This ensures we don't start the thread until cpu_common_realizefn has
finished. This ensures that plugins will always run
qemu_plugin_vcpu_init__async first before any other states. It doesn't
totally eliminate the race that plugin_cpu_update__locked has to work
around though. I found this while reviewing the ips plugin which makes
heavy use of the vcpu phase callbacks.

An alternative might be to move the explicit creation of vCPU threads
to qdev_machine_creation_done()? It doesn't affect user-mode which
already has a thread to execute in and ensures the QOM object has
completed creation in cpu_create() before continuing.

Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org>
Cc: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouv...@linaro.org>
Cc: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <phi...@linaro.org>
---
 include/hw/core/cpu.h      |  8 ++++++++
 accel/tcg/user-exec-stub.c |  5 +++++
 hw/core/cpu-common.c       |  7 ++++++-
 plugins/core.c             |  5 +++++
 system/cpus.c              | 15 ++++++++++-----
 5 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/hw/core/cpu.h b/include/hw/core/cpu.h
index bb398e8237..6920699585 100644
--- a/include/hw/core/cpu.h
+++ b/include/hw/core/cpu.h
@@ -1041,6 +1041,14 @@ void end_exclusive(void);
  */
 void qemu_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu);
 
+/**
+ * qemu_start_vcpu:
+ * @cpu: The vCPU to start.
+ *
+ * Create the vCPU thread and start it running.
+ */
+void qemu_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu);
+
 #define SSTEP_ENABLE  0x1  /* Enable simulated HW single stepping */
 #define SSTEP_NOIRQ   0x2  /* Do not use IRQ while single stepping */
 #define SSTEP_NOTIMER 0x4  /* Do not Timers while single stepping */
diff --git a/accel/tcg/user-exec-stub.c b/accel/tcg/user-exec-stub.c
index 4fbe2dbdc8..162bb72bbe 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/user-exec-stub.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/user-exec-stub.c
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ void cpu_exec_reset_hold(CPUState *cpu)
 {
 }
 
+void qemu_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    /* NOP for user-mode, we already have a thread */
+}
+
 /* User mode emulation does not support record/replay yet.  */
 
 bool replay_exception(void)
diff --git a/hw/core/cpu-common.c b/hw/core/cpu-common.c
index 0f0a247f56..68895ddd59 100644
--- a/hw/core/cpu-common.c
+++ b/hw/core/cpu-common.c
@@ -230,7 +230,12 @@ static void cpu_common_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error 
**errp)
     }
 #endif
 
-    /* NOTE: latest generic point where the cpu is fully realized */
+    /*
+     * With everything set up we can finally start the vCPU thread.
+     * This is a NOP for linux-user.
+     * NOTE: latest generic point where the cpu is fully realized
+     */
+    qemu_start_vcpu(cpu);
 }
 
 static void cpu_common_unrealizefn(DeviceState *dev)
diff --git a/plugins/core.c b/plugins/core.c
index 0726bc7f25..1e5da7853b 100644
--- a/plugins/core.c
+++ b/plugins/core.c
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ static void plugin_cpu_update__locked(gpointer k, gpointer 
v, gpointer udata)
     CPUState *cpu = container_of(k, CPUState, cpu_index);
     run_on_cpu_data mask = RUN_ON_CPU_HOST_ULONG(*plugin.mask);
 
+    /*
+     * There is a race condition between the starting of the vCPU
+     * thread at the end of cpu_common_realizefn and when realized is
+     * finally set.
+     */
     if (DEVICE(cpu)->realized) {
         async_run_on_cpu(cpu, plugin_cpu_update__async, mask);
     } else {
diff --git a/system/cpus.c b/system/cpus.c
index d3640c9503..7dd8464c5e 100644
--- a/system/cpus.c
+++ b/system/cpus.c
@@ -488,11 +488,13 @@ void cpus_kick_thread(CPUState *cpu)
 
 void qemu_cpu_kick(CPUState *cpu)
 {
-    qemu_cond_broadcast(cpu->halt_cond);
-    if (cpus_accel->kick_vcpu_thread) {
-        cpus_accel->kick_vcpu_thread(cpu);
-    } else { /* default */
-        cpus_kick_thread(cpu);
+    if (cpu->halt_cond) {
+        qemu_cond_broadcast(cpu->halt_cond);
+        if (cpus_accel->kick_vcpu_thread) {
+            cpus_accel->kick_vcpu_thread(cpu);
+        } else { /* default */
+            cpus_kick_thread(cpu);
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -674,7 +676,10 @@ void qemu_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
         cpu->num_ases = 1;
         cpu_address_space_init(cpu, 0, "cpu-memory", cpu->memory);
     }
+}
 
+void qemu_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
+{
     /* accelerators all implement the AccelOpsClass */
     g_assert(cpus_accel != NULL && cpus_accel->create_vcpu_thread != NULL);
     cpus_accel->create_vcpu_thread(cpu);
-- 
2.39.2


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