On 10/13/2014, 03:00 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> +static void edu_dma_timer(void *opaque)
>> +{
>> + EduState *edu = opaque;
>> + bool raise_irq = false;
>> +
>> + qemu_mutex_lock(&edu->dma_mutex);
>
> dma_mutex and mutex and irq_mutex are not necessary. All I/O happens
> under the big QEMU lock (qemu_lock/unlock_iothread). I can certainly
> imagine that edu.c would be one of the first devices we make
> thread-safe, but... not yet. :)
Hi,
I finally got to it. I want to make sure that I understand this
correctly. So even timers are protected by the "BQL"?
thanks,
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js
suse labs
