Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/6] net: make netclient re-entrant with refcnt

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 11:41:19AM +0800, liu ping fan wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 05:14:56PM +0800, liu ping fan wrote:
> >> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 05:03:03PM +0800, Liu Ping Fan wrote:
> >> >> @@ -1109,6 +1146,7 @@ void net_cleanup(void)
> >> >>              qemu_del_net_client(nc);
> >> >>          }
> >> >>      }
> >> >> +    qemu_mutex_destroy(&net_clients_lock);
> >> >
> >> > Why is it okay to iterate over net_clients here without the lock?
> >>
> >>  atexit(&net_cleanup); So no other racers exist.
> >
> > What about dataplane?  The device may not be reset when net_cleanup runs.
> >
> Does the func registered by atexit run after all of the other threads 
> terminate?

I imagine that atexit(3) runs while detached threads are still alive,
but I'm not sure about the exact rules.  The pthread specification links
I found online didn't state the rules.

Stefan