On 2011-02-15 21:56, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> Note: to be applied to uq/master.
> 
> In icount mode, halt emulation should take into account the nearest event 
> when sleeping.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosa...@redhat.com>
> Reported-and-tested-by: "Edgar E. Iglesias" <edgar.igles...@gmail.com>
> 
> diff --git a/cpus.c b/cpus.c
> index 468544c..21c3eba 100644
> --- a/cpus.c
> +++ b/cpus.c
> @@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ static void qemu_tcg_wait_io_event(void)
>      CPUState *env;
>  
>      while (all_cpu_threads_idle()) {
> -        qemu_cond_timedwait(tcg_halt_cond, &qemu_global_mutex, 1000);
> +        qemu_cond_timedwait(tcg_halt_cond, &qemu_global_mutex, 
> qemu_calculate_timeout());
>      }
>  
>      qemu_mutex_unlock(&qemu_global_mutex);

As we agree that timeouts are wrong here, let's check if Paolo's patches
make a difference.

If not, it would still be better to understand the actual issue. After
trying too many voodoo patches myself, I've finally found that mutex
ping pong between iothread and vcpus by starring at a trace in kernelshark.

Jan

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