On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 08:36:32AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: > On 12/05/2017 04:41 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > > bdrv_unref() requires the AioContext lock because bdrv_flush() uses > > BDRV_POLL_WHILE(), which assumes the AioContext is currently held. If > > BDRV_POLL_WHILE() runs without AioContext held the > > pthread_mutex_unlock() call in aio_context_release() fails. > > > > This patch moves bdrv_unref() into the AioContext locked region to solve > > the following pthread_mutex_unlock() failure: > > > > #0 0x00007f566181969b in raise () at /lib64/libc.so.6 > > #1 0x00007f566181b3b1 in abort () at /lib64/libc.so.6 > > #2 0x00005592cd590458 in error_exit (err=<optimized out>, > > msg=msg@entry=0x5592cdaf6d60 <__func__.23977> "qemu_mutex_unlock") at > > util/qemu-thread-posix.c:36 > > #3 0x00005592cd96e738 in qemu_mutex_unlock > > (mutex=mutex@entry=0x5592ce9505e0) at util/qemu-thread-posix.c:96 > > #4 0x00005592cd969b69 in aio_context_release > > (ctx=ctx@entry=0x5592ce950580) at util/async.c:507 > > #5 0x00005592cd8ead78 in bdrv_flush (bs=bs@entry=0x5592cfa87210) at > > block/io.c:2478 > > #6 0x00005592cd89df30 in bdrv_close (bs=0x5592cfa87210) at block.c:3207 > > #7 0x00005592cd89df30 in bdrv_delete (bs=0x5592cfa87210) at block.c:3395 > > #8 0x00005592cd89df30 in bdrv_unref (bs=0x5592cfa87210) at block.c:4418 > > #9 0x00005592cd6b7f86 in qmp_transaction (dev_list=<optimized out>, > > has_props=<optimized out>, props=<optimized out>, > > errp=errp@entry=0x7ffe4a1fc9d8) at blockdev.c:2308 > > > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <[email protected]> > > --- > > blockdev.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <[email protected]> > > I know the series is too big/late for 2.11, but is this one patch worth > having?
This fix is not critical for 2.11. The bug shouldn't be triggered under normal circumstances. The bug was exposed while developing qemu-iotests 202, which uses unconventional commands (blockdev-add to create BDSes with no -drive or BlockBackend).
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