothing protecting the virtqueue handler thread if the vhost-user message processing thread changes the virtqueue or memory table while it is running. This patch introduces a read-write lock. Virtqueue handler threads are readers. The vhost-user message processing thread is a writer. This will allow concurrency for multiqueue in the future while protecting against fv_queue_thread() vs virtio_loop() races. Note that the critical sections could be made smaller but it would be more invasive and require libvhost-user changes. Let's start simple and improve performance later, if necessary. Another option would be an RCU-style approach with lighter-weight primitives. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>		2020-01-23 16:41:37 +00:00
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virtiofsd	virtiofsd: prevent fv_queue_thread() vs virtio_loop() races	2020-01-23 16:41:37 +00:00