[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 30 07:22:00 GMT 2018


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On 07/23/2018 08:42 AM, Stefan Liebler wrote:
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> Please have a look at the patch posted here:
> https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-06/msg00246.html
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> On 07/16/2018 01:56 PM, Stefan Liebler wrote:
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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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>>>>>
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