[libvirt] [PATCH v2] events: Propose a separate lock for event queue

Michal Privoznik mprivozn at redhat.com
Thu Oct 13 08:01:54 UTC 2011


On 12.10.2011 22:08, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 01:58:46PM +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
>> Currently, push & pop from event queue (both server & client side)
>> rely on lock from higher levels, e.g. on driver lock (qemu),
>> private_data (remote), ...; This alone is not sufficient as not
>> every function that interacts with this queue can/does lock,
>> esp. in client where we have a different approach, "passing
>> the buck".
>>
>> Therefore we need a separate lock just to protect event queue.
>>
>> For more info see:
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743817
>> ---
>>  src/conf/domain_event.c |   54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>>  src/conf/domain_event.h |    1 +
>>  2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
> 
> ACK, the locking is correct now.
> 
> 
> Daniel

Thanks, pushed.




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