The aim is to move parts of vir_event_thread_finalize() that MAY
block into a separate function, so that unrefing the a
virEventThread no longer blocks (or require releasing and
subsequent re-acquiring of a mutex).
Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
src/libvirt_private.syms | 1 +
src/util/vireventthread.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
src/util/vireventthread.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index c35366c9e1..14c220ee80 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -2284,6 +2284,7 @@ virEventGLibRunOnce;
# util/vireventthread.h
virEventThreadGetContext;
virEventThreadNew;
+virEventThreadStop;
# util/virfcp.h
diff --git a/src/util/vireventthread.c b/src/util/vireventthread.c
index 20d52b9efb..131f53820f 100644
--- a/src/util/vireventthread.c
+++ b/src/util/vireventthread.c
@@ -188,6 +188,28 @@ virEventThreadNew(const char *name)
}
+/**
+ * virEventThreadStop:
+ * @evt: event thread
+ *
+ * May block until all events are processed. Typical use case is:
+ *
+ * virEventThread *evt = virEventThreadNew("name");
+ * ...
+ * virEventThreadStop(evt);
+ * g_object_unref(evt);
+ */
+void
+virEventThreadStop(virEventThread *evt)
+{
+ if (evt->thread) {
+ g_main_loop_quit(evt->loop);
+ g_thread_join(evt->thread);
+ evt->thread = NULL;
+ }
+}
+
+
GMainContext *
virEventThreadGetContext(virEventThread *evt)
{
diff --git a/src/util/vireventthread.h b/src/util/vireventthread.h
index 5826c25cf4..78d842b894 100644
--- a/src/util/vireventthread.h
+++ b/src/util/vireventthread.h
@@ -28,4 +28,6 @@ G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE(virEventThread, vir_event_thread, VIR, EVENT_THREAD, GObjec
virEventThread *virEventThreadNew(const char *name);
+void virEventThreadStop(virEventThread *evt);
+
GMainContext *virEventThreadGetContext(virEventThread *evt);
--
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