[PING][PATCH] Fix race in pthread_mutex_lock while promoting to PTHREAD_MUTEX_ELISION_NP [BZ #23275]

Stefan Liebler stli@linux.ibm.com
Mon Jul 16 11:57:00 GMT 2018


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On 07/10/2018 08:33 AM, Stefan Liebler wrote:
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> On 07/03/2018 08:28 AM, Stefan Liebler wrote:
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>> On 06/26/2018 08:45 AM, Stefan Liebler wrote:
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>>> On 06/19/2018 09:45 AM, Stefan Liebler wrote:
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>>>> On 06/12/2018 04:24 PM, Stefan Liebler wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> The race leads either to pthread_mutex_destroy returning EBUSY or 
>>>>> triggering an assertion (See description in bugzilla).
>>>>>
>>>>> This patch is fixing the race by ensuring that the elision path is 
>>>>> used in all cases if elision is enabled by the GLIBC_TUNABLES 
>>>>> framework.
>>>>>
>>>>> The __kind variable in struct __pthread_mutex_s is accessed 
>>>>> concurrently. Therefore we are now using the atomic macros.
>>>>>
>>>>> The new testcase tst-mutex10 is triggering the race on s390x and 
>>>>> intel. Presumably also on power, but I don't have access to a power 
>>>>> machine with lock-elision. At least the code for power is the same 
>>>>> as on the other two architectures. Can somebody test it on power?
>>>>>
>>>>> Bye
>>>>> Stefan
>>>>>
>>>>> ChangeLog:
>>>>>
>>>>>      [BZ #23275]
>>>>>      * nptl/tst-mutex10.c: New File.
>>>>>      * nptl/Makefile (tests): Add tst-mutex10.
>>>>>      (tst-mutex-ENV): New variable.
>>>>>      * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/force-elision.h: (FORCE_ELISION):
>>>>>      Ensure that elision path is used if elision is available.
>>>>>      * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/force-elision.h
>>>>>      (FORCE_ELISION): Likewise.
>>>>>      * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/force-elision.h: (FORCE_ELISION):
>>>>>      Likewise.
>>>>>      * nptl/pthreadP.h (PTHREAD_MUTEX_TYPE,
>>>>>      PTHREAD_MUTEX_TYPE_ELISION, PTHREAD_MUTEX_PSHARED):
>>>>>      Use atomic_load_relaxed.
>>>>>      * nptl/pthread_mutex_consistent.c (pthread_mutex_consistent):
>>>>>      Likewise.
>>>>>      * nptl/pthread_mutex_getprioceiling.c
>>>>>      (pthread_mutex_getprioceiling): Likewise.
>>>>>      * nptl/pthread_mutex_lock.c (__pthread_mutex_lock_full,
>>>>>      __pthread_mutex_cond_lock_adjust): Likewise.
>>>>>      * nptl/pthread_mutex_setprioceiling.c
>>>>>      (pthread_mutex_setprioceiling): Likewise.
>>>>>      * nptl/pthread_mutex_timedlock.c (__pthread_mutex_timedlock):
>>>>>      Likewise.
>>>>>      * nptl/pthread_mutex_trylock.c (__pthread_mutex_trylock):
>>>>>      Likewise.
>>>>>      * nptl/pthread_mutex_unlock.c (__pthread_mutex_unlock_full):
>>>>>      Likewise.
>>>>>      * sysdeps/nptl/bits/thread-shared-types.h
>>>>>      (struct __pthread_mutex_s): Add comments.
>>>>>      * nptl/pthread_mutex_destroy.c (__pthread_mutex_destroy):
>>>>>      Use atomic_load_relaxed and atomic_store_relaxed.
>>>>>      * nptl/pthread_mutex_init.c (__pthread_mutex_init):
>>>>>      Use atomic_store_relaxed.
>>>>
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