qemu/system
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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arch_init.c
async-teardown.c
balloon.c balloon: Fix a misleading error message 2023-11-17 10:07:52 +01:00
bootdevice.c
cpu-throttle.c system/cpus: rename qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() to bql_lock() 2024-01-08 10:45:43 -05:00
cpu-timers.c system: Constify VMState 2023-12-30 07:38:06 +11:00
cpus.c system/cpus: rename qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() to bql_lock() 2024-01-08 10:45:43 -05:00
datadir.c
device_tree.c
dirtylimit.c system/cpus: rename qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() to bql_lock() 2024-01-08 10:45:43 -05:00
dma-helpers.c scsi: assert that callbacks run in the correct AioContext 2023-12-21 22:49:27 +01:00
globals.c
ioport.c
main.c softmmu: pass the main loop status to gdb "Wxx" packet 2023-10-12 12:33:24 +10:00
memory_mapping.c memory: follow Error API guidelines 2023-10-19 23:13:27 +02:00
memory.c system/cpus: rename qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() to bql_lock() 2024-01-08 10:45:43 -05:00
meson.build configure, meson: rename targetos to host_os 2023-12-31 09:11:29 +01:00
physmem.c system/cpus: rename qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() to bql_lock() 2024-01-08 10:45:43 -05:00
qdev-monitor.c Add virtio-sound-pci device 2023-11-07 03:39:10 -05:00
qemu-seccomp.c
qtest.c system/qtest: Include missing 'hw/core/cpu.h' header 2023-12-20 10:29:23 +01:00
rtc.c
runstate-action.c
runstate-hmp-cmds.c
runstate.c system/cpus: rename qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() to bql_lock() 2024-01-08 10:45:43 -05:00
tpm-hmp-cmds.c
tpm.c
trace-events
trace.h
vl.c HW core patch queue 2024-01-05 16:08:58 +00:00
watchpoint.c system/cpus: rename qemu_mutex_lock_iothread() to bql_lock() 2024-01-08 10:45:43 -05:00