aio: warn about iohandler_ctx special casing

The main loop has two AioContexts: qemu_aio_context and iohandler_ctx.
The main loop runs them both, but nested aio_poll() calls on
qemu_aio_context exclude iohandler_ctx.

Which one should qemu_get_current_aio_context() return when called from
the main loop? Document that it's always qemu_aio_context.

This has subtle effects on functions that use
qemu_get_current_aio_context(). For example, aio_co_reschedule_self()
does not work when moving from iohandler_ctx to qemu_aio_context because
qemu_get_current_aio_context() does not differentiate these two
AioContexts.

Document this in order to reduce the chance of future bugs.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <20240506190622.56095-3-stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
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