On Wed, Jun 3, 2026 at 1:41 AM Markus Armbruster <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Zhang Chen <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Simplify the interface by merging iothread_ref_and_get_aio_context()
> > into iothread_get_aio_context(). The updated function now requires a
> > 'holder' parameter, ensuring that every retrieval of an AioContext for
> > long-term use is automatically registered in the IOThread's holder list.
> >
> > Update all callers across block, virtio, scsi, net, and monitor
> > subsystems to match the new signature. This cleanup reduces code
> > redundancy and improves the reliability of IOThread introspection.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zhang Chen <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  block/export/export.c           | 5 ++---
> >  hw/block/dataplane/xen-block.c  | 4 ++--
> >  hw/block/virtio-blk.c           | 4 ++--
> >  hw/scsi/virtio-scsi-dataplane.c | 4 ++--
> >  hw/vfio-user/proxy.c            | 3 +--
> >  hw/virtio/iothread-vq-mapping.c | 3 +--
> >  hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c      | 2 +-
> >  include/system/iothread.h       | 6 +++---
> >  iothread.c                      | 9 ++-------
> >  monitor/monitor.c               | 2 +-
> >  net/colo-compare.c              | 2 +-
> >  11 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/block/export/export.c b/block/export/export.c
> > index b6c07f69b5..acd061e86e 100644
> > --- a/block/export/export.c
> > +++ b/block/export/export.c
> > @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ BlockExport *blk_exp_add(BlockExportOptions *export, 
> > Error **errp)
> >              .u.block_node.node_name = (char *)holder_name,
> >          };
> >
> > -        new_ctx = iothread_ref_and_get_aio_context(iothread, &holder);
> > +        new_ctx = iothread_get_aio_context(iothread, &holder);
> >          multithread_count = 1;
> >          local_iothreads = g_new0(IOThread *, 1);
> >          local_iothreads[0] = iothread;
> > @@ -190,8 +190,7 @@ BlockExport *blk_exp_add(BlockExportOptions *export, 
> > Error **errp)
> >                  goto fail;
> >              }
> >              local_iothreads[i] = iothread;
> > -            multithread_ctxs[i++] = 
> > iothread_ref_and_get_aio_context(iothread,
> > -                                                                     
> > &holder);
> > +            multithread_ctxs[i++] = iothread_get_aio_context(iothread, 
> > &holder);
> >          }
> >          assert(i == multithread_count);
> >      }
> > diff --git a/hw/block/dataplane/xen-block.c b/hw/block/dataplane/xen-block.c
> > index b5bf8d359f..46bfd62f5a 100644
> > --- a/hw/block/dataplane/xen-block.c
> > +++ b/hw/block/dataplane/xen-block.c
> > @@ -628,8 +628,8 @@ XenBlockDataPlane *xen_block_dataplane_create(XenDevice 
> > *xendev,
> >          };
> >
> >          dataplane->iothread = iothread;
> > -        dataplane->ctx = 
> > iothread_ref_and_get_aio_context(dataplane->iothread,
> > -                                                          &io_holder);
> > +        dataplane->ctx = iothread_get_aio_context(dataplane->iothread,
> > +                                                  &io_holder);
> >      } else {
> >          dataplane->ctx = qemu_get_aio_context();
> >      }
> > diff --git a/hw/block/virtio-blk.c b/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
> > index d8dc1dd136..d1d2bd7025 100644
> > --- a/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
> > +++ b/hw/block/virtio-blk.c
> > @@ -1502,8 +1502,8 @@ static bool 
> > virtio_blk_vq_aio_context_init(VirtIOBlock *s, Error **errp)
> >              .type = IO_THREAD_HOLDER_KIND_QOM_OBJECT,
> >              .u.qom_object.qom_path = (char *)path,
> >          };
> > -        AioContext *ctx = iothread_ref_and_get_aio_context(conf->iothread,
> > -                                                           &io_holder);
> > +        AioContext *ctx = iothread_get_aio_context(conf->iothread,
> > +                                                   &io_holder);
> >          for (unsigned i = 0; i < conf->num_queues; i++) {
> >              s->vq_aio_context[i] = ctx;
> >          }
> > diff --git a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi-dataplane.c 
> > b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi-dataplane.c
> > index c71f33b41e..76ab22610f 100644
> > --- a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi-dataplane.c
> > +++ b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi-dataplane.c
> > @@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ void virtio_scsi_dataplane_setup(VirtIOSCSI *s, Error 
> > **errp)
> >              .type = IO_THREAD_HOLDER_KIND_QOM_OBJECT,
> >              .u.qom_object.qom_path = (char *)path,
> >          };
> > -        AioContext *ctx = 
> > iothread_ref_and_get_aio_context(vs->conf.iothread,
> > -                                                           &io_holder);
> > +        AioContext *ctx = iothread_get_aio_context(vs->conf.iothread,
> > +                                                   &io_holder);
> >          for (uint16_t i = 0; i < vs->conf.num_queues; i++) {
> >              s->vq_aio_context[VIRTIO_SCSI_VQ_NUM_FIXED + i] = ctx;
> >          }
> > diff --git a/hw/vfio-user/proxy.c b/hw/vfio-user/proxy.c
> > index 756f368849..24af3c791b 100644
> > --- a/hw/vfio-user/proxy.c
> > +++ b/hw/vfio-user/proxy.c
> > @@ -942,8 +942,7 @@ VFIOUserProxy *vfio_user_connect_dev(SocketAddress 
> > *addr, Error **errp)
> >          vfio_user_iothread = iothread_create("VFIO user", errp);
> >      }
> >
> > -    proxy->ctx = iothread_ref_and_get_aio_context(vfio_user_iothread,
> > -                                                  &io_holder);
> > +    proxy->ctx = iothread_get_aio_context(vfio_user_iothread, &io_holder);
> >      proxy->req_bh = qemu_bh_new(vfio_user_request, proxy);
> >
> >      QTAILQ_INIT(&proxy->outgoing);
> > diff --git a/hw/virtio/iothread-vq-mapping.c 
> > b/hw/virtio/iothread-vq-mapping.c
> > index 2cb48dd387..727358a483 100644
> > --- a/hw/virtio/iothread-vq-mapping.c
> > +++ b/hw/virtio/iothread-vq-mapping.c
> > @@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ bool iothread_vq_mapping_apply(
> >              .u.qom_object.qom_path = (char *)holder,
> >          };
> >
> > -        AioContext *ctx = iothread_ref_and_get_aio_context(iothread,
> > -                                                           &io_holder);
> > +        AioContext *ctx = iothread_get_aio_context(iothread, &io_holder);
> >
> >          if (node->value->vqs) {
> >              uint16List *vq;
> > diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
> > index e9d023b4ec..4405a87ed0 100644
> > --- a/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
> > +++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-balloon.c
> > @@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ static void virtio_balloon_device_realize(DeviceState 
> > *dev, Error **errp)
> >          precopy_add_notifier(&s->free_page_hint_notify);
> >
> >          s->free_page_bh = aio_bh_new_guarded(
> > -                      iothread_ref_and_get_aio_context(s->iothread, 
> > &io_holder),
> > +                      iothread_get_aio_context(s->iothread, &io_holder),
> >                        virtio_ballloon_get_free_page_hints, s,
> >                        &dev->mem_reentrancy_guard);
> >      }
> > diff --git a/include/system/iothread.h b/include/system/iothread.h
> > index 064c05e78d..e5db215954 100644
> > --- a/include/system/iothread.h
> > +++ b/include/system/iothread.h
> > @@ -70,15 +70,15 @@ DECLARE_INSTANCE_CHECKER(IOThread, IOTHREAD,
> >
> >  char *iothread_get_id(IOThread *iothread);
> >  IOThread *iothread_by_id(const char *id);
> > -AioContext *iothread_get_aio_context(IOThread *iothread);
> > +
> >  /*
> >   * The iothread_unsafe_get_aio_context() is a low-level unsafe way of 
> > getting
> >   * the AioContext, recommend migrating to the new API with IOThreadHolder
> >   * as much as possible.
> >   */
> >  AioContext *iothread_unsafe_get_aio_context(IOThread *iothread);
> > -AioContext *iothread_ref_and_get_aio_context(IOThread *iothread,
> > -                                             const IOThreadHolder *holder);
> > +AioContext *iothread_get_aio_context(IOThread *iothread,
> > +                                     const IOThreadHolder *holder);
> >  void iothread_put_aio_context(IOThread *iothread, const IOThreadHolder 
> > *holder);
> >  GMainContext *iothread_get_g_main_context(IOThread *iothread);
> >
> > diff --git a/iothread.c b/iothread.c
> > index 5949785b32..9bc8e359c1 100644
> > --- a/iothread.c
> > +++ b/iothread.c
> > @@ -469,13 +469,8 @@ char *iothread_get_id(IOThread *iothread)
> >      return g_strdup(object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(iothread)));
> >  }
> >
> > -AioContext *iothread_get_aio_context(IOThread *iothread)
> > -{
> > -    return iothread->ctx;
> > -}
> > -
> > -AioContext *iothread_ref_and_get_aio_context(IOThread *iothread,
> > -                                             const IOThreadHolder *holder)
> > +AioContext *iothread_get_aio_context(IOThread *iothread,
> > +                                     const IOThreadHolder *holder)
> >  {
> >      /* Add IOThreadHolder to the list */
> >      iothread_ref(iothread, holder);
> > diff --git a/monitor/monitor.c b/monitor/monitor.c
> > index 7eec6f967d..4d00cf499c 100644
> > --- a/monitor/monitor.c
> > +++ b/monitor/monitor.c
> > @@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ void monitor_data_init(Monitor *mon, bool is_qmp, bool 
> > skip_flush,
> >              .type = IO_THREAD_HOLDER_KIND_MONITOR_NAME,
> >              .u.monitor_name.monitor_name = (char *)mon->id,
> >          };
> > -        mon->ctx = iothread_ref_and_get_aio_context(mon_iothread, &holder);
> > +        mon->ctx = iothread_get_aio_context(mon_iothread, &holder);
> >      }
> >      qemu_mutex_init(&mon->mon_lock);
> >      mon->is_qmp = is_qmp;
> > diff --git a/net/colo-compare.c b/net/colo-compare.c
> > index 4f180936e3..820ea4d824 100644
> > --- a/net/colo-compare.c
> > +++ b/net/colo-compare.c
> > @@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ static void colo_compare_iothread(CompareState *s)
> >          .u.qom_object.qom_path = (char *)path,
> >      };
> >
> > -    AioContext *ctx = iothread_ref_and_get_aio_context(s->iothread, 
> > &io_holder);
> > +    AioContext *ctx = iothread_get_aio_context(s->iothread, &io_holder);
> >
> >      s->iothread_ctx = ctx;
> >      s->worker_context = iothread_get_g_main_context(s->iothread);
>
>
> The patch appears to delete unused iothread_get_aio_context() from
> iothread.[cg] and to rename iothread_ref_and_get_aio_context() to
> iothread_get_aio_context().  It leaves iothread_get_aio_context() in
> tests/unit/iothread.[ch] alone.  The result is confusing: test's
> iothread_get_aio_context() takes now one parameter less than the regular
> one.
>
> Should you change both versions?
>

Yes, I already noticed the iothread test, we can change it after
merging this series.

Thanks
Chen

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