Re: [PATCH 1/6] system/cpus: rename qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() to qemu_bql_lock()

[Eric Farman]

On Wed, 2023-11-29 at 16:26 -0500, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> The Big QEMU Lock (BQL) has many names and they are confusing. The
> actual QemuMutex variable is called qemu_global_mutex but it's
> commonly
> referred to as the BQL in discussions and some code comments. The
> locking APIs, however, are called qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() and
> qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread().
> 
> The "iothread" name is historic and comes from when the main thread
> was
> split into into KVM vcpu threads and the "iothread" (now called the
> main
> loop thread). I have contributed to the confusion myself by
> introducing
> a separate --object iothread, a separate concept unrelated to the
> BQL.
> 
> The "iothread" name is no longer appropriate for the BQL. Rename the
> locking APIs to:
> - void qemu_bql_lock(void)
> - void qemu_bql_unlock(void)
> - bool qemu_bql_locked(void)
> 
> There are more APIs with "iothread" in their names. Subsequent
> patches
> will rename them. There are also comments and documentation that will
> be
> updated in later patches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>

Acked-by: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>