[libvirt] [PATCH 3/5] Push nwfilter update locking up to top level

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 01:05:51PM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> On 01/27/2014 12:15 PM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> >On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 04:13:57PM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote:
> >>This function here is called by
> >>src/nwfilter/nwfilter_learnip.c::learnIPAddressThread
> >>src/nwfilter/nwfilter_dhcpsnoop.c::virNWFilterSnoopIPLeaseInstallRule
> >>
> >>They instantiate the filters once a VM's IP address has been
> >>detected. So this is where the *Late() comes from.
> >>
> >>If you remove the locking from here, you have to lock it there.
> >>Considering what you do layer, I would keep the lock here and
> >>convert this into a reader lock layer on.
> >Yes, now I'm squashing the read/write lock conversion in, I'll
> >keep the locking in this location.
> 
> Is there interest in introducing an assert() in those functions
> expecting a lock to be held? I know it's not as simple as just
> putting an assert() into the code. Actually we would have to record
> in an array or linked list the threads holding a lock and provide a
> function to check whether pthread_self() is holding the lock. The
> latter function would be called by an assert(). I would give it a
> shot by introducing a boolean as parameter to the lock init function
> that activates the recording of which threads are currently holding
> a lock -- if this is thought to be useful.

Usage of assert() is forbiddenn in any libvirt code, and the complexity
of tracking threads this really not something I'd want to persue.

Daniel
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