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  1. Sep 08, 2023
    • Stefan Hajnoczi's avatar
      io: follow coroutine AioContext in qio_channel_yield() · 06e0f098
      Stefan Hajnoczi authored
      
      The ongoing QEMU multi-queue block layer effort makes it possible for multiple
      threads to process I/O in parallel. The nbd block driver is not compatible with
      the multi-queue block layer yet because QIOChannel cannot be used easily from
      coroutines running in multiple threads. This series changes the QIOChannel API
      to make that possible.
      
      In the current API, calling qio_channel_attach_aio_context() sets the
      AioContext where qio_channel_yield() installs an fd handler prior to yielding:
      
        qio_channel_attach_aio_context(ioc, my_ctx);
        ...
        qio_channel_yield(ioc); // my_ctx is used here
        ...
        qio_channel_detach_aio_context(ioc);
      
      This API design has limitations: reading and writing must be done in the same
      AioContext and moving between AioContexts involves a cumbersome sequence of API
      calls that is not suitable for doing on a per-request basis.
      
      There is no fundamental reason why a QIOChannel needs to run within the
      same AioContext every time qio_channel_yield() is called. QIOChannel
      only uses the AioContext while inside qio_channel_yield(). The rest of
      the time, QIOChannel is independent of any AioContext.
      
      In the new API, qio_channel_yield() queries the AioContext from the current
      coroutine using qemu_coroutine_get_aio_context(). There is no need to
      explicitly attach/detach AioContexts anymore and
      qio_channel_attach_aio_context() and qio_channel_detach_aio_context() are gone.
      One coroutine can read from the QIOChannel while another coroutine writes from
      a different AioContext.
      
      This API change allows the nbd block driver to use QIOChannel from any thread.
      It's important to keep in mind that the block driver already synchronizes
      QIOChannel access and ensures that two coroutines never read simultaneously or
      write simultaneously.
      
      This patch updates all users of qio_channel_attach_aio_context() to the
      new API. Most conversions are simple, but vhost-user-server requires a
      new qemu_coroutine_yield() call to quiesce the vu_client_trip()
      coroutine when not attached to any AioContext.
      
      While the API is has become simpler, there is one wart: QIOChannel has a
      special case for the iohandler AioContext (used for handlers that must not run
      in nested event loops). I didn't find an elegant way preserve that behavior, so
      I added a new API called qio_channel_set_follow_coroutine_ctx(ioc, true|false)
      for opting in to the new AioContext model. By default QIOChannel uses the
      iohandler AioHandler. Code that formerly called
      qio_channel_attach_aio_context() now calls
      qio_channel_set_follow_coroutine_ctx(ioc, true) once after the QIOChannel is
      created.
      
      Signed-off-by: default avatarStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
      Reviewed-by: default avatarEric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
      Acked-by: default avatarDaniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
      Message-ID: <20230830224802.493686-5-stefanha@redhat.com>
      [eblake: also fix migration/rdma.c]
      Signed-off-by: default avatarEric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
      06e0f098
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