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-rw-r--r--migration/qemu-file.c27
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/migration/qemu-file.c b/migration/qemu-file.c
index 4f400c2e52..2d5f74ffc2 100644
--- a/migration/qemu-file.c
+++ b/migration/qemu-file.c
@@ -79,6 +79,30 @@ int qemu_file_shutdown(QEMUFile *f)
     int ret = 0;
 
     f->shutdown = true;
+
+    /*
+     * We must set qemufile error before the real shutdown(), otherwise
+     * there can be a race window where we thought IO all went though
+     * (because last_error==NULL) but actually IO has already stopped.
+     *
+     * If without correct ordering, the race can happen like this:
+     *
+     *      page receiver                     other thread
+     *      -------------                     ------------
+     *      qemu_get_buffer()
+     *                                        do shutdown()
+     *        returns 0 (buffer all zero)
+     *        (we didn't check this retcode)
+     *      try to detect IO error
+     *        last_error==NULL, IO okay
+     *      install ALL-ZERO page
+     *                                        set last_error
+     *      --> guest crash!
+     */
+    if (!f->last_error) {
+        qemu_file_set_error(f, -EIO);
+    }
+
     if (!qio_channel_has_feature(f->ioc,
                                  QIO_CHANNEL_FEATURE_SHUTDOWN)) {
         return -ENOSYS;
@@ -88,9 +112,6 @@ int qemu_file_shutdown(QEMUFile *f)
         ret = -EIO;
     }
 
-    if (!f->last_error) {
-        qemu_file_set_error(f, -EIO);
-    }
     return ret;
 }