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From: "Denis V. Lunev" <den@openvz.org>
To: svt-core@virtuozzo.com
Cc: andrey.drobyshev@virtuozzo.com, den@openvz.org
Subject: [PATCH hci-8.0 01/12] bql: Fix bql_locked status with condvar APIs #VSTOR-144507
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:33:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260916133351.1640303-2-den@openvz.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260916133351.1640303-1-den@openvz.org>

From: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>

QEMU has a per-thread "bql_locked" variable stored in TLS section, showing
whether the current thread is holding the BQL lock.

It's a pretty handy variable.  Function-wise, QEMU have codes trying to
conditionally take bql, relying on the var reflecting the locking status
(e.g. BQL_LOCK_GUARD), or in a GDB debugging session, we could also look at
the variable (in reality, co_tls_bql_locked), to see which thread is
currently holding the bql.

When using that as a debugging facility, sometimes we can observe multiple
threads holding bql at the same time. It's because QEMU's condvar APIs
bypassed the bql_*() API, hence they do not update bql_locked even if they
have released the mutex while waiting.

It can cause confusion if one does "thread apply all p co_tls_bql_locked"
and see multiple threads reporting true.

Fix this by moving the bql status updates into the mutex debug hooks.  Now
the variable should always reflect the reality.

Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
Message-ID: <20250904223158.1276992-1-peterx@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
(cherry picked from commit c89d1c879ab0281d481e460644eb5d56ace1a038)

Backported because the BQL watchdog reads the lock status from these
hooks: it is the only place that sees every handover, including the
ones the condvar wrappers make.

Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
---
 include/qemu/main-loop.h  | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 stubs/iothread-lock.c     |  9 +++++++++
 system/cpus.c             | 14 ++++++++++++--
 util/qemu-thread-common.h |  7 +++++++
 4 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/qemu/main-loop.h b/include/qemu/main-loop.h
index 4e2436b1968..0d55c636b21 100644
--- a/include/qemu/main-loop.h
+++ b/include/qemu/main-loop.h
@@ -270,6 +270,24 @@ void rust_bql_mock_lock(void);
  */
 bool bql_locked(void);
 
+/**
+ * mutex_is_bql:
+ *
+ * @mutex: the mutex pointer
+ *
+ * Returns whether the mutex is the BQL.
+ */
+bool mutex_is_bql(QemuMutex *mutex);
+
+/**
+ * bql_update_status:
+ *
+ * @locked: update status on whether the BQL is locked
+ *
+ * NOTE: this should normally only be invoked when the status changed.
+ */
+void bql_update_status(bool locked);
+
 /**
  * bql_block: Allow/deny releasing the BQL
  *
diff --git a/stubs/iothread-lock.c b/stubs/iothread-lock.c
index 6050c081f53..c89c9c7228f 100644
--- a/stubs/iothread-lock.c
+++ b/stubs/iothread-lock.c
@@ -34,3 +34,12 @@ void bql_block_unlock(bool increase)
     assert((new_value > bql_unlock_blocked) == increase);
     bql_unlock_blocked = new_value;
 }
+
+bool mutex_is_bql(QemuMutex *mutex)
+{
+    return false;
+}
+
+void bql_update_status(bool locked)
+{
+}
diff --git a/system/cpus.c b/system/cpus.c
index cad32a25342..5c2bdc3f3d0 100644
--- a/system/cpus.c
+++ b/system/cpus.c
@@ -518,6 +518,18 @@ bool qemu_in_vcpu_thread(void)
 
 QEMU_DEFINE_STATIC_CO_TLS(bool, bql_locked)
 
+bool mutex_is_bql(QemuMutex *mutex)
+{
+    return mutex == &bql;
+}
+
+void bql_update_status(bool locked)
+{
+    /* This function should only be used when an update happened.. */
+    assert(bql_locked() != locked);
+    set_bql_locked(locked);
+}
+
 static uint32_t bql_unlock_blocked;
 
 void bql_block_unlock(bool increase)
@@ -558,14 +570,12 @@ void bql_lock_impl(const char *file, int line)
 
     g_assert(!bql_locked());
     bql_lock_fn(&bql, file, line);
-    set_bql_locked(true);
 }
 
 void bql_unlock(void)
 {
     g_assert(bql_locked());
     g_assert(!bql_unlock_blocked);
-    set_bql_locked(false);
     qemu_mutex_unlock(&bql);
 }
 
diff --git a/util/qemu-thread-common.h b/util/qemu-thread-common.h
index 2af6b120853..09331843ba9 100644
--- a/util/qemu-thread-common.h
+++ b/util/qemu-thread-common.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #define QEMU_THREAD_COMMON_H
 
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
 static inline void qemu_mutex_post_init(QemuMutex *mutex)
@@ -39,6 +40,9 @@ static inline void qemu_mutex_post_lock(QemuMutex *mutex,
     mutex->line = line;
 #endif
     trace_qemu_mutex_locked(mutex, file, line);
+    if (mutex_is_bql(mutex)) {
+        bql_update_status(true);
+    }
 }
 
 static inline void qemu_mutex_pre_unlock(QemuMutex *mutex,
@@ -49,6 +53,9 @@ static inline void qemu_mutex_pre_unlock(QemuMutex *mutex,
     mutex->line = 0;
 #endif
     trace_qemu_mutex_unlock(mutex, file, line);
+    if (mutex_is_bql(mutex)) {
+        bql_update_status(false);
+    }
 }
 
 #endif
-- 
2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-16 13:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-16 13:33 [PATCH hci-8.0 00/12] system: add a watchdog for the Big QEMU Lock Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-16 13:33 ` Denis V. Lunev [this message]
2026-09-16 13:33 ` [PATCH hci-8.0 02/12] error-report: make real_time_iso8601() public #VSTOR-144507 Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-16 13:33 ` [PATCH hci-8.0 03/12] util/qemu-thread: track bql_locked across the timed condvar wait #VSTOR-144507 Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-16 13:33 ` [PATCH hci-8.0 04/12] oslib: add qemu_debugger_attached() #VSTOR-144507 Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-16 13:33 ` [PATCH hci-8.0 05/12] oslib: add qemu_thread_states() #VSTOR-144507 Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-16 13:33 ` [PATCH hci-8.0 06/12] oslib: report kernel stacks in " Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-16 13:33 ` [PATCH hci-8.0 07/12] util/qemu-thread: reserve a signal for thread introspection #VSTOR-144507 Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-16 13:33 ` [PATCH hci-8.0 08/12] oslib: report each thread's program counter #VSTOR-144507 Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-16 13:33 ` [PATCH hci-8.0 09/12] system/cpus: report a BQL held past a deadline #VSTOR-144507 Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-16 13:33 ` [PATCH hci-8.0 10/12] system/cpus: hold off the BQL watchdog under a debugger #VSTOR-144507 Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-16 13:33 ` [PATCH hci-8.0 11/12] system/cpus: add bql-watchdog-abort #VSTOR-144507 Denis V. Lunev
2026-09-16 13:33 ` [PATCH hci-8.0 12/12] tests/functional: cover the BQL watchdog #VSTOR-144507 Denis V. Lunev

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