Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] console: add hw_screen_dump_async

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

>> How would the parallel execution facility be opaque to the implementer?
>> screendump returns, screendump_async needs to pass a closure. You can
>> automatically generate any amount of code, but you can only have a
>> single function implementation with longjmp/coroutine, or having a
>> saparate thread per command but that would mean taking locks for
>> anything not trivial, which avoids the no-change-to-implementation. Is
>> this what you have in mind?
> 
> It would not be opaque to the implementer.  But it would avoid
> introducing new commands and events, instead we have a unified mechanism
> to signal completion.

Ok.  We have a async mechanism today: .mhandler.cmd_async = ...

I know it has its problems like no cancelation and is deprecated and
all.  But still: how about using it as interim until QAPI-based async
monitor support is ready?  We could unbreak qxl screendumps without
having to introduce a new (but temporary!) screendump_async command +
completion event.

cheers,
  Gerd