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[v2,2/7] dirty-bitmaps: fix comment about dirty_bitmap_mutex

Message ID 20180416114414.18406-3-vsementsov@virtuozzo.com
State New
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Series Dirty bitmaps fixing and refactoring | expand

Commit Message

Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy April 16, 2018, 11:44 a.m. UTC
Clarify first two cases and fix Modify -> Any access in third case.
Also, drop 'only' from third case, as it a bit confuses, when thinking
about case where we modify BdrvDirtyBitmap and access HBitmap.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
---
 include/block/block_int.h | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

John Snow April 19, 2018, 9:21 p.m. UTC | #1
On 04/16/2018 07:44 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
> Clarify first two cases and fix Modify -> Any access in third case.
> Also, drop 'only' from third case, as it a bit confuses, when thinking
> about case where we modify BdrvDirtyBitmap and access HBitmap.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
> ---
>  include/block/block_int.h | 12 ++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
> index c4dd1d4bb8..189666efa5 100644
> --- a/include/block/block_int.h
> +++ b/include/block/block_int.h
> @@ -709,10 +709,14 @@ struct BlockDriverState {
>      uint64_t write_threshold_offset;
>      NotifierWithReturn write_threshold_notifier;
>  
> -    /* Writing to the list requires the BQL _and_ the dirty_bitmap_mutex.
> -     * Reading from the list can be done with either the BQL or the
> -     * dirty_bitmap_mutex.  Modifying a bitmap only requires
> -     * dirty_bitmap_mutex.  */
> +    /* Writing to the list (i.e. to any field of BdrvDirtyBitmap or to the
> +     * list-head) requires both the BQL _and_ the dirty_bitmap_mutex.
> +     *
> +     * Reading from the list (from any field of BdrvDirtyBitmap or from the
> +     * list-head) can be done with either the BQL or the dirty_bitmap_mutex.
> +     *
> +     * Any access to underlying HBitmap requires dirty_bitmap_mutex.

"to the underlying HBitmap," probably.

> +     */
>      QemuMutex dirty_bitmap_mutex;
>      QLIST_HEAD(, BdrvDirtyBitmap) dirty_bitmaps;
>  
> 

Reviewed-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index c4dd1d4bb8..189666efa5 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -709,10 +709,14 @@  struct BlockDriverState {
     uint64_t write_threshold_offset;
     NotifierWithReturn write_threshold_notifier;
 
-    /* Writing to the list requires the BQL _and_ the dirty_bitmap_mutex.
-     * Reading from the list can be done with either the BQL or the
-     * dirty_bitmap_mutex.  Modifying a bitmap only requires
-     * dirty_bitmap_mutex.  */
+    /* Writing to the list (i.e. to any field of BdrvDirtyBitmap or to the
+     * list-head) requires both the BQL _and_ the dirty_bitmap_mutex.
+     *
+     * Reading from the list (from any field of BdrvDirtyBitmap or from the
+     * list-head) can be done with either the BQL or the dirty_bitmap_mutex.
+     *
+     * Any access to underlying HBitmap requires dirty_bitmap_mutex.
+     */
     QemuMutex dirty_bitmap_mutex;
     QLIST_HEAD(, BdrvDirtyBitmap) dirty_bitmaps;