On (Thu) Jan 13 2011 [15:08:51], Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> On 01/13/11 15:00, Amit Shah wrote:
> >On (Thu) Jan 13 2011 [14:55:25], Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> >>On 01/13/11 14:00, Amit Shah wrote:
> >>> {
> >>>- return assign_fd_handlers(fd, fd_read_poll, fd_read, fd_write,
> >>>opaque);
> >>>+ assign_fd_handlers(fd, fd_read_poll, fd_read, fd_write, opaque);
> >>>+ set_read_poll_fd_action(fd, true);
> >>>+ set_read_fd_action(fd, true);
> >>>+ set_write_fd_action(fd, true);
> >>>+ return 0;
> >>> }
> >>
> >>I'd suggest to move the *action calls into assign_fd_handlers() so
> >>the handlers default to being enabled in all cases. This should
> >>match what most users need and thus minimize the number of *_action
> >>calls needed.
> >
> >What may happen with that is the fd may get select()-ed for an operation
> >that it didn't want to be put on the queue for.
>
> I can't see such a race window given that most qemu code runs
> serialized anyway. If you call assign_fd_handlers() +
> set_write_fd_action(false) in sequence I can't see how a select call
> can happen inbetween ...
Not today, but later when we have threads doing this stuff? Should I
just leave a comment to take care of this for later?
Amit
