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-rw-r--r--main-loop.c25
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/main-loop.c b/main-loop.c
index eb80ff369f..f46aece8b8 100644
--- a/main-loop.c
+++ b/main-loop.c
@@ -188,14 +188,39 @@ static void glib_pollfds_poll(void)
}
}
+#define MAX_MAIN_LOOP_SPIN (1000)
+
static int os_host_main_loop_wait(uint32_t timeout)
{
int ret;
+ static int spin_counter;
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 (spin_counter > MAX_MAIN_LOOP_SPIN) {
+ static bool notified;
+
+ if (!notified) {
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "main-loop: WARNING: I/O thread spun for %d iterations\n",
+ MAX_MAIN_LOOP_SPIN);
+ notified = true;
+ }
+
+ timeout = 1;
+ }
+
if (timeout > 0) {
+ spin_counter = 0;
qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
+ } else {
+ spin_counter++;
}
ret = g_poll((GPollFD *)gpollfds->data, gpollfds->len, timeout);