On 02/11/2013 09:46 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berra...@redhat.com>
>
> When removing a VM from the virDomainObjListPtr, we must not
> be holding the VM lock while acquiring the list lock. Re-order
> code to ensure that we can release the VM lock early.
> ---
> src/conf/domain_conf.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> index 5e16ddf..d92e54a 100644
> --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> @@ -2115,11 +2115,10 @@ void virDomainObjListRemove(virDomainObjListPtr doms,
> {
> char uuidstr[VIR_UUID_STRING_BUFLEN];
>
> - virObjectLock(doms);
> virUUIDFormat(dom->def->uuid, uuidstr);
> -
> virObjectUnlock(dom);
>
> + virObjectLock(doms);This patch seems to be implicated in Peter's latest proof of a use-after-free data race: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-April/msg00674.html I'm trying to understand what the behavior was before this patch went in. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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