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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 05/18] xen: add xenstore watcher infratructure



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony PERARD [mailto:anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 03 December 2018 14:43
> To: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: qemu-block@xxxxxxxxxx; qemu-devel@xxxxxxxxxx; xen-
> devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Kevin Wolf <kwolf@xxxxxxxxxx>; Max Reitz
> <mreitz@xxxxxxxxxx>; Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/18] xen: add xenstore watcher infratructure
> 
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 03:11:58PM +0000, Paul Durrant wrote:
> > A Xen PV frontend communicates its state to the PV backend by writing to
> > the 'state' key in the frontend area in xenstore. It is therefore
> > necessary for a XenDevice implementation to be notified whenever the
> > value of this key changes.
> >
> > This patch adds code to do this as follows:
> >
> > - an 'fd handler' is registered on the libxenstore handle which will be
> >   triggered whenever a 'watch' event occurs
> > - primitives are added to xen-bus-helper to add or remove watch events
> > - a list of Notifier objects is added to XenBus to provide a mechanism
> >   to call the appropriate 'watch handler' when its associated event
> >   occurs
> >
> > The xen-qisk implementation is extended with a 'frontend_changed'
> method,
> 
> "The xen-qdisk"

It's xen-block now :-)

> 
> > which calls as-yet stub 'connect' and 'disconnect' functions when the
> > relevant frontend state transitions occur. A subsequent patch will
> supply
> > a full implementation for these functions.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > diff --git a/hw/block/xen-qdisk.c b/hw/block/xen-qdisk.c
> > index 0859643f7d..35f7b70480 100644
> > --- a/hw/block/xen-qdisk.c
> > +++ b/hw/block/xen-qdisk.c
> > +static void xen_qdisk_frontend_changed(XenDevice *xendev,
> > +                                       enum xenbus_state
> frontend_state,
> > +                                       Error **errp)
> > +{
> > +    XenQdiskDevice *qdiskdev = XEN_QDISK_DEVICE(xendev);
> > +    enum xenbus_state backend_state =
> xen_device_backend_get_state(xendev);
> > +    Error *local_err = NULL;
> > +
> > +    switch (frontend_state) {
> > +    case XenbusStateInitialised:
> > +    case XenbusStateConnected:
> > +        if (backend_state == XenbusStateConnected) {
> > +            break;
> > +        }
> > +
> > +        xen_qdisk_disconnect(qdiskdev, &error_fatal);
> 
> Do we want to crash (actually exit) QEMU when disconnect failed?
> 

Ok, I'll propagate.

> > +        xen_qdisk_connect(qdiskdev, &local_err);
> > +        if (local_err) {
> > +            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
> > +            break;
> > +        }
> > +
> > +        xen_device_backend_set_state(xendev, XenbusStateConnected);
> > +        break;
> > +
> > +    case XenbusStateClosing:
> > +        xen_device_backend_set_state(xendev, XenbusStateClosing);
> > +        break;
> > +
> > +    case XenbusStateClosed:
> > +        xen_qdisk_disconnect(qdiskdev, &error_fatal);
> > +        xen_device_backend_set_state(xendev, XenbusStateClosed);
> > +        break;
> > +
> > +    default:
> > +        break;
> > +    }
> > +}
> > +
> > diff --git a/hw/xen/xen-bus-helper.c b/hw/xen/xen-bus-helper.c
> > index d9ee2ed6a0..b44acc8047 100644
> > --- a/hw/xen/xen-bus-helper.c
> > +++ b/hw/xen/xen-bus-helper.c
> > @@ -122,3 +122,31 @@ int xs_node_scanf(struct xs_handle *xsh, const char
> *node, const char *key,
> >
> >      return rc;
> >  }
> > +
> > +void xs_node_watch(struct xs_handle *xsh, const char *node, const char
> *key,
> > +                   char *token, Error **errp)
> > +{
> > +    char *path;
> > +
> > +    path = (strlen(node) != 0) ? g_strdup_printf("%s/%s", node, key) :
> > +        g_strdup(key);
> > +
> > +    if (!xs_watch(xsh, path, token)) {
> > +        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "failed to watch path '%s'",
> path);
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    g_free(path);
> > +}
> > +
> > +void xs_node_unwatch(struct xs_handle *xsh, const char *node,
> > +                     const char *key, const char *token)
> > +{
> > +    char *path;
> > +
> > +    path = (strlen(node) != 0) ? g_strdup_printf("%s/%s", node, key) :
> > +        g_strdup(key);
> > +
> > +    xs_unwatch(xsh, path, token);
> 
> I think we should check for error from xs_unwatch as well.

Yes.

> 
> > +
> > +    g_free(path);
> > +}
> > diff --git a/hw/xen/xen-bus.c b/hw/xen/xen-bus.c
> > index 663aa8e117..99988f8568 100644
> > --- a/hw/xen/xen-bus.c
> > +++ b/hw/xen/xen-bus.c
> > +static XenWatch *xen_bus_add_watch(XenBus *xenbus, const char *node,
> > +                                   const char *key, XenWatchHandler
> handler,
> > +                                   void *opaque, Error **errp)
> > +{
> > +    XenWatch *watch = g_new0(XenWatch, 1);
> > +    QemuUUID uuid;
> > +    Error *local_err = NULL;
> > +
> > +    qemu_uuid_generate(&uuid);
> > +    watch->token = qemu_uuid_unparse_strdup(&uuid);
> > +
> > +    trace_xen_bus_add_watch(node, key, watch->token);
> > +
> > +    watch->node = g_strdup(node);
> > +    watch->key = g_strdup(key);
> > +    watch->handler = handler;
> > +    watch->opaque = opaque;
> > +    watch->notifier.notify = watch_notify;
> > +
> > +    notifier_list_add(&xenbus->watch_notifiers, &watch->notifier);
> > +
> > +    xs_node_watch(xenbus->xsh, node, key, watch->token, &local_err);
> > +
> > +    if (local_err) {
> > +        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
> > +
> > +        notifier_remove(&watch->notifier);
> > +
> > +        g_free(watch->token);
> > +        g_free(watch->key);
> > +        g_free(watch->node);
> > +
> > +        g_free(watch);
> 
> It would be better to have a function that will free/dispose of a
> XenWatch, or maybe simply calling xen_bus_remove_watch here might be
> enough.

True. Too much cut'n'paste.

> 
> > +        watch = NULL;
> 
> You could return NULL instead.
> 
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    return watch;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void xen_bus_remove_watch(XenBus *xenbus, XenWatch *watch)
> > +{
> > +    trace_xen_bus_remove_watch(watch->node, watch->key, watch->token);
> > +
> > +    xs_node_unwatch(xenbus->xsh, watch->node, watch->key, watch-
> >token);
> > +
> > +    notifier_remove(&watch->notifier);
> > +
> > +    g_free(watch->token);
> > +    g_free(watch->key);
> > +    g_free(watch->node);
> > +
> > +    g_free(watch);
> > +}
> 
> > +static void xen_bus_watch(void *opaque)
> > +{
> > +    XenBus *xenbus = opaque;
> > +    char **v;
> > +    const char *token;
> > +    unsigned int n;
> > +
> > +    g_assert(xenbus->xsh);
> > +
> > +    v = xs_read_watch(xenbus->xsh, &n);
> 
> What is the n for?
> Also, maybe you wanted to call xs_check_watch instead? (In a loop, until
> EGAIN)

I don't need the loop. The 'n' is the length of the vector but xs_check_watch() 
does what I need.

> 
> > +    if (!v) {
> > +        return;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    token = v[XS_WATCH_TOKEN];
> > +
> > +    trace_xen_bus_watch(token);
> > +
> > +    notifier_list_notify(&xenbus->watch_notifiers, (void *)token);
> > +
> > +    free(v);
> > +}
> > +
> >  static void xen_bus_realize(BusState *bus, Error **errp)
> >  {
> >      XenBus *xenbus = XEN_BUS(bus);
> > @@ -230,12 +419,24 @@ static void xen_device_frontend_create(XenDevice
> *xendev, Error **errp)
> >          error_propagate(errp, local_err);
> >          error_prepend(errp, "failed to create frontend: ");
> >      }
> > +
> > +    xendev->frontend_state_watch =
> > +        xen_bus_add_watch(xenbus, xendev->frontend_path, "state",
> > +                          xen_device_frontend_changed, xendev,
> &local_err);
> 
> You can't reuse local_err here, *local_err must be null (It isn't
> exactly written like this, but that what I understand from reading
> qapi/error.h).

Oh, the code should have bailed on the first error.

  Paul

> 
> Maybe you meant to return when the previous function failed (call of
> xs_node_create)?
> 
> > +    if (local_err) {
> > +        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
> > +        error_prepend(errp, "failed to watch frontend state: ");
> > +    }
> >  }
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --
> Anthony PERARD

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