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[PATCH] Fix rwlock stall with PREFER_WRITER_NONRECURSIVE_NP (bug 23861)
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2018 15:54:03 +0100
- Subject: [PATCH] Fix rwlock stall with PREFER_WRITER_NONRECURSIVE_NP (bug 23861)
[BZ #23861]
* nptl/pthread_rwlock_common.c (__pthread_rwlock_rdlock_full):
Update expected value for __readers while waiting on
PTHREAD_RWLOCK_RWAITING.
* nptl/tst-rwlock-pwn.c: New file.
* nptl/Makefile (tests): Add tst-rwlock-pwn.
---
nptl/Makefile | 3 +-
nptl/pthread_rwlock_common.c | 6 +--
nptl/tst-rwlock-pwn.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 nptl/tst-rwlock-pwn.c
diff --git a/nptl/Makefile b/nptl/Makefile
index 49b6faa330..c164b929b7 100644
--- a/nptl/Makefile
+++ b/nptl/Makefile
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ tests = tst-attr1 tst-attr2 tst-attr3 tst-default-attr \
tst-minstack-throw \
tst-cnd-basic tst-mtx-trylock tst-cnd-broadcast \
tst-cnd-timedwait tst-thrd-detach tst-mtx-basic tst-thrd-sleep \
- tst-mtx-recursive tst-tss-basic tst-call-once tst-mtx-timedlock
+ tst-mtx-recursive tst-tss-basic tst-call-once tst-mtx-timedlock \
+ tst-rwlock-pwn
tests-internal := tst-rwlock19 tst-rwlock20 \
tst-sem11 tst-sem12 tst-sem13 \
diff --git a/nptl/pthread_rwlock_common.c b/nptl/pthread_rwlock_common.c
index a290d08332..e95cbe4033 100644
--- a/nptl/pthread_rwlock_common.c
+++ b/nptl/pthread_rwlock_common.c
@@ -314,12 +314,12 @@ __pthread_rwlock_rdlock_full (pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock,
harmless because the flag is just about the state of
__readers, and all threads set the flag under the same
conditions. */
- while ((atomic_load_relaxed (&rwlock->__data.__readers)
- & PTHREAD_RWLOCK_RWAITING) != 0)
+ while (((r = atomic_load_relaxed (&rwlock->__data.__readers))
+ & PTHREAD_RWLOCK_RWAITING) != 0)
{
int private = __pthread_rwlock_get_private (rwlock);
int err = futex_abstimed_wait (&rwlock->__data.__readers,
- r, abstime, private);
+ r, abstime, private);
/* We ignore EAGAIN and EINTR. On time-outs, we can just
return because we don't need to clean up anything. */
if (err == ETIMEDOUT)
diff --git a/nptl/tst-rwlock-pwn.c b/nptl/tst-rwlock-pwn.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2be59576a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nptl/tst-rwlock-pwn.c
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/* Test rwlock with PREFER_WRITER_NONRECURSIVE_NP.
+ Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+#define LOOPS 10
+#define NTHREADS 3
+
+volatile int do_exit;
+pthread_rwlockattr_t mylock_attr;
+pthread_rwlock_t mylock;
+
+void *
+wrloop (void *a)
+{
+ while (!do_exit)
+ {
+ if (random () & 1)
+ {
+ xpthread_rwlock_wrlock (&mylock);
+ xpthread_rwlock_unlock (&mylock);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ xpthread_rwlock_rdlock (&mylock);
+ xpthread_rwlock_unlock (&mylock);
+ }
+ }
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+int
+do_test (void)
+{
+ xpthread_rwlockattr_init (&mylock_attr);
+ xpthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np (&mylock_attr,
+ PTHREAD_RWLOCK_PREFER_WRITER_NONRECURSIVE_NP);
+ xpthread_rwlock_init (&mylock, &mylock_attr);
+
+ for (int n = 0; n < LOOPS; n++)
+ {
+ pthread_t tids[NTHREADS];
+ do_exit = 0;
+ for (int i = 0; i < NTHREADS; i++)
+ tids[i] = xpthread_create (NULL, wrloop, NULL);
+ sleep (1);
+ printf ("Exiting..."); fflush (stdout);
+ do_exit = 1;
+ for (int i = 0; i < NTHREADS; i++)
+ xpthread_join (tids[i]);
+ printf ("done.\n");
+ }
+ pthread_rwlock_destroy (&mylock);
+ pthread_rwlockattr_destroy (&mylock_attr);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+#define TIMEOUT 3 * LOOPS
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
--
2.19.1
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