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| author | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2015-03-31 13:01:05 +0200 |
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| committer | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2015-04-01 10:06:38 +0200 |
| commit | a59629fcc6f603e19b516dc08f75334e5c480bd0 (patch) | |
| tree | 4c663417db01a79eedc121f83e176dfb7c503b93 /include | |
| parent | e65bef6954415b24ee17184b959333d9456bece8 (diff) | |
rcu: do not create thread in pthread_atfork callback
If QEMU forks after the CPU threads have been created, qemu_mutex_lock_iothread
will not be able to do qemu_cpu_kick_thread. There is no solution other than
assuming that forks after the CPU threads have been created will end up in an
exec. Forks before the CPU threads have been created (such as -daemonize)
have to call rcu_after_fork manually.
Notably, the oxygen theme for GTK+ forks and shows a "No such process" error
without this patch.
This patch can be reverted once the iothread loses the "kick the TCG thread"
magic.
User-mode emulation does not use the iothread, so it can also call
rcu_after_fork.
Reported by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
Tested by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/qemu/rcu.h | 1 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/qemu/rcu.h b/include/qemu/rcu.h index 506ab58eaf..7df1e86622 100644 --- a/include/qemu/rcu.h +++ b/include/qemu/rcu.h @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ extern void synchronize_rcu(void); */ extern void rcu_register_thread(void); extern void rcu_unregister_thread(void); +extern void rcu_after_fork(void); struct rcu_head; typedef void RCUCBFunc(struct rcu_head *head); |