link the main loop and its dependencies into the tools

Using the main loop code from QEMU enables tools to operate fully
asynchronously.  Advantages include better Windows portability (for some
definition of portability) over glib's.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/main-loop.h b/main-loop.h
index 876092dd15..f9710136c9 100644
--- a/main-loop.h
+++ b/main-loop.h
@@ -324,6 +324,9 @@ int qemu_add_child_watch(pid_t pid);
  * by threads other than the main loop thread when calling
  * qemu_bh_new(), qemu_set_fd_handler() and basically all other
  * functions documented in this file.
+ *
+ * NOTE: tools currently are single-threaded and qemu_mutex_lock_iothread
+ * is a no-op there.
  */
 void qemu_mutex_lock_iothread(void);
 
@@ -336,6 +339,9 @@ void qemu_mutex_lock_iothread(void);
  * as soon as possible by threads other than the main loop thread,
  * because it prevents the main loop from processing callbacks,
  * including timers and bottom halves.
+ *
+ * NOTE: tools currently are single-threaded and qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread
+ * is a no-op there.
  */
 void qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread(void);