Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2 11/11] block: Only poll block layer fds in bdrv_aio_poll

[Alberto Garcia]

On Fri 11 Sep 2015 11:14:33 AM CEST, Fam Zheng <address@hidden> wrote:

>> > Another advantage for bdrv_aio_poll() is, in main loop we will not
>> > need a separate AioContext in changes like:
>> > 
>> > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/514968/
>> > 
>> > Because nested aio_poll will automatically be limited to only
>> > process block layer events. My idea is to eventually let main loop
>> > use aio_poll
>> 
>> That would be a step back.  Using GSource is useful because it lets
>> you integrate libraries such as GTK+.
>
> Can we move GTK to a separate GSource thread?

I think that GTK should always run in the main thread, or at least the
one running the default main loop / GMainContext.

Berto