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When the stream block job cuts out the nodes between top and base in stream_prepare(), it does not drain the subtree manually; it fetches the base node, and tries to insert it as the top node's backing node with bdrv_set_backing_hd(). bdrv_set_backing_hd() however will drain, and so the actual base node might change (because the base node is actually not part of the stream job) before the old base node passed to bdrv_set_backing_hd() is installed. This has two implications: First, the stream job does not keep a strong reference to the base node. Therefore, if it is deleted in bdrv_set_backing_hd()'s drain (e.g. because some other block job is drained to finish), we will get a use-after-free. We should keep a strong reference to that node. Second, even with such a strong reference, the problem remains that the base node might change before bdrv_set_backing_hd() actually runs and as a result the wrong base node is installed. Both effects can be seen in 030's TestParallelOps.test_overlapping_5() case, which has five nodes, and simultaneously streams from the middle node to the top node, and commits the middle node down to the base node. As it is, this will sometimes crash, namely when we encounter the above-described use-after-free. Taking a strong reference to the base node, we no longer get a crash, but the resuling block graph is less than ideal: The expected result is obviously that all middle nodes are cut out and the base node is the immediate backing child of the top node. However, if stream_prepare() takes a strong reference to its base node (the middle node), and then the commit job finishes in bdrv_set_backing_hd(), supposedly dropping that middle node, the stream job will just reinstall it again. Therefore, we need to keep the whole subtree drained in stream_prepare(), so that the graph modification it performs is effectively atomic, i.e. that the base node it fetches is still the base node when bdrv_set_backing_hd() sets it as the top node's backing node. Verify this by asserting in said 030's test case that the base node is always the top node's immediate backing child when both jobs are done. Signed-off-by: Hanna Reitz <hreitz@redhat.com> Message-Id: <20220324140907.17192-1-hreitz@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Acked-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <v.sementsov-og@mail.ru>
=========== QEMU README =========== QEMU is a generic and open source machine & userspace emulator and virtualizer. QEMU is capable of emulating a complete machine in software without any need for hardware virtualization support. By using dynamic translation, it achieves very good performance. QEMU can also integrate with the Xen and KVM hypervisors to provide emulated hardware while allowing the hypervisor to manage the CPU. With hypervisor support, QEMU can achieve near native performance for CPUs. When QEMU emulates CPUs directly it is capable of running operating systems made for one machine (e.g. an ARMv7 board) on a different machine (e.g. an x86_64 PC board). QEMU is also capable of providing userspace API virtualization for Linux and BSD kernel interfaces. This allows binaries compiled against one architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux PPC64 ABI) to be run on a host using a different architecture ABI (e.g. the Linux x86_64 ABI). This does not involve any hardware emulation, simply CPU and syscall emulation. QEMU aims to fit into a variety of use cases. It can be invoked directly by users wishing to have full control over its behaviour and settings. It also aims to facilitate integration into higher level management layers, by providing a stable command line interface and monitor API. It is commonly invoked indirectly via the libvirt library when using open source applications such as oVirt, OpenStack and virt-manager. QEMU as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License, version 2. For full licensing details, consult the LICENSE file. Documentation ============= Documentation can be found hosted online at `<https://www.qemu.org/documentation/>`_. The documentation for the current development version that is available at `<https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/>`_ is generated from the ``docs/`` folder in the source tree, and is built by `Sphinx <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/>_`. Building ======== QEMU is multi-platform software intended to be buildable on all modern Linux platforms, OS-X, Win32 (via the Mingw64 toolchain) and a variety of other UNIX targets. The simple steps to build QEMU are: .. code-block:: shell mkdir build cd build ../configure make Additional information can also be found online via the QEMU website: * `<https://wiki.qemu.org/Hosts/Linux>`_ * `<https://wiki.qemu.org/Hosts/Mac>`_ * `<https://wiki.qemu.org/Hosts/W32>`_ Submitting patches ================== The QEMU source code is maintained under the GIT version control system. .. code-block:: shell git clone https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu.git When submitting patches, one common approach is to use 'git format-patch' and/or 'git send-email' to format & send the mail to the qemu-devel@nongnu.org mailing list. All patches submitted must contain a 'Signed-off-by' line from the author. 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For installation instructions, please go to * `<https://github.com/stefanha/git-publish>`_ The workflow with 'git-publish' is: .. code-block:: shell $ git checkout master -b my-feature $ # work on new commits, add your 'Signed-off-by' lines to each $ git publish Your patch series will be sent and tagged as my-feature-v1 if you need to refer back to it in the future. Sending v2: .. code-block:: shell $ git checkout my-feature # same topic branch $ # making changes to the commits (using 'git rebase', for example) $ git publish Your patch series will be sent with 'v2' tag in the subject and the git tip will be tagged as my-feature-v2. Bug reporting ============= The QEMU project uses GitLab issues to track bugs. 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