qemu/hw/i386/kvm
Stefan Hajnoczi 195801d700 system/cpus: rename qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() to bql_lock()
The Big QEMU Lock (BQL) has many names and they are confusing. The
actual QemuMutex variable is called qemu_global_mutex but it's commonly
referred to as the BQL in discussions and some code comments. The
locking APIs, however, are called qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() and
qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread().

The "iothread" name is historic and comes from when the main thread was
split into into KVM vcpu threads and the "iothread" (now called the main
loop thread). I have contributed to the confusion myself by introducing
a separate --object iothread, a separate concept unrelated to the BQL.

The "iothread" name is no longer appropriate for the BQL. Rename the
locking APIs to:
- void bql_lock(void)
- void bql_unlock(void)
- bool bql_locked(void)

There are more APIs with "iothread" in their names. Subsequent patches
will rename them. There are also comments and documentation that will be
updated in later patches.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xen.org>
Acked-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Acked-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@kaod.org>
Acked-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Harsh Prateek Bora <harshpb@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Hyman Huang <yong.huang@smartx.com>
Reviewed-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
Message-id: 20240102153529.486531-2-stefanha@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
2024-01-08 10:45:43 -05:00
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apic.c
clock.c hw/i386: Constify VMState 2023-12-29 11:17:30 +11:00
clock.h hw/i386: Rename 'hw/kvm/clock.h' -> 'hw/i386/kvm/clock.h' 2023-08-31 19:47:43 +02:00
i8254.c kvm: i8254: require KVM_CAP_PIT2 and KVM_CAP_PIT_STATE2 2023-10-25 19:53:38 +02:00
i8259.c
ioapic.c sysemu/kvm: Restrict kvm_pc_setup_irq_routing() to x86 targets 2023-09-07 13:32:37 +02:00
meson.build hw/xen: add support for Xen primary console in emulated mode 2023-11-07 08:54:20 +00:00
trace-events hw/xen: add support for Xen primary console in emulated mode 2023-11-07 08:54:20 +00:00
trace.h
xen_evtchn.c system/cpus: rename qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() to bql_lock() 2024-01-08 10:45:43 -05:00
xen_evtchn.h hw/xen: Simplify emulated Xen platform init 2023-06-07 15:07:10 +01:00
xen_gnttab.c hw/i386: Constify VMState 2023-12-29 11:17:30 +11:00
xen_gnttab.h
xen_overlay.c system/cpus: rename qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() to bql_lock() 2024-01-08 10:45:43 -05:00
xen_overlay.h
xen_primary_console.c hw/xen: add support for Xen primary console in emulated mode 2023-11-07 08:54:20 +00:00
xen_primary_console.h hw/xen: add support for Xen primary console in emulated mode 2023-11-07 08:54:20 +00:00
xen_xenstore.c system/cpus: rename qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() to bql_lock() 2024-01-08 10:45:43 -05:00
xen_xenstore.h
xen-stubs.c hw/xen: add support for Xen primary console in emulated mode 2023-11-07 08:54:20 +00:00
xenstore_impl.c i386: spelling fixes 2023-09-20 07:54:34 +03:00
xenstore_impl.h