Re: [PATCH 2/2] qemu: Use virEventThreadStop() in qemuProcessStop()

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On 7/25/24 14:18, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 12:57:59PM +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
>> Currently, qemuProcessStop() unlocks given domain object right in
>> the middle of cleanup process. This is dangerous because there
>> might be another thread which is executing virDomainObjListAdd().
>> And since the domain object is on the list of domain objects AND
>> by the time qemuProcessStop() unlocks it the object is also
>> marked as inactive, the other thread acquires the lock and
>> switches vm->def pointer.
>>
>> The unlocking of domain object is needed though, to allow even
>> processing thread finish its queue. Well, the processing can be
>> done before any cleanup is attempted.
>>
>> Therefore, use freshly introduced virEventThreadStop() to join
>> the event thread and drop lock/unlock from the middle of
>> qemuProcessStop().
>>
>> Fixes: 3865410e7f67ca4ec66e9a905e75f452762a97f0
>> Resolves: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-49607
>> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  src/qemu/qemu_process.c | 14 ++++++++++----
>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
>> index 6255ba92e7..0869307a90 100644
>> --- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
>> +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
>> @@ -8615,6 +8615,14 @@ void qemuProcessStop(virQEMUDriver *driver,
>>       * reporting so we don't squash a legit error. */
>>      virErrorPreserveLast(&orig_err);
>>  
>> +    /* By unlocking the domain object the events processing thread is
>> +     * allowed to finish its job. */
>> +    if (priv->eventThread) {
>> +        virObjectUnlock(vm);
>> +        virEventThreadStop(priv->eventThread);
>> +        virObjectLock(vm);
>> +    }
>> +
> 
> I wonder if this is a little too early.
> 
> We don't call qemuMOnitorClose until a short while later,
> just after we have done qemuProcessKill.
> 
> If we stop the event loop here, then I worry that we're
> at risk of missing some final monitor events that might
> be desirable ? eg the final lifecycle events indicating
> that we're stopping/stopped ?

But can we close the monitor without a job? And IIUC, we shouldn't try
to stop the event loop thread with a job held (as those callbacks try to
acquire _MODIFY job on their own).

Michal




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