We need to drop the server lock before calling virObjectUnlock(client) since in case we had the last reference to the client, its dispose callback would be called and that could possibly try to lock the server and cause a deadlock. This is exactly what happens when there is only one QEMU domain running and it is marked to be autodestroyed when the connection dies. This results in qemuProcessAutoDestroy -> qemuProcessStop -> virNetServerRemoveShutdownInhibition call sequence, where the last function locks the server. --- src/rpc/virnetserver.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/rpc/virnetserver.c b/src/rpc/virnetserver.c index 95333d0..e536cc3 100644 --- a/src/rpc/virnetserver.c +++ b/src/rpc/virnetserver.c @@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ void virNetServerRun(virNetServerPtr srv) if (virNetServerClientWantClose(srv->clients[i])) virNetServerClientClose(srv->clients[i]); if (virNetServerClientIsClosed(srv->clients[i])) { - virObjectUnref(srv->clients[i]); + virNetServerClientPtr client = srv->clients[i]; if (srv->nclients > 1) { memmove(srv->clients + i, srv->clients + i + 1, @@ -1131,6 +1131,10 @@ void virNetServerRun(virNetServerPtr srv) srv->nclients = 0; } + virObjectUnlock(srv); + virObjectUnref(client); + virObjectLock(srv); + goto reprocess; } }