qemu-kvm/kvm-async-update-documentation-of-the-memory-barriers.patch

From ea3856bb545d19499602830cdc3076d83a981e7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 08:15:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 09/13] async: update documentation of the memory barriers

RH-Author: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com>
RH-MergeRequest: 263: qatomic: add smp_mb__before/after_rmw()
RH-Bugzilla: 2168472
RH-Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
RH-Acked-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com>
RH-Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
RH-Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
RH-Commit: [9/10] d471da2acf7a107cf75f3327c5e8d7456307160e

Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168472

commit 8dd48650b43dfde4ebea34191ac267e474bcc29e
Author: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon Mar 6 10:15:06 2023 +0100

    async: update documentation of the memory barriers

    Ever since commit 8c6b0356b539 ("util/async: make bh_aio_poll() O(1)",
    2020-02-22), synchronization between qemu_bh_schedule() and aio_bh_poll()
    is happening when the bottom half is enqueued in the bh_list; not
    when the flags are set.  Update the documentation to match.

    Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

Signed-off-by: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com>
---
 util/async.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/util/async.c b/util/async.c
index 6f6717a34b..795fe699b6 100644
--- a/util/async.c
+++ b/util/async.c
@@ -71,14 +71,21 @@ static void aio_bh_enqueue(QEMUBH *bh, unsigned new_flags)
     unsigned old_flags;
 
     /*
-     * The memory barrier implicit in qatomic_fetch_or makes sure that:
-     * 1. idle & any writes needed by the callback are done before the
-     *    locations are read in the aio_bh_poll.
-     * 2. ctx is loaded before the callback has a chance to execute and bh
-     *    could be freed.
+     * Synchronizes with atomic_fetch_and() in aio_bh_dequeue(), ensuring that
+     * insertion starts after BH_PENDING is set.
      */
     old_flags = qatomic_fetch_or(&bh->flags, BH_PENDING | new_flags);
+
     if (!(old_flags & BH_PENDING)) {
+        /*
+         * At this point the bottom half becomes visible to aio_bh_poll().
+         * This insertion thus synchronizes with QSLIST_MOVE_ATOMIC in
+         * aio_bh_poll(), ensuring that:
+         * 1. any writes needed by the callback are visible from the callback
+         *    after aio_bh_dequeue() returns bh.
+         * 2. ctx is loaded before the callback has a chance to execute and bh
+         *    could be freed.
+         */
         QSLIST_INSERT_HEAD_ATOMIC(&ctx->bh_list, bh, next);
     }
 
@@ -97,11 +104,8 @@ static QEMUBH *aio_bh_dequeue(BHList *head, unsigned *flags)
     QSLIST_REMOVE_HEAD(head, next);
 
     /*
-     * The qatomic_and is paired with aio_bh_enqueue().  The implicit memory
-     * barrier ensures that the callback sees all writes done by the scheduling
-     * thread.  It also ensures that the scheduling thread sees the cleared
-     * flag before bh->cb has run, and thus will call aio_notify again if
-     * necessary.
+     * Synchronizes with qatomic_fetch_or() in aio_bh_enqueue(), ensuring that
+     * the removal finishes before BH_PENDING is reset.
      */
     *flags = qatomic_fetch_and(&bh->flags,
                               ~(BH_PENDING | BH_SCHEDULED | BH_IDLE));
@@ -148,6 +152,7 @@ int aio_bh_poll(AioContext *ctx)
     BHListSlice *s;
     int ret = 0;
 
+    /* Synchronizes with QSLIST_INSERT_HEAD_ATOMIC in aio_bh_enqueue().  */
     QSLIST_MOVE_ATOMIC(&slice.bh_list, &ctx->bh_list);
     QSIMPLEQ_INSERT_TAIL(&ctx->bh_slice_list, &slice, next);
 
@@ -437,15 +442,15 @@ LuringState *aio_get_linux_io_uring(AioContext *ctx)
 void aio_notify(AioContext *ctx)
 {
     /*
-     * Write e.g. bh->flags before writing ctx->notified.  Pairs with smp_mb in
-     * aio_notify_accept.
+     * Write e.g. ctx->bh_list before writing ctx->notified.  Pairs with
+     * smp_mb() in aio_notify_accept().
      */
     smp_wmb();
     qatomic_set(&ctx->notified, true);
 
     /*
-     * Write ctx->notified before reading ctx->notify_me.  Pairs
-     * with smp_mb in aio_ctx_prepare or aio_poll.
+     * Write ctx->notified (and also ctx->bh_list) before reading ctx->notify_me.
+     * Pairs with smp_mb() in aio_ctx_prepare or aio_poll.
      */
     smp_mb();
     if (qatomic_read(&ctx->notify_me)) {
-- 
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