1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/block/aio.h b/include/block/aio.h
index 12f11414e4..bcc7d43f6a 100644
--- a/include/block/aio.h
+++ b/include/block/aio.h
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ struct AioContext {
 
     /* TimerLists for calling timers - one per clock type */
     QEMUTimerListGroup tlg;
+
+    int external_disable_cnt;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -375,4 +377,40 @@ static inline void aio_timer_init(AioContext *ctx,
  */
 int64_t aio_compute_timeout(AioContext *ctx);
 
+/**
+ * aio_disable_external:
+ * @ctx: the aio context
+ *
+ * Disable the further processing of external clients.
+ */
+static inline void aio_disable_external(AioContext *ctx)
+{
+    atomic_inc(&ctx->external_disable_cnt);
+}
+
+/**
+ * aio_enable_external:
+ * @ctx: the aio context
+ *
+ * Enable the processing of external clients.
+ */
+static inline void aio_enable_external(AioContext *ctx)
+{
+    assert(ctx->external_disable_cnt > 0);
+    atomic_dec(&ctx->external_disable_cnt);
+}
+
+/**
+ * aio_node_check:
+ * @ctx: the aio context
+ * @is_external: Whether or not the checked node is an external event source.
+ *
+ * Check if the node's is_external flag is okay to be polled by the ctx at this
+ * moment. True means green light.
+ */
+static inline bool aio_node_check(AioContext *ctx, bool is_external)
+{
+    return !is_external || !atomic_read(&ctx->external_disable_cnt);
+}
+
 #endif