Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] Make Big QEMU Lock naming consistent

[Akihiko Odaki]

On 2024/01/03 0:35, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> v3:
> - Rebase
> - Define bql_lock() macro on a single line [Akihiko Odaki]
> v2:
> - Rename APIs bql_*() [PeterX]
> - Spell out "Big QEMU Lock (BQL)" in doc comments [PeterX]
> - Rename "iolock" variables in hw/remote/mpqemu-link.c [Harsh]
> - Fix bql_auto_lock() indentation in Patch 2 [Ilya]
> - "with BQL taken" -> "with the BQL taken" [Philippe]
> - "under BQL" -> "under the BQL" [Philippe]
>
> The Big QEMU Lock ("BQL") has two other names: "iothread lock" and "QEMU global
> mutex". The term "iothread lock" is easily confused with the unrelated --object
> iothread (iothread.c).
>
> This series updates the code and documentation to consistently use "BQL". This
> makes the code easier to understand.

For the whole series,
Reviewed-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>

Thank you for sorting this out.