On 06.05.22 18:31, Tong Zhang wrote:
> assert(dbs->acb) is meant to check the return value of io_func per
> documented in commit 6bee44ea34 ("dma: the passed io_func does not
> return NULL"). However, there is a chance that after calling
> aio_context_release(dbs->ctx); the dma_blk_cb function is called before
> the assertion and dbs->acb is set to NULL again at line 121. Thus when
> we run assert at line 181 it will fail.
>
> softmmu/dma-helpers.c:181: dma_blk_cb: Assertion `dbs->acb' failed.
>
> Reported-by: Francisco Londono <f.lond...@samsung.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tong Zhang <t.zha...@samsung.com>
> ---
> softmmu/dma-helpers.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/softmmu/dma-helpers.c b/softmmu/dma-helpers.c
> index 7820fec54c..cb81017928 100644
> --- a/softmmu/dma-helpers.c
> +++ b/softmmu/dma-helpers.c
> @@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ static void dma_blk_cb(void *opaque, int ret)
> aio_context_acquire(dbs->ctx);
> dbs->acb = dbs->io_func(dbs->offset, &dbs->iov,
> dma_blk_cb, dbs, dbs->io_func_opaque);
> - aio_context_release(dbs->ctx);
> assert(dbs->acb);
> + aio_context_release(dbs->ctx);
> }
>
> static void dma_aio_cancel(BlockAIOCB *acb)
Please don't resend patches if the previous submission came to the
conclusion that it's unclear how this should help.
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cajsp0qw396ry_g8ls1mncdzcov5gamury+xv+s8zmcdq03o...@mail.gmail.com
I *still* don't understand the interaction between the lock and the
assertion and so far nobody was able to clarify.
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Thanks,
David / dhildenb
