docs: mention shared state protect for OOB

Out-Of-Band handlers need to protect shared state if there is any.
Mention it in the document.  Meanwhile, touch up some other places too,
either with better English, or reordering of bullets.

Suggested-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20180620073223.31964-6-peterx@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
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Peter Xu 2018-06-20 15:32:21 +08:00 committed by Markus Armbruster
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@ -666,22 +666,27 @@ command:
- They are executed in order,
- They run only in main thread of QEMU,
- They have the BQL taken during execution.
- They run with the BQL held.
When a command is executed with OOB, the following changes occur:
- They can be completed before a pending in-band command,
- They run in a dedicated monitor thread,
- They do not take the BQL during execution.
- They run with the BQL not held.
OOB command handlers must satisfy the following conditions:
- It executes extremely fast,
- It does not take any lock, or, it can take very small locks if all
critical regions also follow the rules for OOB command handler code,
- It terminates quickly,
- It does not invoke system calls that may block,
- It does not access guest RAM that may block when userfaultfd is
enabled for postcopy live migration.
enabled for postcopy live migration,
- It takes only "fast" locks, i.e. all critical sections protected by
any lock it takes also satisfy the conditions for OOB command
handler code.
The restrictions on locking limit access to shared state. Such access
requires synchronization, but OOB commands can't take the BQL or any
other "slow" lock.
If in doubt, do not implement OOB execution support.