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@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-id = 2344
-title = "Plugin scoreboard deadlock (plugin.lock vs start_exclusive)"
-state = "closed"
-created_at = "2024-05-15T06:27:54.424Z"
-closed_at = "2024-08-17T22:04:10.272Z"
-labels = ["TCG plugins", "workflow::Patch available"]
-url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/2344"
-host-os = "n/a"
-host-arch = "n/a"
-qemu-version = "9rc4->tip"
-guest-os = "n/a"
-guest-arch = "n/a"
-description = """Deadlock
-
-In frame 9 the thread grabs the plugin.lock, and starts to wait for other cpus to enter exclusive idle.
-```
-#7  0x00005555555a1295 in start_exclusive () at ../hw/core/cpu-common.c:199
-#8  plugin_grow_scoreboards__locked (cpu=0x7fff0c2b4720) at ../plugins/core.c:238
-#9  qemu_plugin_vcpu_init_hook (cpu=0x7fff0c2b4720) at ../plugins/core.c:258
-```
-
-The other thread just finished a TB and do the callback to the plugin, so it will not become exclusive idle until it finishes.
-That callback tries to create a new 'scoreboard', but plugin.lock is already taken.
-```
-#7  qemu_plugin_scoreboard_new (element_size=element_size@entry=8) at ../plugins/api.c:464
-#8  0x00007ffff7fb973d in vcpu_tb_trans (id=<optimized out>, tb=0x555555858d60) at /home/rehn/source/qemu/contrib/plugins/hotblocks.c:125
-#9  0x00005555557394f1 in qemu_plugin_tb_trans_cb (cpu=<optimized out>, tb=0x555555858d60) at ../plugins/core.c:418
-```
-
-Locally I'm using this fix, reverse order so we enter exclusive idle before grabbing the plugin.lock:
-```
-diff --git a/plugins/core.c b/plugins/core.c
-index 1e58a57bf1..0e41c4ef22 100644
---- a/plugins/core.c
-+++ b/plugins/core.c
-@@ -236,4 +236,2 @@ static void plugin_grow_scoreboards__locked(CPUState *cpu)
- 
--    /* cpus must be stopped, as tb might still use an existing scoreboard. */
--    start_exclusive();
-     struct qemu_plugin_scoreboard *score;
-@@ -244,3 +242,2 @@ static void plugin_grow_scoreboards__locked(CPUState *cpu)
-     tb_flush(cpu);
--    end_exclusive();
- }
-@@ -250,2 +247,4 @@ void qemu_plugin_vcpu_init_hook(CPUState *cpu)
-     bool success;
-+    /* cpus must be stopped, as tb might still use an existing scoreboard. */
-+    start_exclusive();
- 
-@@ -259,2 +258,3 @@ void qemu_plugin_vcpu_init_hook(CPUState *cpu)
-     qemu_rec_mutex_unlock(&plugin.lock);
-+    end_exclusive();
-```"""
-reproduce = """Run command a few times and get 'unlucky'"""
-additional = "n/a"