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Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC v3 14/19] tcg: remove global exit_request


From: Sergey Fedorov
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC v3 14/19] tcg: remove global exit_request
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 19:20:14 +0300
User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.8.0

On 03/06/16 23:40, Alex Bennée wrote:
> The only remaining use of the global exit_request flag is now to ensure
> we exit the run_loop when we first start to process pending work. This
> is just as easily done by setting the first_cpu->exit_request flag.
>
> We lightly re-factor the main vCPU thread to ensure cpu->exit_requests
> cause us to exit the main loop and process any IO requests that might
> come along.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <address@hidden>
> ---
>  cpu-exec-common.c       |  2 --
>  cpu-exec.c              | 10 +++-------
>  cpus.c                  | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  include/exec/exec-all.h |  2 --
>  4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/cpu-exec-common.c b/cpu-exec-common.c
> index f42d24a..1b4fb53 100644
> --- a/cpu-exec-common.c
> +++ b/cpu-exec-common.c
> @@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
>  #include "exec/exec-all.h"
>  #include "exec/memory-internal.h"
>  
> -bool exit_request;
> -
>  /* exit the current TB from a signal handler. The host registers are
>     restored in a state compatible with the CPU emulator
>   */
> diff --git a/cpu-exec.c b/cpu-exec.c
> index 68e804b..1613c63 100644
> --- a/cpu-exec.c
> +++ b/cpu-exec.c
> @@ -541,9 +541,8 @@ static inline void cpu_loop_exec_tb(CPUState *cpu, 
> TranslationBlock *tb,
>          /* Something asked us to stop executing
>           * chained TBs; just continue round the main
>           * loop. Whatever requested the exit will also
> -         * have set something else (eg exit_request or
> -         * interrupt_request) which we will handle
> -         * next time around the loop.  But we need to
> +         * have set something else (eg interrupt_request) which we
> +         * will handle next time around the loop.  But we need to
>           * ensure the tcg_exit_req read in generated code
>           * comes before the next read of cpu->exit_request
>           * or cpu->interrupt_request.
> @@ -594,15 +593,12 @@ int cpu_exec(CPUState *cpu)
>      current_cpu = cpu;
>  
>      if (cpu_handle_halt(cpu)) {
> +        cpu->exit_request = true;

Why do we need to do this here?

>          return EXCP_HALTED;
>      }
>  
>      rcu_read_lock();
>  
> -    if (unlikely(atomic_mb_read(&exit_request))) {
> -        cpu->exit_request = 1;
> -    }
> -
>      cc->cpu_exec_enter(cpu);
>  
>      /* Calculate difference between guest clock and host clock.
> diff --git a/cpus.c b/cpus.c
> index a139ad3..a84f02c 100644
> --- a/cpus.c
> +++ b/cpus.c
> @@ -1169,6 +1169,18 @@ static int64_t tcg_get_icount_limit(void)
>      }
>  }
>  
> +static void handle_icount_deadline(void)
> +{
> +    if (use_icount) {
> +        int64_t deadline =
> +            qemu_clock_deadline_ns_all(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL);
> +
> +        if (deadline == 0) {
> +            qemu_clock_notify(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL);
> +        }
> +    }
> +}
> +
>  static int tcg_cpu_exec(CPUState *cpu)
>  {
>      int ret;
> @@ -1276,11 +1288,11 @@ static void *qemu_tcg_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
>          timer_mod(kick_timer, TCG_KICK_FREQ);
>      }
>  
> -    /* process any pending work */
> -    atomic_mb_set(&exit_request, 1);
> -
>      cpu = first_cpu;
>  
> +    /* process any pending work */
> +    atomic_mb_set(&cpu->exit_request, 1);

Sometimes we use atomic_*() to operate on 'cpu->exit_request', sometimes
not. I am wondering if there are some rules about that?

Kind regards,
Sergey

> +
>      while (1) {
>          /* Account partial waits to QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL.  */
>          qemu_account_warp_timer();
> @@ -1289,7 +1301,7 @@ static void *qemu_tcg_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
>              cpu = first_cpu;
>          }
>  
> -        for (; cpu != NULL && !exit_request; cpu = CPU_NEXT(cpu)) {
> +        while (cpu && !cpu->exit_request) {
>              atomic_mb_set(&tcg_current_rr_cpu, cpu);
>  
>              qemu_clock_enable(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL,
> @@ -1303,22 +1315,21 @@ static void *qemu_tcg_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
>                  }
>              } else if (cpu->stop || cpu->stopped) {
>                  break;
> +            } else if (cpu->exit_request) {
> +                break;
>              }
>  
> +            cpu = CPU_NEXT(cpu);
>          } /* for cpu.. */
>          /* Does not need atomic_mb_set because a spurious wakeup is okay.  */
>          atomic_set(&tcg_current_rr_cpu, NULL);
>  
> -        /* Pairs with smp_wmb in qemu_cpu_kick.  */
> -        atomic_mb_set(&exit_request, 0);
> +        if (cpu && cpu->exit_request) {
> +            atomic_mb_set(&cpu->exit_request, 0);
> +        }
>  
> -        if (use_icount) {
> -            int64_t deadline = 
> qemu_clock_deadline_ns_all(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL);
> +        handle_icount_deadline();
>  
> -            if (deadline == 0) {
> -                qemu_clock_notify(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL);
> -            }
> -        }
>          qemu_tcg_wait_io_event(QTAILQ_FIRST(&cpus));
>      }
>  
> diff --git a/include/exec/exec-all.h b/include/exec/exec-all.h
> index 31f4c38..7919aac 100644
> --- a/include/exec/exec-all.h
> +++ b/include/exec/exec-all.h
> @@ -405,6 +405,4 @@ bool memory_region_is_unassigned(MemoryRegion *mr);
>  /* vl.c */
>  extern int singlestep;
>  
> -extern bool exit_request;
> -
>  #endif




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