benefit of network layer re-entrant
make the component of network run on multi-thread
with glib, it is easy to do unit test
network layer re-entrant includes
re-entrant of network core
re-entrant of backend like tap
re-entrant of frontend like virtio net
network core
The thread safety issue focus on NetClientState, NetQueue and hub.
(proposal patches have been sent out. See:[PATCH v2 0/5] make netlayer re-entrant [1])
backend
make glib as the event loop for backends.
consider about the race between the iohandler and NetClientInfo callback
frontend
Depend on other Qemu subsystem's re-entrant. Currently, the main blockers are memory, interrupt.