[PATCH] nscd: bump GC cycle during cache pruning (bug 26130)

[Andreas Schwab]

While nscd prunes a cache it becomes inconsistent temporarily, which is
visible to clients if that cache is shared.  Bump the GC cycle counter so
that the clients notice the modification window.
---
 nscd/cache.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nscd/cache.c b/nscd/cache.c
index 94163d9ce3..2ceac94c23 100644
--- a/nscd/cache.c
+++ b/nscd/cache.c
@@ -453,6 +453,11 @@ prune_cache (struct database_dyn *table, time_t now, int fd)
 	  pthread_rwlock_wrlock (&table->lock);
 	}
 
+      /* Now we start modifying the data.  Make sure all readers of the
+	 data are aware of this and temporarily don't use the data.  */
+      ++table->head->gc_cycle;
+      assert ((table->head->gc_cycle & 1) == 1);
+
       while (first <= last)
 	{
 	  if (mark[first])
@@ -493,6 +498,10 @@ prune_cache (struct database_dyn *table, time_t now, int fd)
 	  ++first;
 	}
 
+      /* Now we are done modifying the data.  */
+      ++table->head->gc_cycle;
+      assert ((table->head->gc_cycle & 1) == 0);
+
       /* It's all done.  */
       pthread_rwlock_unlock (&table->lock);
 
-- 
2.26.2


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