diff --git a/job.c b/job.c
index 75f7c28147..56d2a8d98f 100644
--- a/job.c
+++ b/job.c
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ JobTxn *job_txn_new(void)
     return txn;
 }
 
-static void job_txn_ref(JobTxn *txn)
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static void job_txn_ref_locked(JobTxn *txn)
 {
     txn->refcnt++;
 }
@@ -135,10 +136,11 @@ static void job_txn_add_job(JobTxn *txn, Job *job)
     job->txn = txn;
 
     QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&txn->jobs, job, txn_list);
-    job_txn_ref(txn);
+    job_txn_ref_locked(txn);
 }
 
-static void job_txn_del_job(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static void job_txn_del_job_locked(Job *job)
 {
     if (job->txn) {
         QLIST_REMOVE(job, txn_list);
@@ -147,17 +149,18 @@ static void job_txn_del_job(Job *job)
     }
 }
 
-static int job_txn_apply(Job *job, int fn(Job *))
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static int job_txn_apply_locked(Job *job, int fn(Job *))
 {
     Job *other_job, *next;
     JobTxn *txn = job->txn;
     int rc = 0;
 
     /*
-     * Similar to job_completed_txn_abort, we take each job's lock before
-     * applying fn, but since we assume that outer_ctx is held by the caller,
-     * we need to release it here to avoid holding the lock twice - which would
-     * break AIO_WAIT_WHILE from within fn.
+     * Similar to job_completed_txn_abort_locked, we take each job's lock
+     * before applying fn, but since we assume that outer_ctx is held by
+     * the caller, we need to release it here to avoid holding the lock
+     * twice - which would break AIO_WAIT_WHILE from within fn.
      */
     job_ref(job);
     aio_context_release(job->aio_context);
@@ -183,7 +186,8 @@ bool job_is_internal(Job *job)
     return (job->id == NULL);
 }
 
-static void job_state_transition(Job *job, JobStatus s1)
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static void job_state_transition_locked(Job *job, JobStatus s1)
 {
     JobStatus s0 = job->status;
     assert(s1 >= 0 && s1 < JOB_STATUS__MAX);
@@ -308,7 +312,8 @@ static bool job_started(Job *job)
     return job->co;
 }
 
-static bool job_should_pause(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static bool job_should_pause_locked(Job *job)
 {
     return job->pause_count > 0;
 }
@@ -388,7 +393,7 @@ void *job_create(const char *job_id, const JobDriver *driver, JobTxn *txn,
     notifier_list_init(&job->on_ready);
     notifier_list_init(&job->on_idle);
 
-    job_state_transition(job, JOB_STATUS_CREATED);
+    job_state_transition_locked(job, JOB_STATUS_CREATED);
     aio_timer_init(qemu_get_aio_context(), &job->sleep_timer,
                    QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME, SCALE_NS,
                    job_sleep_timer_cb, job);
@@ -454,31 +459,36 @@ void job_progress_increase_remaining(Job *job, uint64_t delta)
 
 /**
  * To be called when a cancelled job is finalised.
+ * Called with job_mutex held.
  */
-static void job_event_cancelled(Job *job)
+static void job_event_cancelled_locked(Job *job)
 {
     notifier_list_notify(&job->on_finalize_cancelled, job);
 }
 
 /**
  * To be called when a successfully completed job is finalised.
+ * Called with job_mutex held.
  */
-static void job_event_completed(Job *job)
+static void job_event_completed_locked(Job *job)
 {
     notifier_list_notify(&job->on_finalize_completed, job);
 }
 
-static void job_event_pending(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static void job_event_pending_locked(Job *job)
 {
     notifier_list_notify(&job->on_pending, job);
 }
 
-static void job_event_ready(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static void job_event_ready_locked(Job *job)
 {
     notifier_list_notify(&job->on_ready, job);
 }
 
-static void job_event_idle(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static void job_event_idle_locked(Job *job)
 {
     notifier_list_notify(&job->on_idle, job);
 }
@@ -516,20 +526,24 @@ void job_enter(Job *job)
     job_enter_cond(job, NULL);
 }
 
-/* Yield, and schedule a timer to reenter the coroutine after @ns nanoseconds.
+/*
+ * Yield, and schedule a timer to reenter the coroutine after @ns nanoseconds.
  * Reentering the job coroutine with job_enter() before the timer has expired
  * is allowed and cancels the timer.
  *
  * If @ns is (uint64_t) -1, no timer is scheduled and job_enter() must be
- * called explicitly. */
-static void coroutine_fn job_do_yield(Job *job, uint64_t ns)
+ * called explicitly.
+ *
+ * Called with job_mutex held, but releases it temporarly.
+ */
+static void coroutine_fn job_do_yield_locked(Job *job, uint64_t ns)
 {
     real_job_lock();
     if (ns != -1) {
         timer_mod(&job->sleep_timer, ns);
     }
     job->busy = false;
-    job_event_idle(job);
+    job_event_idle_locked(job);
     real_job_unlock();
     job_unlock();
     qemu_coroutine_yield();
@@ -544,7 +558,7 @@ static void coroutine_fn job_pause_point_locked(Job *job)
 {
     assert(job && job_started(job));
 
-    if (!job_should_pause(job)) {
+    if (!job_should_pause_locked(job)) {
         return;
     }
     if (job_is_cancelled_locked(job)) {
@@ -557,15 +571,15 @@ static void coroutine_fn job_pause_point_locked(Job *job)
         job_lock();
     }
 
-    if (job_should_pause(job) && !job_is_cancelled_locked(job)) {
+    if (job_should_pause_locked(job) && !job_is_cancelled_locked(job)) {
         JobStatus status = job->status;
-        job_state_transition(job, status == JOB_STATUS_READY
-                                  ? JOB_STATUS_STANDBY
-                                  : JOB_STATUS_PAUSED);
+        job_state_transition_locked(job, status == JOB_STATUS_READY
+                                    ? JOB_STATUS_STANDBY
+                                    : JOB_STATUS_PAUSED);
         job->paused = true;
-        job_do_yield(job, -1);
+        job_do_yield_locked(job, -1);
         job->paused = false;
-        job_state_transition(job, status);
+        job_state_transition_locked(job, status);
     }
 
     if (job->driver->resume) {
@@ -591,8 +605,8 @@ void job_yield(Job *job)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (!job_should_pause(job)) {
-        job_do_yield(job, -1);
+    if (!job_should_pause_locked(job)) {
+        job_do_yield_locked(job, -1);
     }
 
     job_pause_point_locked(job);
@@ -608,15 +622,15 @@ void coroutine_fn job_sleep_ns(Job *job, int64_t ns)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (!job_should_pause(job)) {
-        job_do_yield(job, qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME) + ns);
+    if (!job_should_pause_locked(job)) {
+        job_do_yield_locked(job, qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME) + ns);
     }
 
     job_pause_point_locked(job);
 }
 
 /* Assumes the job_mutex is held */
-static bool job_timer_not_pending(Job *job)
+static bool job_timer_not_pending_locked(Job *job)
 {
     return !timer_pending(&job->sleep_timer);
 }
@@ -638,7 +652,7 @@ void job_resume(Job *job)
     }
 
     /* kick only if no timer is pending */
-    job_enter_cond(job, job_timer_not_pending);
+    job_enter_cond(job, job_timer_not_pending_locked);
 }
 
 void job_user_pause(Job *job, Error **errp)
@@ -679,16 +693,17 @@ void job_user_resume(Job *job, Error **errp)
     job_resume(job);
 }
 
-static void job_do_dismiss(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static void job_do_dismiss_locked(Job *job)
 {
     assert(job);
     job->busy = false;
     job->paused = false;
     job->deferred_to_main_loop = true;
 
-    job_txn_del_job(job);
+    job_txn_del_job_locked(job);
 
-    job_state_transition(job, JOB_STATUS_NULL);
+    job_state_transition_locked(job, JOB_STATUS_NULL);
     job_unref(job);
 }
 
@@ -701,7 +716,7 @@ void job_dismiss(Job **jobptr, Error **errp)
         return;
     }
 
-    job_do_dismiss(job);
+    job_do_dismiss_locked(job);
     *jobptr = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -709,18 +724,20 @@ void job_early_fail(Job *job)
 {
     JOB_LOCK_GUARD();
     assert(job->status == JOB_STATUS_CREATED);
-    job_do_dismiss(job);
+    job_do_dismiss_locked(job);
 }
 
-static void job_conclude(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static void job_conclude_locked(Job *job)
 {
-    job_state_transition(job, JOB_STATUS_CONCLUDED);
+    job_state_transition_locked(job, JOB_STATUS_CONCLUDED);
     if (job->auto_dismiss || !job_started(job)) {
-        job_do_dismiss(job);
+        job_do_dismiss_locked(job);
     }
 }
 
-static void job_update_rc(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static void job_update_rc_locked(Job *job)
 {
     if (!job->ret && job_is_cancelled_locked(job)) {
         job->ret = -ECANCELED;
@@ -729,11 +746,12 @@ static void job_update_rc(Job *job)
         if (!job->err) {
             error_setg(&job->err, "%s", strerror(-job->ret));
         }
-        job_state_transition(job, JOB_STATUS_ABORTING);
+        job_state_transition_locked(job, JOB_STATUS_ABORTING);
     }
 }
 
-static void job_commit(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held, but releases it temporarly. */
+static void job_commit_locked(Job *job)
 {
     assert(!job->ret);
     assert(qemu_in_main_thread());
@@ -744,7 +762,8 @@ static void job_commit(Job *job)
     }
 }
 
-static void job_abort(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held, but releases it temporarly. */
+static void job_abort_locked(Job *job)
 {
     assert(job->ret);
     assert(qemu_in_main_thread());
@@ -755,7 +774,8 @@ static void job_abort(Job *job)
     }
 }
 
-static void job_clean(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held, but releases it temporarly. */
+static void job_clean_locked(Job *job)
 {
     assert(qemu_in_main_thread());
     if (job->driver->clean) {
@@ -765,7 +785,8 @@ static void job_clean(Job *job)
     }
 }
 
-static int job_finalize_single(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held, but releases it temporarly. */
+static int job_finalize_single_locked(Job *job)
 {
     int job_ret;
     AioContext *ctx = job->aio_context;
@@ -773,16 +794,16 @@ static int job_finalize_single(Job *job)
     assert(job_is_completed_locked(job));
 
     /* Ensure abort is called for late-transactional failures */
-    job_update_rc(job);
+    job_update_rc_locked(job);
 
     aio_context_acquire(ctx);
 
     if (!job->ret) {
-        job_commit(job);
+        job_commit_locked(job);
     } else {
-        job_abort(job);
+        job_abort_locked(job);
     }
-    job_clean(job);
+    job_clean_locked(job);
 
     aio_context_release(ctx);
 
@@ -796,18 +817,19 @@ static int job_finalize_single(Job *job)
     /* Emit events only if we actually started */
     if (job_started(job)) {
         if (job_is_cancelled_locked(job)) {
-            job_event_cancelled(job);
+            job_event_cancelled_locked(job);
         } else {
-            job_event_completed(job);
+            job_event_completed_locked(job);
         }
     }
 
-    job_txn_del_job(job);
-    job_conclude(job);
+    job_txn_del_job_locked(job);
+    job_conclude_locked(job);
     return 0;
 }
 
-static void job_cancel_async(Job *job, bool force)
+/* Called with job_mutex held, but releases it temporarly. */
+static void job_cancel_async_locked(Job *job, bool force)
 {
     assert(qemu_in_main_thread());
     if (job->driver->cancel) {
@@ -845,7 +867,8 @@ static void job_cancel_async(Job *job, bool force)
     }
 }
 
-static void job_completed_txn_abort(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static void job_completed_txn_abort_locked(Job *job)
 {
     AioContext *ctx;
     JobTxn *txn = job->txn;
@@ -858,12 +881,12 @@ static void job_completed_txn_abort(Job *job)
         return;
     }
     txn->aborting = true;
-    job_txn_ref(txn);
+    job_txn_ref_locked(txn);
 
     /*
      * We can only hold the single job's AioContext lock while calling
-     * job_finalize_single() because the finalization callbacks can involve
-     * calls of AIO_WAIT_WHILE(), which could deadlock otherwise.
+     * job_finalize_single_locked() because the finalization callbacks can
+     * involve calls of AIO_WAIT_WHILE(), which could deadlock otherwise.
      * Note that the job's AioContext may change when it is finalized.
      */
     job_ref(job);
@@ -881,7 +904,7 @@ static void job_completed_txn_abort(Job *job)
              * Therefore, pass force=true to terminate all other jobs as quickly
              * as possible.
              */
-            job_cancel_async(other_job, true);
+            job_cancel_async_locked(other_job, true);
             aio_context_release(ctx);
         }
     }
@@ -898,12 +921,12 @@ static void job_completed_txn_abort(Job *job)
             job_finish_sync(other_job, NULL, NULL);
         }
         aio_context_release(ctx);
-        job_finalize_single(other_job);
+        job_finalize_single_locked(other_job);
     }
 
     /*
      * Use job_ref()/job_unref() so we can read the AioContext here
-     * even if the job went away during job_finalize_single().
+     * even if the job went away during job_finalize_single_locked().
      */
     aio_context_acquire(job->aio_context);
     job_unref(job);
@@ -911,7 +934,8 @@ static void job_completed_txn_abort(Job *job)
     job_txn_unref(txn);
 }
 
-static int job_prepare(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held, but releases it temporarly. */
+static int job_prepare_locked(Job *job)
 {
     int ret;
     AioContext *ctx = job->aio_context;
@@ -924,28 +948,30 @@ static int job_prepare(Job *job)
         aio_context_release(ctx);
         job_lock();
         job->ret = ret;
-        job_update_rc(job);
+        job_update_rc_locked(job);
     }
 
     return job->ret;
 }
 
-static int job_needs_finalize(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static int job_needs_finalize_locked(Job *job)
 {
     return !job->auto_finalize;
 }
 
-static void job_do_finalize(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static void job_do_finalize_locked(Job *job)
 {
     int rc;
     assert(job && job->txn);
 
     /* prepare the transaction to complete */
-    rc = job_txn_apply(job, job_prepare);
+    rc = job_txn_apply_locked(job, job_prepare_locked);
     if (rc) {
-        job_completed_txn_abort(job);
+        job_completed_txn_abort_locked(job);
     } else {
-        job_txn_apply(job, job_finalize_single);
+        job_txn_apply_locked(job, job_finalize_single_locked);
     }
 }
 
@@ -955,14 +981,15 @@ void job_finalize(Job *job, Error **errp)
     if (job_apply_verb(job, JOB_VERB_FINALIZE, errp)) {
         return;
     }
-    job_do_finalize(job);
+    job_do_finalize_locked(job);
 }
 
-static int job_transition_to_pending(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static int job_transition_to_pending_locked(Job *job)
 {
-    job_state_transition(job, JOB_STATUS_PENDING);
+    job_state_transition_locked(job, JOB_STATUS_PENDING);
     if (!job->auto_finalize) {
-        job_event_pending(job);
+        job_event_pending_locked(job);
     }
     return 0;
 }
@@ -970,16 +997,17 @@ static int job_transition_to_pending(Job *job)
 void job_transition_to_ready(Job *job)
 {
     JOB_LOCK_GUARD();
-    job_state_transition(job, JOB_STATUS_READY);
-    job_event_ready(job);
+    job_state_transition_locked(job, JOB_STATUS_READY);
+    job_event_ready_locked(job);
 }
 
-static void job_completed_txn_success(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static void job_completed_txn_success_locked(Job *job)
 {
     JobTxn *txn = job->txn;
     Job *other_job;
 
-    job_state_transition(job, JOB_STATUS_WAITING);
+    job_state_transition_locked(job, JOB_STATUS_WAITING);
 
     /*
      * Successful completion, see if there are other running jobs in this
@@ -992,24 +1020,25 @@ static void job_completed_txn_success(Job *job)
         assert(other_job->ret == 0);
     }
 
-    job_txn_apply(job, job_transition_to_pending);
+    job_txn_apply_locked(job, job_transition_to_pending_locked);
 
     /* If no jobs need manual finalization, automatically do so */
-    if (job_txn_apply(job, job_needs_finalize) == 0) {
-        job_do_finalize(job);
+    if (job_txn_apply_locked(job, job_needs_finalize_locked) == 0) {
+        job_do_finalize_locked(job);
     }
 }
 
-static void job_completed(Job *job)
+/* Called with job_mutex held. */
+static void job_completed_locked(Job *job)
 {
     assert(job && job->txn && !job_is_completed_locked(job));
 
-    job_update_rc(job);
+    job_update_rc_locked(job);
     trace_job_completed(job, job->ret);
     if (job->ret) {
-        job_completed_txn_abort(job);
+        job_completed_txn_abort_locked(job);
     } else {
-        job_completed_txn_success(job);
+        job_completed_txn_success_locked(job);
     }
 }
 
@@ -1031,15 +1060,16 @@ static void job_exit(void *opaque)
      * drain block nodes, and if .drained_poll still returned true, we would
      * deadlock. */
     job->busy = false;
-    job_event_idle(job);
+    job_event_idle_locked(job);
 
-    job_completed(job);
+    job_completed_locked(job);
 
     /*
-     * Note that calling job_completed can move the job to a different
-     * aio_context, so we cannot cache from above. job_txn_apply takes care of
-     * acquiring the new lock, and we ref/unref to avoid job_completed freeing
-     * the job underneath us.
+     * Note that calling job_completed_locked can move the job to a different
+     * aio_context, so we cannot cache from above.
+     * job_txn_apply_locked takes care of
+     * acquiring the new lock, and we ref/unref to avoid job_completed_locked
+     * freeing the job underneath us.
      */
     ctx = job->aio_context;
     job_unref(job);
@@ -1078,7 +1108,7 @@ void job_start(Job *job)
         job->pause_count--;
         job->busy = true;
         job->paused = false;
-        job_state_transition(job, JOB_STATUS_RUNNING);
+        job_state_transition_locked(job, JOB_STATUS_RUNNING);
     }
     aio_co_enter(job->aio_context, job->co);
 }
@@ -1086,25 +1116,25 @@ void job_start(Job *job)
 void job_cancel(Job *job, bool force)
 {
     if (job->status == JOB_STATUS_CONCLUDED) {
-        job_do_dismiss(job);
+        job_do_dismiss_locked(job);
         return;
     }
-    job_cancel_async(job, force);
+    job_cancel_async_locked(job, force);
     if (!job_started(job)) {
-        job_completed(job);
+        job_completed_locked(job);
     } else if (job->deferred_to_main_loop) {
         /*
-         * job_cancel_async() ignores soft-cancel requests for jobs
+         * job_cancel_async_locked() ignores soft-cancel requests for jobs
          * that are already done (i.e. deferred to the main loop).  We
          * have to check again whether the job is really cancelled.
          * (job_cancel_requested_locked() and job_is_cancelled_locked()
-         * are equivalent here, because job_cancel_async() will
+         * are equivalent here, because job_cancel_async_locked() will
          * make soft-cancel requests no-ops when deferred_to_main_loop is true.
          * We choose to call job_is_cancelled_locked() to show that we invoke
-         * job_completed_txn_abort() only for force-cancelled jobs.)
+         * job_completed_txn_abort_locked() only for force-cancelled jobs.)
          */
         if (job_is_cancelled_locked(job)) {
-            job_completed_txn_abort(job);
+            job_completed_txn_abort_locked(job);
         }
     } else {
         job_enter_cond(job, NULL);
@@ -1119,18 +1149,23 @@ void job_user_cancel(Job *job, bool force, Error **errp)
     job_cancel(job, force);
 }
 
-/* A wrapper around job_cancel() taking an Error ** parameter so it may be
+/*
+ * A wrapper around job_cancel() taking an Error ** parameter so it may be
  * used with job_finish_sync() without the need for (rather nasty) function
- * pointer casts there. */
-static void job_cancel_err(Job *job, Error **errp)
+ * pointer casts there.
+ *
+ * Called with job_mutex held.
+ */
+static void job_cancel_err_locked(Job *job, Error **errp)
 {
     job_cancel(job, false);
 }
 
 /**
- * Same as job_cancel_err(), but force-cancel.
+ * Same as job_cancel_err_locked(), but force-cancel.
+ * Called with job_mutex held.
  */
-static void job_force_cancel_err(Job *job, Error **errp)
+static void job_force_cancel_err_locked(Job *job, Error **errp)
 {
     job_cancel(job, true);
 }
@@ -1138,9 +1173,9 @@ static void job_force_cancel_err(Job *job, Error **errp)
 int job_cancel_sync(Job *job, bool force)
 {
     if (force) {
-        return job_finish_sync(job, &job_force_cancel_err, NULL);
+        return job_finish_sync(job, &job_force_cancel_err_locked, NULL);
     } else {
-        return job_finish_sync(job, &job_cancel_err, NULL);
+        return job_finish_sync(job, &job_cancel_err_locked, NULL);
     }
 }
 
