tree 1768698d814f687fc322e365c672ddd94c14d55b
parent 21a03d17f2edb1e63f7137d97ba355cc6f19d79f
author Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> 1437487673 +0200
committer Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> 1437565300 +0100

AioContext: optimize clearing the EventNotifier

It is pretty rare for aio_notify to actually set the EventNotifier.  It
can happen with worker threads such as thread-pool.c's, but otherwise it
should never be set thanks to the ctx->notify_me optimization.  The
previous patch, unfortunately, added an unconditional call to
event_notifier_test_and_clear; now add a userspace fast path that
avoids the call.

Note that it is not possible to do the same with event_notifier_set;
it would break, as proved (again) by the included formal model.

This patch survived over 3000 reboots on aarch64 KVM.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Message-id: 1437487673-23740-7-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>