1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h
index 1044dfef43..e7ff58419c 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int.h
@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ struct BlockDriverState {
     unsigned int in_flight;
     unsigned int serialising_in_flight;
 
+    bool wakeup;
+
     /* Offset after the highest byte written to */
     uint64_t wr_highest_offset;
 
@@ -633,6 +635,21 @@ void bdrv_remove_aio_context_notifier(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                       void (*aio_context_detached)(void *),
                                       void *opaque);
 
+/**
+ * bdrv_wakeup:
+ * @bs: The BlockDriverState for which an I/O operation has been completed.
+ *
+ * Wake up the main thread if it is waiting on BDRV_POLL_WHILE.  During
+ * synchronous I/O on a BlockDriverState that is attached to another
+ * I/O thread, the main thread lets the I/O thread's event loop run,
+ * waiting for the I/O operation to complete.  A bdrv_wakeup will wake
+ * up the main thread if necessary.
+ *
+ * Manual calls to bdrv_wakeup are rarely necessary, because
+ * bdrv_dec_in_flight already calls it.
+ */
+void bdrv_wakeup(BlockDriverState *bs);
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 int is_windows_drive(const char *filename);
 #endif