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-rw-r--r--migration/qemu-file.c27
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/migration/qemu-file.c b/migration/qemu-file.c
index 4f400c2e52..2d5f74ffc2 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file.c
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.c
@@ -79,6 +79,30 @@ int qemu_file_shutdown(QEMUFile *f)
int ret = 0;
f->shutdown = true;
+
+ /*
+ * We must set qemufile error before the real shutdown(), otherwise
+ * there can be a race window where we thought IO all went though
+ * (because last_error==NULL) but actually IO has already stopped.
+ *
+ * If without correct ordering, the race can happen like this:
+ *
+ * page receiver other thread
+ * ------------- ------------
+ * qemu_get_buffer()
+ * do shutdown()
+ * returns 0 (buffer all zero)
+ * (we didn't check this retcode)
+ * try to detect IO error
+ * last_error==NULL, IO okay
+ * install ALL-ZERO page
+ * set last_error
+ * --> guest crash!
+ */
+ if (!f->last_error) {
+ qemu_file_set_error(f, -EIO);
+ }
+
if (!qio_channel_has_feature(f->ioc,
QIO_CHANNEL_FEATURE_SHUTDOWN)) {
return -ENOSYS;
@@ -88,9 +112,6 @@ int qemu_file_shutdown(QEMUFile *f)
ret = -EIO;
}
- if (!f->last_error) {
- qemu_file_set_error(f, -EIO);
- }
return ret;
}