On 01/27/2014 10:18 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> The nwfilter conf update mutex previously serialized
> updates to the internal data structures for firewall
> rules, and updates to the firewall itself. Since the
> former is going to be turned into a read/write lock
> instead of a mutex, a new lock is required to serialize
> access to the firewall itself.
>
> With this new lock, the lock ordering rules will be
> for virNWFilter{Define,Undefine}
>
> 1. nwfilter driver lock
> 2. nwfilter update lock
> 3. virt driver lock
> 4. domain object lock
> 5. gentech driver lock
>
> and VM start
>
> 1. nwfilter update lock
> 2. virt driver lock
> 3. domain object lock
> 4. gentech driver lock
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berra...@redhat.com>
> ---Is it worth adding a file describing the lock rules? Comparable to qemu/THREADS.txt? -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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