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diff --git a/nptl/tst-rwlock-trywrlock-stall.c b/nptl/tst-rwlock-trywrlock-stall.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..14d27cbcbc --- /dev/null +++ b/nptl/tst-rwlock-trywrlock-stall.c @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +/* Bug 23844: Test for pthread_rwlock_trywrlock stalls. + Copyright (C) 2019 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/>. */ + +/* For a full analysis see comments in tst-rwlock-tryrdlock-stall.c. + + Summary for the pthread_rwlock_trywrlock() stall: + + The stall is caused by pthread_rwlock_trywrlock setting + __wrphase_futex futex to 1 and loosing the + PTHREAD_RWLOCK_FUTEX_USED bit. + + The fix for bug 23844 ensures that waiters on __wrphase_futex are + correctly woken. Before the fix the test stalls as readers can + wait forever on __wrphase_futex. */ + +#include <stdio.h> +#include <stdlib.h> +#include <unistd.h> +#include <pthread.h> +#include <support/xthread.h> +#include <errno.h> + +/* We need only one lock to reproduce the issue. We will need multiple + threads to get the exact case where we have a read, try, and unlock + all interleaving to produce the case where the readers are waiting + and the try clears the PTHREAD_RWLOCK_FUTEX_USED bit and a + subsequent unlock fails to wake them. */ +pthread_rwlock_t onelock; + +/* The number of threads is arbitrary but empirically chosen to have + enough threads that we see the condition where waiting readers are + not woken by a successful unlock. */ +#define NTHREADS 32 + +_Atomic int do_exit; + +void * +run_loop (void *arg) +{ + int i = 0, ret; + while (!do_exit) + { + /* Arbitrarily choose if we are the writer or reader. Choose a + high enough ratio of readers to writers to make it likely + that readers block (and eventually are susceptable to + stalling). + + If we are a writer, take the write lock, and then unlock. + If we are a reader, try the lock, then lock, then unlock. */ + if ((i % 8) != 0) + { + if ((ret = pthread_rwlock_trywrlock (&onelock)) != 0) + { + if (ret == EBUSY) + xpthread_rwlock_wrlock (&onelock); + else + exit (EXIT_FAILURE); + } + } + else + xpthread_rwlock_rdlock (&onelock); + /* Thread does some work and then unlocks. */ + xpthread_rwlock_unlock (&onelock); + i++; + } + return NULL; +} + +int +do_test (void) +{ + int i; + pthread_t tids[NTHREADS]; + xpthread_rwlock_init (&onelock, NULL); + for (i = 0; i < NTHREADS; i++) + tids[i] = xpthread_create (NULL, run_loop, NULL); + /* Run for some amount of time. The pthread_rwlock_tryrwlock stall + is very easy to trigger and happens in seconds under the test + conditions. */ + sleep (10); + /* Then exit. */ + printf ("INFO: Exiting...\n"); + do_exit = 1; + /* If any readers stalled then we will timeout waiting for them. */ + for (i = 0; i < NTHREADS; i++) + xpthread_join (tids[i]); + printf ("INFO: Done.\n"); + xpthread_rwlock_destroy (&onelock); + printf ("PASS: No pthread_rwlock_tryrwlock stalls detected.\n"); + return 0; +} + +#include <support/test-driver.c> |