Re: [libvirt] [PATCH v4b] Add functions for handling exponential backoff loops.

In a few places in libvirt we busy-wait for events, for example qemu creating a monitor socket. This is problematic because: - We need to choose a sufficiently small polling period so that libvirt doesn't add unnecessary delays. - We need to choose a sufficiently large polling period so that the effect of busy-waiting doesn't affect the system. The solution to this conflict is to use an exponential backoff. This patch adds two functions to hide the details, and modifies a few places where we currently busy-wait. --- src/fdstream.c | 10 +++++---- src/libvirt_private.syms | 2 ++ src/qemu/qemu_agent.c | 9 ++++---- src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c | 10 +++++---- src/util/virtime.c | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/util/virtime.h | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 6 files changed, 111 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/fdstream.c b/src/fdstream.c index ef118b5..94de52e 100644 --- a/src/fdstream.c +++ b/src/fdstream.c @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ #include "virfile.h" #include "configmake.h" #include "virstring.h" +#include "virtime.h" #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_STREAMS @@ -520,8 +521,7 @@ int virFDStreamConnectUNIX(virStreamPtr st, bool abstract) { struct sockaddr_un sa; - size_t i = 0; - int timeout = 3; + virTimeBackOffVar timeout; int ret; int fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0); @@ -541,7 +541,9 @@ int virFDStreamConnectUNIX(virStreamPtr st, goto error; } - do { + if (virTimeBackOffStart(&timeout, 1, 3*1000 /* ms */) < 0) + goto error; + while (virTimeBackOffWhile(&timeout)) {