[libvirt] [PATCH] Simplify some redundant locking while unref'ing objects

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Wed Sep 26 09:07:38 UTC 2012


On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 05:49:39PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 09/25/2012 02:29 PM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange at redhat.com>
> > 
> > There is no need to hold the mutex when unref'ing
> > virObject instances
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange at redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  src/conf/domain_conf.c | 4 +---
> >  src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 4 ++--
> >  src/rpc/virnetserver.c | 3 ---
> >  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> ACK.
> 
> > 
> > diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> > index 4aa08d0..0514540 100644
> > --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> > +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
> > @@ -741,9 +741,7 @@ static void
> >  virDomainObjListDataFree(void *payload, const void *name ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
> >  {
> >      virDomainObjPtr obj = payload;
> > -    virDomainObjLock(obj);
> > -    if (virObjectUnref(obj))
> > -        virDomainObjUnlock(obj);
> > +    virObjectUnref(obj);
> >  }
> 
> We now have several of these one-liner cleanup functions.  Is it worth
> making a common hash wrapper function that calls virObjectUnref on the
> object, rather than having to reinvent lots of one-liners, as a followup
> patch?

Yes, it probably is worthwhile. I actually remember you mentioning this
when I first posted the virObject patches


Daniel
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