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1 /*
2  * QEMU aio implementation
3  *
4  * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2008
5  *
6  * Authors:
7  *  Anthony Liguori   <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
8  *
9  * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
10  * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
11  *
12  */
13 
14 #ifndef QEMU_AIO_H
15 #define QEMU_AIO_H
16 
17 #include "qemu-common.h"
18 #include "qemu/queue.h"
19 #include "qemu/event_notifier.h"
20 #include "qemu/thread.h"
21 #include "qemu/timer.h"
22 
23 typedef struct BlockAIOCB BlockAIOCB;
24 typedef void BlockCompletionFunc(void *opaque, int ret);
25 
26 typedef struct AIOCBInfo {
27     void (*cancel_async)(BlockAIOCB *acb);
28     AioContext *(*get_aio_context)(BlockAIOCB *acb);
29     size_t aiocb_size;
30 } AIOCBInfo;
31 
32 struct BlockAIOCB {
33     const AIOCBInfo *aiocb_info;
34     BlockDriverState *bs;
35     BlockCompletionFunc *cb;
36     void *opaque;
37     int refcnt;
38 };
39 
40 void *qemu_aio_get(const AIOCBInfo *aiocb_info, BlockDriverState *bs,
41                    BlockCompletionFunc *cb, void *opaque);
42 void qemu_aio_unref(void *p);
43 void qemu_aio_ref(void *p);
44 
45 typedef struct AioHandler AioHandler;
46 typedef void QEMUBHFunc(void *opaque);
47 typedef bool AioPollFn(void *opaque);
48 typedef void IOHandler(void *opaque);
49 
50 struct Coroutine;
51 struct ThreadPool;
52 struct LinuxAioState;
53 
54 struct AioContext {
55     GSource source;
56 
57     /* Used by AioContext users to protect from multi-threaded access.  */
58     QemuRecMutex lock;
59 
60     /* The list of registered AIO handlers.  Protected by ctx->list_lock. */
61     QLIST_HEAD(, AioHandler) aio_handlers;
62 
63     /* Used to avoid unnecessary event_notifier_set calls in aio_notify;
64      * accessed with atomic primitives.  If this field is 0, everything
65      * (file descriptors, bottom halves, timers) will be re-evaluated
66      * before the next blocking poll(), thus the event_notifier_set call
67      * can be skipped.  If it is non-zero, you may need to wake up a
68      * concurrent aio_poll or the glib main event loop, making
69      * event_notifier_set necessary.
70      *
71      * Bit 0 is reserved for GSource usage of the AioContext, and is 1
72      * between a call to aio_ctx_prepare and the next call to aio_ctx_check.
73      * Bits 1-31 simply count the number of active calls to aio_poll
74      * that are in the prepare or poll phase.
75      *
76      * The GSource and aio_poll must use a different mechanism because
77      * there is no certainty that a call to GSource's prepare callback
78      * (via g_main_context_prepare) is indeed followed by check and
79      * dispatch.  It's not clear whether this would be a bug, but let's
80      * play safe and allow it---it will just cause extra calls to
81      * event_notifier_set until the next call to dispatch.
82      *
83      * Instead, the aio_poll calls include both the prepare and the
84      * dispatch phase, hence a simple counter is enough for them.
85      */
86     uint32_t notify_me;
87 
88     /* A lock to protect between QEMUBH and AioHandler adders and deleter,
89      * and to ensure that no callbacks are removed while we're walking and
90      * dispatching them.
91      */
92     QemuLockCnt list_lock;
93 
94     /* Anchor of the list of Bottom Halves belonging to the context */
95     struct QEMUBH *first_bh;
96 
97     /* Used by aio_notify.
98      *
99      * "notified" is used to avoid expensive event_notifier_test_and_clear
100      * calls.  When it is clear, the EventNotifier is clear, or one thread
101      * is going to clear "notified" before processing more events.  False
102      * positives are possible, i.e. "notified" could be set even though the
103      * EventNotifier is clear.
104      *
105      * Note that event_notifier_set *cannot* be optimized the same way.  For
106      * more information on the problem that would result, see "#ifdef BUG2"
107      * in the docs/aio_notify_accept.promela formal model.
108      */
109     bool notified;
110     EventNotifier notifier;
111 
112     QSLIST_HEAD(, Coroutine) scheduled_coroutines;
113     QEMUBH *co_schedule_bh;
114 
115     /* Thread pool for performing work and receiving completion callbacks.
116      * Has its own locking.
117      */
118     struct ThreadPool *thread_pool;
119 
120 #ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_AIO
121     /* State for native Linux AIO.  Uses aio_context_acquire/release for
122      * locking.
123      */
124     struct LinuxAioState *linux_aio;
125 #endif
126 
127     /* TimerLists for calling timers - one per clock type.  Has its own
128      * locking.
129      */
130     QEMUTimerListGroup tlg;
131 
132     int external_disable_cnt;
133 
134     /* Number of AioHandlers without .io_poll() */
135     int poll_disable_cnt;
136 
137     /* Polling mode parameters */
138     int64_t poll_ns;        /* current polling time in nanoseconds */
139     int64_t poll_max_ns;    /* maximum polling time in nanoseconds */
140     int64_t poll_grow;      /* polling time growth factor */
141     int64_t poll_shrink;    /* polling time shrink factor */
142 
143     /* Are we in polling mode or monitoring file descriptors? */
144     bool poll_started;
145 
146     /* epoll(7) state used when built with CONFIG_EPOLL */
147     int epollfd;
148     bool epoll_enabled;
149     bool epoll_available;
150 };
151 
152 /**
153  * aio_context_new: Allocate a new AioContext.
154  *
155  * AioContext provide a mini event-loop that can be waited on synchronously.
156  * They also provide bottom halves, a service to execute a piece of code
157  * as soon as possible.
158  */
159 AioContext *aio_context_new(Error **errp);
160 
161 /**
162  * aio_context_ref:
163  * @ctx: The AioContext to operate on.
164  *
165  * Add a reference to an AioContext.
166  */
167 void aio_context_ref(AioContext *ctx);
168 
169 /**
170  * aio_context_unref:
171  * @ctx: The AioContext to operate on.
172  *
173  * Drop a reference to an AioContext.
174  */
175 void aio_context_unref(AioContext *ctx);
176 
177 /* Take ownership of the AioContext.  If the AioContext will be shared between
178  * threads, and a thread does not want to be interrupted, it will have to
179  * take ownership around calls to aio_poll().  Otherwise, aio_poll()
180  * automatically takes care of calling aio_context_acquire and
181  * aio_context_release.
182  *
183  * Note that this is separate from bdrv_drained_begin/bdrv_drained_end.  A
184  * thread still has to call those to avoid being interrupted by the guest.
185  *
186  * Bottom halves, timers and callbacks can be created or removed without
187  * acquiring the AioContext.
188  */
189 void aio_context_acquire(AioContext *ctx);
190 
191 /* Relinquish ownership of the AioContext. */
192 void aio_context_release(AioContext *ctx);
193 
194 /**
195  * aio_bh_schedule_oneshot: Allocate a new bottom half structure that will run
196  * only once and as soon as possible.
197  */
198 void aio_bh_schedule_oneshot(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque);
199 
200 /**
201  * aio_bh_new: Allocate a new bottom half structure.
202  *
203  * Bottom halves are lightweight callbacks whose invocation is guaranteed
204  * to be wait-free, thread-safe and signal-safe.  The #QEMUBH structure
205  * is opaque and must be allocated prior to its use.
206  */
207 QEMUBH *aio_bh_new(AioContext *ctx, QEMUBHFunc *cb, void *opaque);
208 
209 /**
210  * aio_notify: Force processing of pending events.
211  *
212  * Similar to signaling a condition variable, aio_notify forces
213  * aio_poll to exit, so that the next call will re-examine pending events.
214  * The caller of aio_notify will usually call aio_poll again very soon,
215  * or go through another iteration of the GLib main loop.  Hence, aio_notify
216  * also has the side effect of recalculating the sets of file descriptors
217  * that the main loop waits for.
218  *
219  * Calling aio_notify is rarely necessary, because for example scheduling
220  * a bottom half calls it already.
221  */
222 void aio_notify(AioContext *ctx);
223 
224 /**
225  * aio_notify_accept: Acknowledge receiving an aio_notify.
226  *
227  * aio_notify() uses an EventNotifier in order to wake up a sleeping
228  * aio_poll() or g_main_context_iteration().  Calls to aio_notify() are
229  * usually rare, but the AioContext has to clear the EventNotifier on
230  * every aio_poll() or g_main_context_iteration() in order to avoid
231  * busy waiting.  This event_notifier_test_and_clear() cannot be done
232  * using the usual aio_context_set_event_notifier(), because it must
233  * be done before processing all events (file descriptors, bottom halves,
234  * timers).
235  *
236  * aio_notify_accept() is an optimized event_notifier_test_and_clear()
237  * that is specific to an AioContext's notifier; it is used internally
238  * to clear the EventNotifier only if aio_notify() had been called.
239  */
240 void aio_notify_accept(AioContext *ctx);
241 
242 /**
243  * aio_bh_call: Executes callback function of the specified BH.
244  */
245 void aio_bh_call(QEMUBH *bh);
246 
247 /**
248  * aio_bh_poll: Poll bottom halves for an AioContext.
249  *
250  * These are internal functions used by the QEMU main loop.
251  * And notice that multiple occurrences of aio_bh_poll cannot
252  * be called concurrently
253  */
254 int aio_bh_poll(AioContext *ctx);
255 
256 /**
257  * qemu_bh_schedule: Schedule a bottom half.
258  *
259  * Scheduling a bottom half interrupts the main loop and causes the
260  * execution of the callback that was passed to qemu_bh_new.
261  *
262  * Bottom halves that are scheduled from a bottom half handler are instantly
263  * invoked.  This can create an infinite loop if a bottom half handler
264  * schedules itself.
265  *
266  * @bh: The bottom half to be scheduled.
267  */
268 void qemu_bh_schedule(QEMUBH *bh);
269 
270 /**
271  * qemu_bh_cancel: Cancel execution of a bottom half.
272  *
273  * Canceling execution of a bottom half undoes the effect of calls to
274  * qemu_bh_schedule without freeing its resources yet.  While cancellation
275  * itself is also wait-free and thread-safe, it can of course race with the
276  * loop that executes bottom halves unless you are holding the iothread
277  * mutex.  This makes it mostly useless if you are not holding the mutex.
278  *
279  * @bh: The bottom half to be canceled.
280  */
281 void qemu_bh_cancel(QEMUBH *bh);
282 
283 /**
284  *qemu_bh_delete: Cancel execution of a bottom half and free its resources.
285  *
286  * Deleting a bottom half frees the memory that was allocated for it by
287  * qemu_bh_new.  It also implies canceling the bottom half if it was
288  * scheduled.
289  * This func is async. The bottom half will do the delete action at the finial
290  * end.
291  *
292  * @bh: The bottom half to be deleted.
293  */
294 void qemu_bh_delete(QEMUBH *bh);
295 
296 /* Return whether there are any pending callbacks from the GSource
297  * attached to the AioContext, before g_poll is invoked.
298  *
299  * This is used internally in the implementation of the GSource.
300  */
301 bool aio_prepare(AioContext *ctx);
302 
303 /* Return whether there are any pending callbacks from the GSource
304  * attached to the AioContext, after g_poll is invoked.
305  *
306  * This is used internally in the implementation of the GSource.
307  */
308 bool aio_pending(AioContext *ctx);
309 
310 /* Dispatch any pending callbacks from the GSource attached to the AioContext.
311  *
312  * This is used internally in the implementation of the GSource.
313  */
314 void aio_dispatch(AioContext *ctx);
315 
316 /* Progress in completing AIO work to occur.  This can issue new pending
317  * aio as a result of executing I/O completion or bh callbacks.
318  *
319  * Return whether any progress was made by executing AIO or bottom half
320  * handlers.  If @blocking == true, this should always be true except
321  * if someone called aio_notify.
322  *
323  * If there are no pending bottom halves, but there are pending AIO
324  * operations, it may not be possible to make any progress without
325  * blocking.  If @blocking is true, this function will wait until one
326  * or more AIO events have completed, to ensure something has moved
327  * before returning.
328  */
329 bool aio_poll(AioContext *ctx, bool blocking);
330 
331 /* Register a file descriptor and associated callbacks.  Behaves very similarly
332  * to qemu_set_fd_handler.  Unlike qemu_set_fd_handler, these callbacks will
333  * be invoked when using aio_poll().
334  *
335  * Code that invokes AIO completion functions should rely on this function
336  * instead of qemu_set_fd_handler[2].
337  */
338 void aio_set_fd_handler(AioContext *ctx,
339                         int fd,
340                         bool is_external,
341                         IOHandler *io_read,
342                         IOHandler *io_write,
343                         AioPollFn *io_poll,
344                         void *opaque);
345 
346 /* Set polling begin/end callbacks for a file descriptor that has already been
347  * registered with aio_set_fd_handler.  Do nothing if the file descriptor is
348  * not registered.
349  */
350 void aio_set_fd_poll(AioContext *ctx, int fd,
351                      IOHandler *io_poll_begin,
352                      IOHandler *io_poll_end);
353 
354 /* Register an event notifier and associated callbacks.  Behaves very similarly
355  * to event_notifier_set_handler.  Unlike event_notifier_set_handler, these callbacks
356  * will be invoked when using aio_poll().
357  *
358  * Code that invokes AIO completion functions should rely on this function
359  * instead of event_notifier_set_handler.
360  */
361 void aio_set_event_notifier(AioContext *ctx,
362                             EventNotifier *notifier,
363                             bool is_external,
364                             EventNotifierHandler *io_read,
365                             AioPollFn *io_poll);
366 
367 /* Set polling begin/end callbacks for an event notifier that has already been
368  * registered with aio_set_event_notifier.  Do nothing if the event notifier is
369  * not registered.
370  */
371 void aio_set_event_notifier_poll(AioContext *ctx,
372                                  EventNotifier *notifier,
373                                  EventNotifierHandler *io_poll_begin,
374                                  EventNotifierHandler *io_poll_end);
375 
376 /* Return a GSource that lets the main loop poll the file descriptors attached
377  * to this AioContext.
378  */
379 GSource *aio_get_g_source(AioContext *ctx);
380 
381 /* Return the ThreadPool bound to this AioContext */
382 struct ThreadPool *aio_get_thread_pool(AioContext *ctx);
383 
384 /* Return the LinuxAioState bound to this AioContext */
385 struct LinuxAioState *aio_get_linux_aio(AioContext *ctx);
386 
387 /**
388  * aio_timer_new:
389  * @ctx: the aio context
390  * @type: the clock type
391  * @scale: the scale
392  * @cb: the callback to call on timer expiry
393  * @opaque: the opaque pointer to pass to the callback
394  *
395  * Allocate a new timer attached to the context @ctx.
396  * The function is responsible for memory allocation.
397  *
398  * The preferred interface is aio_timer_init. Use that
399  * unless you really need dynamic memory allocation.
400  *
401  * Returns: a pointer to the new timer
402  */
403 static inline QEMUTimer *aio_timer_new(AioContext *ctx, QEMUClockType type,
404                                        int scale,
405                                        QEMUTimerCB *cb, void *opaque)
406 {
407     return timer_new_tl(ctx->tlg.tl[type], scale, cb, opaque);
408 }
409 
410 /**
411  * aio_timer_init:
412  * @ctx: the aio context
413  * @ts: the timer
414  * @type: the clock type
415  * @scale: the scale
416  * @cb: the callback to call on timer expiry
417  * @opaque: the opaque pointer to pass to the callback
418  *
419  * Initialise a new timer attached to the context @ctx.
420  * The caller is responsible for memory allocation.
421  */
422 static inline void aio_timer_init(AioContext *ctx,
423                                   QEMUTimer *ts, QEMUClockType type,
424                                   int scale,
425                                   QEMUTimerCB *cb, void *opaque)
426 {
427     timer_init_tl(ts, ctx->tlg.tl[type], scale, cb, opaque);
428 }
429 
430 /**
431  * aio_compute_timeout:
432  * @ctx: the aio context
433  *
434  * Compute the timeout that a blocking aio_poll should use.
435  */
436 int64_t aio_compute_timeout(AioContext *ctx);
437 
438 /**
439  * aio_disable_external:
440  * @ctx: the aio context
441  *
442  * Disable the further processing of external clients.
443  */
444 static inline void aio_disable_external(AioContext *ctx)
445 {
446     atomic_inc(&ctx->external_disable_cnt);
447 }
448 
449 /**
450  * aio_enable_external:
451  * @ctx: the aio context
452  *
453  * Enable the processing of external clients.
454  */
455 static inline void aio_enable_external(AioContext *ctx)
456 {
457     int old;
458 
459     old = atomic_fetch_dec(&ctx->external_disable_cnt);
460     assert(old > 0);
461     if (old == 1) {
462         /* Kick event loop so it re-arms file descriptors */
463         aio_notify(ctx);
464     }
465 }
466 
467 /**
468  * aio_external_disabled:
469  * @ctx: the aio context
470  *
471  * Return true if the external clients are disabled.
472  */
473 static inline bool aio_external_disabled(AioContext *ctx)
474 {
475     return atomic_read(&ctx->external_disable_cnt);
476 }
477 
478 /**
479  * aio_node_check:
480  * @ctx: the aio context
481  * @is_external: Whether or not the checked node is an external event source.
482  *
483  * Check if the node's is_external flag is okay to be polled by the ctx at this
484  * moment. True means green light.
485  */
486 static inline bool aio_node_check(AioContext *ctx, bool is_external)
487 {
488     return !is_external || !atomic_read(&ctx->external_disable_cnt);
489 }
490 
491 /**
492  * aio_co_schedule:
493  * @ctx: the aio context
494  * @co: the coroutine
495  *
496  * Start a coroutine on a remote AioContext.
497  *
498  * The coroutine must not be entered by anyone else while aio_co_schedule()
499  * is active.  In addition the coroutine must have yielded unless ctx
500  * is the context in which the coroutine is running (i.e. the value of
501  * qemu_get_current_aio_context() from the coroutine itself).
502  */
503 void aio_co_schedule(AioContext *ctx, struct Coroutine *co);
504 
505 /**
506  * aio_co_wake:
507  * @co: the coroutine
508  *
509  * Restart a coroutine on the AioContext where it was running last, thus
510  * preventing coroutines from jumping from one context to another when they
511  * go to sleep.
512  *
513  * aio_co_wake may be executed either in coroutine or non-coroutine
514  * context.  The coroutine must not be entered by anyone else while
515  * aio_co_wake() is active.
516  */
517 void aio_co_wake(struct Coroutine *co);
518 
519 /**
520  * aio_co_enter:
521  * @ctx: the context to run the coroutine
522  * @co: the coroutine to run
523  *
524  * Enter a coroutine in the specified AioContext.
525  */
526 void aio_co_enter(AioContext *ctx, struct Coroutine *co);
527 
528 /**
529  * Return the AioContext whose event loop runs in the current thread.
530  *
531  * If called from an IOThread this will be the IOThread's AioContext.  If
532  * called from another thread it will be the main loop AioContext.
533  */
534 AioContext *qemu_get_current_aio_context(void);
535 
536 /**
537  * in_aio_context_home_thread:
538  * @ctx: the aio context
539  *
540  * Return whether we are running in the thread that normally runs @ctx.  Note
541  * that acquiring/releasing ctx does not affect the outcome, each AioContext
542  * still only has one home thread that is responsible for running it.
543  */
544 static inline bool in_aio_context_home_thread(AioContext *ctx)
545 {
546     return ctx == qemu_get_current_aio_context();
547 }
548 
549 /**
550  * aio_context_setup:
551  * @ctx: the aio context
552  *
553  * Initialize the aio context.
554  */
555 void aio_context_setup(AioContext *ctx);
556 
557 /**
558  * aio_context_set_poll_params:
559  * @ctx: the aio context
560  * @max_ns: how long to busy poll for, in nanoseconds
561  * @grow: polling time growth factor
562  * @shrink: polling time shrink factor
563  *
564  * Poll mode can be disabled by setting poll_max_ns to 0.
565  */
566 void aio_context_set_poll_params(AioContext *ctx, int64_t max_ns,
567                                  int64_t grow, int64_t shrink,
568                                  Error **errp);
569 
570 #endif
571