[PATCH v2 4/7] device-core: use atomic_set on .realized property

[Maxim Levitsky]

Some code might race with placement of new devices on a bus.
We currently first place a (unrealized) device on the bus
and then realize it.

As a workaround, users that scan the child device list, can
check the realized property to see if it is safe to access such a device.
Use an atomic write here too to aid with this.

A separate discussion is what to do with devices that are unrealized:
It looks like for this case we only call the hotplug handler's unplug
callback and its up to it to unrealize the device.
An atomic operation doesn't cause harm for this code path though.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <address@hidden>
---
 hw/core/qdev.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
index 732789e2b7..d530c5922f 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
@@ -964,7 +964,20 @@ static void device_set_realized(Object *obj, bool value, 
Error **errp)
             }
        }
 
+       atomic_store_release(&dev->realized, value);
+
     } else if (!value && dev->realized) {
+
+        /*
+         * Change the value so that any concurrent users are aware
+         * that the device is going to be unrealized
+         *
+         * TODO: change .realized property to enum that states
+         * each phase of the device realization/unrealization
+         */
+
+        atomic_store_release(&dev->realized, value);
+
         /* We want local_err to track only the first error */
         QLIST_FOREACH(bus, &dev->child_bus, sibling) {
             object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(bus), false, "realized",
@@ -980,12 +993,12 @@ static void device_set_realized(Object *obj, bool value, 
Error **errp)
         DEVICE_LISTENER_CALL(unrealize, Reverse, dev);
 
         if (local_err != NULL) {
+            atomic_store_release(&dev->realized, true);
             goto fail;
         }
     }
 
     assert(local_err == NULL);
-    dev->realized = value;
     return;
 
 child_realize_fail:
-- 
2.17.2