Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 00/12] libxl: fork: SIGCHLD flexibility

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Fehlig writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 00/12] libxl: fork: SIGCHLD 
flexibility"):
> Looking at the libvirt code again, it seems a single thread services the
> event loop. See virNetServerRun() in src/util/virnetserver.c. Indeed, I
> see the same thread ID in all the timer and fd callbacks. One of the
> libvirt core devs can correct me if I'm wrong.

OK.  So just to recap where we stand:

 * I think libxl needs the SIGCHLD flexibility series.  I'll repost
   that (v3) but it's had hardly any changes.

 * You need to fix the timer deregistration arrangements in the
   libvirt/libxl driver to avoid the crash you identified the other day.

 * Something needs to be done about the 20ms slop in the libvirt event
   loop (as it could cause libxl to lock up).  If you can't get rid of
   it in the libvirt core, then adding 20ms to the every requested
   callback time in the libvirt/libxl driver would work for now.

 * I think we can get away with not doing anything about the fd
   deregistration race in libvirt because both Linux and FreeBSD have
   behaviours that are tolerable.

 * libxl should have the fd deregistration race fixed in Xen 4.5.

Have you managed to fix the timer deregistration crash, and retest ?

Thanks,
Ian.

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