Bug 813810 - plug small race window at the end of block_stream command
Summary: plug small race window at the end of block_stream command
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: qemu-kvm
Version: 6.3
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Paolo Bonzini
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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Blocks: 806280 813862
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Reported: 2012-04-18 13:22 UTC by Paolo Bonzini
Modified: 2012-06-20 11:46 UTC (History)
13 users (show)

Fixed In Version: qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.286.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-06-20 11:46:51 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2012:0746 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE qemu-kvm bug fix and enhancement update 2012-06-19 19:31:48 UTC

Description Paolo Bonzini 2012-04-18 13:22:47 UTC
Kevin noted how the part of stream_run() that is after the for loop runs with s->common.busy = false. At least bdrv_change_backing_file() can yield, possibly other functions, too.

The race window is really small but it's there.  We can extend the implementation of block_job_cancel_sync so that the race can be fixed easily.

The same patches help fixing the case where the target of a mirroring job fails during block_job_cancel_sync, as suggested by Marcelo.

[To qa: it is very hard to cover these particular cases with tests, but the streaming and mirroring tests---for example switching mirroring to the target, and quit during streaming---will ensure that the code works well].

Comment 4 Michal Novotny 2012-05-04 13:31:11 UTC
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Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 11:46:51 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0746.html


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