On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 4:46 PM Markus Armbruster <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Looks like you missed my review of v8.  I'm replaying my review
> comments.

Oh, my fault, very sorry about that, focused on other patch's comments fixes.
Thank you for your detailed explanation.

I will address your comments in next version.
Expect the:
  IOThreadHolder *h = QAPI_CLONE(IOThreadHolder, holder);

Same as your estimate, this doesn't seem worthwhile.

And the same issue in the [ PATCH V8 14/15] comments:
static IOThreadHolderList *iothread_get_holders_list(IOThread *iothread)

> If iothread->holders was a IOThreadHolderList instead of a GList, this
> loop could be QAPI_CLONE(IOThreadHolderList, iothread->holders) instead.

If we change the GList *holders to the IOThreadHolderList *holders,
This means that we have to reimplement the  GList related API,
for example the "g_list_prepend", "g_list_find_custom" and the
"g_list_delete_link"

This doesn't seem worthwhile.

Thanks
Chen



>
> Zhang Chen <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Currently, IOThreads do not maintain a record of which devices are
> > associated with them. This makes it difficult to monitor the
> > workload distribution of IOThreads, especially in complex
> > hotplug scenarios involving multiple virtio-blk or virtio-scsi devices.
> >
> > This patch introduces a reference counting and tracking mechanism
> > within the IOThread object:
> >
> > - iothread_ref(): Prepends the device's IOThreadHolder to a list.
> > - iothread_unref(): Searches for the IOThreadHolder using a custom
> >   string comparison (g_strcmp0), releases the associated memory
> >   upon a successful match.
> > - holders: A GList storing the IOThreadHolder of attached devices
> >   for runtime introspection.
> >
> > A later commit will add QMP commands to let management applications
> > query the attachment status of IOThreads.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zhang Chen <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  include/system/iothread.h |  5 +++
> >  iothread.c                | 94 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  qapi/misc.json            | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 160 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/system/iothread.h b/include/system/iothread.h
> > index a1ef7696cb..b9207ad829 100644
> > --- a/include/system/iothread.h
> > +++ b/include/system/iothread.h
> > @@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ struct IOThread {
> >      bool stopping;              /* has iothread_stop() been called? */
> >      bool running;               /* should iothread_run() continue? */
> >      int thread_id;
> > +    /*
> > +     * The list elements are of type IOThreadHolder, which can
> > +     * represent either a QOM path or a block node name.
> > +     */
>
> You forgot monitors.  Stefan spotted this as well, and I agree with the
> fix he suggested.

Yes, my fault. will fix in the next version.

>
> > +    GList *holders;
> >
> >      /* AioContext poll parameters */
> >      int64_t poll_max_ns;
> > diff --git a/iothread.c b/iothread.c
> > index 3558535b40..3301b8d495 100644
> > --- a/iothread.c
> > +++ b/iothread.c
> > @@ -25,6 +25,92 @@
> >  #include "qemu/rcu.h"
> >  #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
> >
> > +/*
> > + * iothread_ref:
> > + * @iothread: the iothread to track
> > + * @holder: the IOThreadHolder object initialized by the caller
> > + *
> > + * Add the @holder to the iothread's tracking list.
> > + */
> > +static void iothread_ref(IOThread *iothread, const IOThreadHolder *holder)
> > +{
> > +    assert(holder);
> > +    IOThreadHolder *h = g_new0(IOThreadHolder, 1);
> > +
> > +    h->type = holder->type;
> > +    switch (holder->type) {
> > +    case IO_THREAD_HOLDER_KIND_QOM_OBJECT:
> > +        h->u.qom_object.qom_path = g_strdup(holder->u.qom_object.qom_path);
> > +        break;
> > +    case IO_THREAD_HOLDER_KIND_BLOCK_NODE:
> > +        h->u.block_node.node_name =
> > +            g_strdup(holder->u.block_node.node_name);
> > +        break;
> > +    case IO_THREAD_HOLDER_KIND_MONITOR_NAME:
> > +        h->u.monitor_name.monitor_name =
> > +            g_strdup(holder->u.monitor_name.monitor_name);
> > +        break;
> > +    default:
> > +        g_assert_not_reached();
> > +    }
>
> This makes @h a deep copy of @holder.  Try
>
>     IOThreadHolder *h = QAPI_CLONE(IOThreadHolder, holder);
>
> instead.
>
> Instead of making a copy, the function could take ownership of @holder,
> and require @holder's members to be dynamically allocated.  More
> efficient, but complicates the callers somewhat.  Not worthwhile, I
> guess.

Yes, I



>
> > +
> > +    iothread->holders = g_list_prepend(iothread->holders, h);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int iothread_holder_compare(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
> > +{
> > +    const IOThreadHolder *holder_a = a;
> > +    const IOThreadHolder *holder_b = b;
> > +    const char *name_a, *name_b;
> > +
> > +    if (holder_a->type != holder_b->type) {
> > +        return -1;
>
> Please use
>
>            return holder_b->type - holder_a->type;
>
> Why?  By convention, an int-valued function fn() comparing A to B
> returns less than 0 when A<B, 0 when A == B, and greater than 0 when
> A>B.  Anything else needs a prominent comment.  Best to stick to the
> convention whenever practical.
>
> Since A < B iff B > A, we want fn(A, B) == -fn(B, A).
>
> Your function does not satisfy that!  Harmless for now, because you only
> ever pass it to g_list_find_custom(), which treats all non-zero values
> the same.  But if anyone passes it to something like qsort() in the
> future, they can look forward to some debugging "fun".
>
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    switch (holder_a->type) {
> > +    case IO_THREAD_HOLDER_KIND_QOM_OBJECT:
> > +        name_a = holder_a->u.qom_object.qom_path;
> > +        name_b = holder_b->u.qom_object.qom_path;
> > +        break;
> > +    case IO_THREAD_HOLDER_KIND_BLOCK_NODE:
> > +        name_a = holder_a->u.block_node.node_name;
> > +        name_b = holder_b->u.block_node.node_name;
> > +        break;
> > +    case IO_THREAD_HOLDER_KIND_MONITOR_NAME:
> > +        name_a = holder_a->u.monitor_name.monitor_name;
> > +        name_b = holder_b->u.monitor_name.monitor_name;
> > +        break;
> > +    default:
> > +       /*
> > +        * This should not happen. If it does, name_a/b remains
> > +        * NULL and g_strcmp0 will handle it safely.
> > +        */
> > +        name_a = NULL;
> > +        name_b = NULL;
>
> Replace this by
>
>            g_assert_not_reached();
>
> Then neither @name_a nor @name_b can be null, because a non-optional
> QAPI str is never null.  Simply use strcmp().
>
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    return g_strcmp0(name_a, name_b);
> > +}
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * This function removes the @holder from the @iothread's tracking list.
> > + * The @holder must match the one used previously in iothread_ref().
> > + * It is a programming error to call this with a @holder that is not
> > + * currently associated with the @iothread.
> > + */
> > +static void iothread_unref(IOThread *iothread, const IOThreadHolder 
> > *holder)
> > +{
> > +    assert(holder);
> > +    GList *link = g_list_find_custom(iothread->holders, holder,
> > +                                     
> > (GCompareFunc)iothread_holder_compare);
> > +
> > +    assert(link);
> > +
> > +    IOThreadHolder *h = (IOThreadHolder *)link->data;
> > +    qapi_free_IOThreadHolder(h);
> > +    iothread->holders = g_list_delete_link(iothread->holders, link);
>
> Removing @link from the list before freeing link->data would be more
> obviously correct, wouldn't it?
>
> > +}
> > +
> >  static void *iothread_run(void *opaque)
> >  {
> >      IOThread *iothread = opaque;
> > @@ -356,6 +442,14 @@ char *iothread_get_id(IOThread *iothread)
> >
> >  AioContext *iothread_get_aio_context(IOThread *iothread)
> >  {
> > +    /* Remove in next patch for build */
> > +    IOThreadHolder holder = {
> > +        .type = IO_THREAD_HOLDER_KIND_QOM_OBJECT,
> > +        .u.qom_object.qom_path = (char *)"tmp_path",
> > +    };
> > +    iothread_ref(iothread, &holder);
> > +    iothread_unref(iothread, &holder);
>
> Is this really needed to make this patch work?
>
> > +
> >      return iothread->ctx;
> >  }
> >
> > diff --git a/qapi/misc.json b/qapi/misc.json
> > index c71a5fe657..d9f82f0922 100644
> > --- a/qapi/misc.json
> > +++ b/qapi/misc.json
> > @@ -67,6 +67,67 @@
> >  ##
> >  { 'command': 'query-name', 'returns': 'NameInfo', 'allow-preconfig': true }
> >
> > +
> > +##
> > +# @IOThreadHolderBlockNode:
> > +#
> > +# @node-name: A block node.
>
> Let's use
>
>    # @node-name: Name of the block node
>
> to make it more similar to node-name descriptions elsewhere.
>
> > +#
> > +# Since: 11.1
> > +#
> > +##
> > +{ 'struct': 'IOThreadHolderBlockNode',
> > +  'data': { 'node-name': 'str' } }
> > +
> > +##
> > +# @IOThreadHolderQomObject:
> > +#
> > +# @qom-path: A QOM Object.
>
> Likewise, let's use
>
>   # @qom-path: Path to the object in the QOM tree
>
> > +#
> > +# Since: 11.1
> > +#
> > +##
> > +{ 'struct': 'IOThreadHolderQomObject',
> > +  'data': { 'qom-path': 'str' } }
> > +
> > +##
> > +# @IOThreadHolderMonitor:
> > +#
> > +# @monitor-name: A HMP/QMP monitor.
>
> Let's use
>
>    # @monitor-name: Name of the HMP/QMP monitor
>
> > +#
> > +# Since: 11.1
> > +#
> > +##
> > +{ 'struct': 'IOThreadHolderMonitor',
> > +  'data': { 'monitor-name': 'str' } }
> > +
> > +##
> > +# @IOThreadHolderKind:
> > +#
> > +# @block-node: A block node.
> > +# @qom-object: A QOM Object.
> > +# @monitor-name: A HMP/QMP monitor.
>
> Rename to @monitor for consistency with the other two.
>
> Remark, not a request to change anything in your patch: kind monitor
> will become obsolete when monitors become QOM objects.  Doing that
> before we release this interface is desirable.
>
> > +#
> > +# Since: 11.1
> > +##
> > +{ 'enum': 'IOThreadHolderKind',
> > +  'data': [ 'block-node', 'qom-object', 'monitor-name' ] }
> > +
> > +##
> > +# @IOThreadHolder:
> > +#
>
> Let's add a short description:
>
>    # The block node, QOM object, or monitor holding the I/O thread.
>
> > +# @type: the kind of I/O thread holder.
> > +#
> > +# Since: 11.1
> > +##
> > +{ 'union': 'IOThreadHolder',
> > +  'base': { 'type': 'IOThreadHolderKind' },
> > +  'discriminator': 'type',
> > +  'data': {
> > +    'block-node': 'IOThreadHolderBlockNode',
> > +    'qom-object': 'IOThreadHolderQomObject',
> > +    'monitor-name': 'IOThreadHolderMonitor' } }
> > +
> >  ##
> >  # @IOThreadInfo:
> >  #
>

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