Commit a99d876a0f58 ("node_device: Use automatic mutex management") replaced the
locking mechanism and accidentally removed the comment with the reason why the
lock is taken. Restore this comment and add a new comment about the lock.
Reviewed-by: Boris Fiuczynski <fiu...@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Marc Hartmayer <mhart...@linux.ibm.com>
---
src/node_device/node_device_udev.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c
b/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c
index 469538a1395d..5d474acdc2e0 100644
--- a/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c
+++ b/src/node_device/node_device_udev.c
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ struct _udevEventData {
/* init thread */
virThread *initThread;
- GList *mdevctlMonitors;
+ /* Protects @mdevctlMonitors and must be taken when `mdevctl` command is
+ * called to make sure only one thread can query mdevctl at a time. */
virMutex mdevctlLock;
+ GList *mdevctlMonitors;
int mdevctlTimeout;
};
@@ -2074,6 +2076,7 @@ static void
mdevctlUpdateThreadFunc(void *opaque G_GNUC_UNUSED)
{
udevEventData *priv = driver->privateData;
+ /* ensure only a single thread can query mdevctl at a time */
VIR_LOCK_GUARD lock = virLockGuardLock(&priv->mdevctlLock);
if (nodeDeviceUpdateMediatedDevices() < 0)
--
2.34.1
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