Replace "iothread lock" with "BQL" in comments

The term "iothread lock" is obsolete. The APIs use Big QEMU Lock (BQL)
in their names. Update the code comments to use "BQL" instead of
"iothread lock".

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xen.org>
Reviewed-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@kaod.org>
Reviewed-by: Harsh Prateek Bora <harshpb@linux.ibm.com>
Message-id: 20240102153529.486531-5-stefanha@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
This commit is contained in:
Stefan Hajnoczi 2024-01-02 10:35:28 -05:00
parent 7c754c787e
commit a4a411fbaf
21 changed files with 47 additions and 47 deletions

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@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ RAMBlock *qemu_ram_block_by_name(const char *name);
*
* By the time this function returns, the returned pointer is not protected
* by RCU anymore. If the caller is not within an RCU critical section and
* does not hold the iothread lock, it must have other means of protecting the
* does not hold the BQL, it must have other means of protecting the
* pointer, such as a reference to the memory region that owns the RAMBlock.
*/
RAMBlock *qemu_ram_block_from_host(void *ptr, bool round_offset,

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@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ int memory_region_get_fd(MemoryRegion *mr);
*
* Use with care; by the time this function returns, the returned pointer is
* not protected by RCU anymore. If the caller is not within an RCU critical
* section and does not hold the iothread lock, it must have other means of
* section and does not hold the BQL, it must have other means of
* protecting the pointer, such as a reference to the region that includes
* the incoming ram_addr_t.
*
@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@ MemoryRegion *memory_region_from_host(void *ptr, ram_addr_t *offset);
*
* Use with care; by the time this function returns, the returned pointer is
* not protected by RCU anymore. If the caller is not within an RCU critical
* section and does not hold the iothread lock, it must have other means of
* section and does not hold the BQL, it must have other means of
* protecting the pointer, such as a reference to the region that includes
* the incoming ram_addr_t.
*

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@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct RAMBlock {
ram_addr_t max_length;
void (*resized)(const char*, uint64_t length, void *host);
uint32_t flags;
/* Protected by iothread lock. */
/* Protected by the BQL. */
char idstr[256];
/* RCU-enabled, writes protected by the ramlist lock */
QLIST_ENTRY(RAMBlock) next;

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@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
#include "hw/vmstate-if.h"
typedef struct SaveVMHandlers {
/* This runs inside the iothread lock. */
/* This runs inside the BQL. */
SaveStateHandler *save_state;
/*
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ typedef struct SaveVMHandlers {
int (*save_live_complete_postcopy)(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque);
int (*save_live_complete_precopy)(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque);
/* This runs both outside and inside the iothread lock. */
/* This runs both outside and inside the BQL. */
bool (*is_active)(void *opaque);
bool (*has_postcopy)(void *opaque);
@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ typedef struct SaveVMHandlers {
*/
bool (*is_active_iterate)(void *opaque);
/* This runs outside the iothread lock in the migration case, and
/* This runs outside the BQL in the migration case, and
* within the lock in the savevm case. The callback had better only
* use data that is local to the migration thread or protected
* by other locks.
*/
int (*save_live_iterate)(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque);
/* This runs outside the iothread lock! */
/* This runs outside the BQL! */
/* Note for save_live_pending:
* must_precopy:
* - must be migrated in precopy or in stopped state