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authorRoland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>2014-11-18 11:03:00 -0800
committerRoland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>2014-11-18 11:03:00 -0800
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NPTL: Refactor createthread.c
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-rw-r--r--nptl/createthread.c232
1 files changed, 73 insertions, 159 deletions
diff --git a/nptl/createthread.c b/nptl/createthread.c
index 49442d9f23..7b05d48954 100644
--- a/nptl/createthread.c
+++ b/nptl/createthread.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Low-level thread creation for NPTL. Linux version.
+ Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2002.
@@ -28,91 +29,119 @@
#include <arch-fork.h>
-#define CLONE_SIGNAL (CLONE_SIGHAND | CLONE_THREAD)
-
-
#ifndef ARCH_CLONE
# define ARCH_CLONE __clone
#endif
+/* See the comments in pthread_create.c for the requirements for these
+ two macros and the create_thread function. */
+
+#define START_THREAD_DEFN \
+ static int __attribute__ ((noreturn)) start_thread (void *arg)
+#define START_THREAD_SELF arg
+
+/* pthread_create.c defines this using START_THREAD_DEFN
+ We need a forward declaration here so we can take its address. */
+static int start_thread (void *arg) __attribute__ ((noreturn));
static int
-do_clone (struct pthread *pd, const struct pthread_attr *attr,
- int clone_flags, int (*fct) (void *), STACK_VARIABLES_PARMS,
- int stopped)
+create_thread (struct pthread *pd, const struct pthread_attr *attr,
+ bool stopped_start, STACK_VARIABLES_PARMS, bool *thread_ran)
{
- TLS_DEFINE_INIT_TP (tp, pd);
+ /* Determine whether the newly created threads has to be started
+ stopped since we have to set the scheduling parameters or set the
+ affinity. */
+ if (attr != NULL
+ && (__glibc_unlikely (attr->cpuset != NULL)
+ || __glibc_unlikely ((attr->flags & ATTR_FLAG_NOTINHERITSCHED) != 0)))
+ stopped_start = true;
- if (__glibc_unlikely (stopped != 0))
+ pd->stopped_start = stopped_start;
+ if (__glibc_unlikely (stopped_start))
/* We make sure the thread does not run far by forcing it to get a
lock. We lock it here too so that the new thread cannot continue
until we tell it to. */
lll_lock (pd->lock, LLL_PRIVATE);
- /* One more thread. We cannot have the thread do this itself, since it
- might exist but not have been scheduled yet by the time we've returned
- and need to check the value to behave correctly. We must do it before
- creating the thread, in case it does get scheduled first and then
- might mistakenly think it was the only thread. In the failure case,
- we momentarily store a false value; this doesn't matter because there
- is no kosher thing a signal handler interrupting us right here can do
- that cares whether the thread count is correct. */
- atomic_increment (&__nptl_nthreads);
+ /* We rely heavily on various flags the CLONE function understands:
- int rc = ARCH_CLONE (fct, STACK_VARIABLES_ARGS, clone_flags,
- pd, &pd->tid, tp, &pd->tid);
+ CLONE_VM, CLONE_FS, CLONE_FILES
+ These flags select semantics with shared address space and
+ file descriptors according to what POSIX requires.
- if (__glibc_unlikely (rc == -1))
- {
- atomic_decrement (&__nptl_nthreads); /* Oops, we lied for a second. */
+ CLONE_SIGHAND, CLONE_THREAD
+ This flag selects the POSIX signal semantics and various
+ other kinds of sharing (itimers, POSIX timers, etc.).
- /* Perhaps a thread wants to change the IDs and if waiting
- for this stillborn thread. */
- if (__builtin_expect (atomic_exchange_acq (&pd->setxid_futex, 0)
- == -2, 0))
- lll_futex_wake (&pd->setxid_futex, 1, LLL_PRIVATE);
+ CLONE_SETTLS
+ The sixth parameter to CLONE determines the TLS area for the
+ new thread.
- /* Free the resources. */
- __deallocate_stack (pd);
+ CLONE_PARENT_SETTID
+ The kernels writes the thread ID of the newly created thread
+ into the location pointed to by the fifth parameters to CLONE.
- /* We have to translate error codes. */
- return errno == ENOMEM ? EAGAIN : errno;
- }
+ Note that it would be semantically equivalent to use
+ CLONE_CHILD_SETTID but it is be more expensive in the kernel.
+
+ CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID
+ The kernels clears the thread ID of a thread that has called
+ sys_exit() in the location pointed to by the seventh parameter
+ to CLONE.
+
+ The termination signal is chosen to be zero which means no signal
+ is sent. */
+ const int clone_flags = (CLONE_VM | CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | CLONE_SYSVSEM
+ | CLONE_SIGHAND | CLONE_THREAD
+ | CLONE_SETTLS | CLONE_PARENT_SETTID
+ | CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID
+ | 0);
+
+ TLS_DEFINE_INIT_TP (tp, pd);
+
+ if (__glibc_unlikely (ARCH_CLONE (&start_thread, STACK_VARIABLES_ARGS,
+ clone_flags, pd, &pd->tid, tp, &pd->tid)
+ == -1))
+ return errno;
+
+ /* It's started now, so if we fail below, we'll have to cancel it
+ and let it clean itself up. */
+ *thread_ran = true;
/* Now we have the possibility to set scheduling parameters etc. */
- if (__glibc_unlikely (stopped != 0))
+ if (attr != NULL)
{
INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err);
- int res = 0;
+ int res;
/* Set the affinity mask if necessary. */
if (attr->cpuset != NULL)
{
+ assert (stopped_start);
+
res = INTERNAL_SYSCALL (sched_setaffinity, err, 3, pd->tid,
attr->cpusetsize, attr->cpuset);
if (__glibc_unlikely (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (res, err)))
+ err_out:
{
- /* The operation failed. We have to kill the thread. First
- send it the cancellation signal. */
+ /* The operation failed. We have to kill the thread.
+ We let the normal cancellation mechanism do the work. */
+
INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err2);
- err_out:
(void) INTERNAL_SYSCALL (tgkill, err2, 3,
THREAD_GETMEM (THREAD_SELF, pid),
pd->tid, SIGCANCEL);
- /* We do not free the stack here because the canceled thread
- itself will do this. */
-
- return (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (res, err)
- ? INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO (res, err)
- : 0);
+ return INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO (res, err);
}
}
/* Set the scheduling parameters. */
if ((attr->flags & ATTR_FLAG_NOTINHERITSCHED) != 0)
{
+ assert (stopped_start);
+
res = INTERNAL_SYSCALL (sched_setscheduler, err, 3, pd->tid,
pd->schedpolicy, &pd->schedparam);
@@ -121,120 +150,5 @@ do_clone (struct pthread *pd, const struct pthread_attr *attr,
}
}
- /* We now have for sure more than one thread. The main thread might
- not yet have the flag set. No need to set the global variable
- again if this is what we use. */
- THREAD_SETMEM (THREAD_SELF, header.multiple_threads, 1);
-
return 0;
}
-
-
-static int
-create_thread (struct pthread *pd, const struct pthread_attr *attr,
- STACK_VARIABLES_PARMS)
-{
-#if TLS_TCB_AT_TP
- assert (pd->header.tcb != NULL);
-#endif
-
- /* We rely heavily on various flags the CLONE function understands:
-
- CLONE_VM, CLONE_FS, CLONE_FILES
- These flags select semantics with shared address space and
- file descriptors according to what POSIX requires.
-
- CLONE_SIGNAL
- This flag selects the POSIX signal semantics.
-
- CLONE_SETTLS
- The sixth parameter to CLONE determines the TLS area for the
- new thread.
-
- CLONE_PARENT_SETTID
- The kernels writes the thread ID of the newly created thread
- into the location pointed to by the fifth parameters to CLONE.
-
- Note that it would be semantically equivalent to use
- CLONE_CHILD_SETTID but it is be more expensive in the kernel.
-
- CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID
- The kernels clears the thread ID of a thread that has called
- sys_exit() in the location pointed to by the seventh parameter
- to CLONE.
-
- The termination signal is chosen to be zero which means no signal
- is sent. */
- int clone_flags = (CLONE_VM | CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | CLONE_SIGNAL
- | CLONE_SETTLS | CLONE_PARENT_SETTID
- | CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID | CLONE_SYSVSEM
- | 0);
-
- if (__glibc_unlikely (THREAD_GETMEM (THREAD_SELF, report_events)))
- {
- /* The parent thread is supposed to report events. Check whether
- the TD_CREATE event is needed, too. */
- const int _idx = __td_eventword (TD_CREATE);
- const uint32_t _mask = __td_eventmask (TD_CREATE);
-
- if ((_mask & (__nptl_threads_events.event_bits[_idx]
- | pd->eventbuf.eventmask.event_bits[_idx])) != 0)
- {
- /* We always must have the thread start stopped. */
- pd->stopped_start = true;
-
- /* Create the thread. We always create the thread stopped
- so that it does not get far before we tell the debugger. */
- int res = do_clone (pd, attr, clone_flags, start_thread,
- STACK_VARIABLES_ARGS, 1);
- if (res == 0)
- {
- /* Now fill in the information about the new thread in
- the newly created thread's data structure. We cannot let
- the new thread do this since we don't know whether it was
- already scheduled when we send the event. */
- pd->eventbuf.eventnum = TD_CREATE;
- pd->eventbuf.eventdata = pd;
-
- /* Enqueue the descriptor. */
- do
- pd->nextevent = __nptl_last_event;
- while (atomic_compare_and_exchange_bool_acq (&__nptl_last_event,
- pd, pd->nextevent)
- != 0);
-
- /* Now call the function which signals the event. */
- __nptl_create_event ();
-
- /* And finally restart the new thread. */
- lll_unlock (pd->lock, LLL_PRIVATE);
- }
-
- return res;
- }
- }
-
-#ifdef NEED_DL_SYSINFO
- CHECK_THREAD_SYSINFO (pd);
-#endif
-
- /* Determine whether the newly created threads has to be started
- stopped since we have to set the scheduling parameters or set the
- affinity. */
- bool stopped = false;
- if (attr != NULL && (attr->cpuset != NULL
- || (attr->flags & ATTR_FLAG_NOTINHERITSCHED) != 0))
- stopped = true;
- pd->stopped_start = stopped;
- pd->parent_cancelhandling = THREAD_GETMEM (THREAD_SELF, cancelhandling);
-
- /* Actually create the thread. */
- int res = do_clone (pd, attr, clone_flags, start_thread,
- STACK_VARIABLES_ARGS, stopped);
-
- if (res == 0 && stopped)
- /* And finally restart the new thread. */
- lll_unlock (pd->lock, LLL_PRIVATE);
-
- return res;
-}