main-loop: drop spin_counter

Commit d759c951f3287fad04210a52f2dc93f94cf58c7f ("replay: push
replay_mutex_lock up the call tree") removed the !timeout lock
optimization in the main loop.

The idea of the optimization was to avoid ping-pongs between threads by
keeping the Big QEMU Lock held across non-blocking (!timeout) main loop
iterations.

A warning is printed when the main loop spins without releasing BQL for
long periods of time.  These warnings were supposed to aid debugging but
in practice they just alarm users.  They are considered noise because
the cause of spinning is not shown and is hard to find.

Now that the lock optimization has been removed, there is no danger of
hogging the BQL.  Drop the spin counter and the infamous warning.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>

diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
index f08ee5504694047c23cb6b29229851386e124a3b..2031e353a545e73f159710a5e1f19afad398f0f7 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.filter
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ _filter_qemu()
 {
     sed -e "s#\\(^\\|(qemu) \\)$(basename $QEMU_PROG):#\1QEMU_PROG:#" \
         -e 's#^QEMU [0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+ monitor#QEMU X.Y.Z monitor#' \
-        -e '/main-loop: WARNING: I\/O thread spun for [0-9]\+ iterations/d' \
         -e $'s#\r##' # QEMU monitor uses \r\n line endings
 }
 

diff --git a/util/main-loop.c b/util/main-loop.c
index 992f9b0f3457fd959eb975df0165ec34aa47676a..affe0403c586cab8f13459fe7b8b28ae7a2f7b4f 100644 (file)
--- a/util/main-loop.c
+++ b/util/main-loop.c
@@ -222,36 +222,11 @@ static int os_host_main_loop_wait(int64_t timeout)
 {
     GMainContext *context = g_main_context_default();
     int ret;
-    static int spin_counter;
 
     g_main_context_acquire(context);
 
     glib_pollfds_fill(&timeout);
 
-    /* If the I/O thread is very busy or we are incorrectly busy waiting in
-     * the I/O thread, this can lead to starvation of the BQL such that the
-     * VCPU threads never run.  To make sure we can detect the later case,
-     * print a message to the screen.  If we run into this condition, create
-     * a fake timeout in order to give the VCPU threads a chance to run.
-     */
-    if (!timeout && (spin_counter > MAX_MAIN_LOOP_SPIN)) {
-        static bool notified;
-
-        if (!notified && !qtest_enabled() && !qtest_driver()) {
-            warn_report("I/O thread spun for %d iterations",
-                        MAX_MAIN_LOOP_SPIN);
-            notified = true;
-        }
-
-        timeout = SCALE_MS;
-    }
-
-
-    if (timeout) {
-        spin_counter = 0;
-    } else {
-        spin_counter++;
-    }
     qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
     replay_mutex_unlock();