block: Fix bdrv_drain in coroutine

Using the nested aio_poll() in coroutine is a bad idea. This patch
replaces the aio_poll loop in bdrv_drain with a BH, if called in
coroutine.

For example, the bdrv_drain() in mirror.c can hang when a guest issued
request is pending on it in qemu_co_mutex_lock().

Mirror coroutine in this case has just finished a request, and the block
job is about to complete. It calls bdrv_drain() which waits for the
other coroutine to complete. The other coroutine is a scsi-disk request.
The deadlock happens when the latter is in turn pending on the former to
yield/terminate, in qemu_co_mutex_lock(). The state flow is as below
(assuming a qcow2 image):

  mirror coroutine               scsi-disk coroutine
  -------------------------------------------------------------
  do last write

    qcow2:qemu_co_mutex_lock()
    ...
                                 scsi disk read

                                   tracked request begin

                                   qcow2:qemu_co_mutex_lock.enter

    qcow2:qemu_co_mutex_unlock()

  bdrv_drain
    while (has tracked request)
      aio_poll()

In the scsi-disk coroutine, the qemu_co_mutex_lock() will never return
because the mirror coroutine is blocked in the aio_poll(blocking=true).

With this patch, the added qemu_coroutine_yield() allows the scsi-disk
coroutine to make progress as expected:

  mirror coroutine               scsi-disk coroutine
  -------------------------------------------------------------
  do last write

    qcow2:qemu_co_mutex_lock()
    ...
                                 scsi disk read

                                   tracked request begin

                                   qcow2:qemu_co_mutex_lock.enter

    qcow2:qemu_co_mutex_unlock()

  bdrv_drain.enter
>   schedule BH
>   qemu_coroutine_yield()
>                                  qcow2:qemu_co_mutex_lock.return
>                                  ...
                                   tracked request end
    ...
    (resumed from BH callback)
  bdrv_drain.return
  ...

Reported-by: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
Message-id: 1459855253-5378-2-git-send-email-famz@redhat.com
Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>

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