Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 6/9] kvm: First step to push iothread lock out of inner run loop

[Christian Borntraeger]

Am 18.06.2015 um 18:47 schrieb Paolo Bonzini:

> @@ -1887,11 +1893,15 @@ int kvm_cpu_exec(CPUState *cpu)
>              break;
>          default:
>              DPRINTF("kvm_arch_handle_exit\n");
> +            qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
>              ret = kvm_arch_handle_exit(cpu, run);
> +            qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
>              break;
>          }
>      } while (ret == 0);
> 


The next logical step would be to do a push down. Get rid of
these two new lines and do it in every kvm_arch_handle_exit 
function. This would allow arch maintainers to do their part
of lock breaking. Can be an addon patch, though.

Christian