On 2024/01/03 0:35, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
v3:
- Rebase
- Define bql_lock() macro on a single line [Akihiko Odaki]
v2:
- Rename APIs bql_*() [PeterX]
- Spell out "Big QEMU Lock (BQL)" in doc comments [PeterX]
- Rename "iolock" variables in hw/remote/mpqemu-link.c [Harsh]
- Fix bql_auto_lock() indentation in Patch 2 [Ilya]
- "with BQL taken" -> "with the BQL taken" [Philippe]
- "under BQL" -> "under the BQL" [Philippe]
The Big QEMU Lock ("BQL") has two other names: "iothread lock" and "QEMU global
mutex". The term "iothread lock" is easily confused with the unrelated --object
iothread (iothread.c).
This series updates the code and documentation to consistently use "BQL". This
makes the code easier to understand.
For the whole series,
Reviewed-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thank you for sorting this out.
