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* [gcc r14-2844] ada: Fix race condition in protected entry call
@ 2023-07-28  7:31 Marc Poulhi?s
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From: Marc Poulhi?s @ 2023-07-28  7:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
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https://gcc.gnu.org/g:5bd09a25b342f980f0596c9e354c54a4c635ec65

commit r14-2844-g5bd09a25b342f980f0596c9e354c54a4c635ec65
Author: Ronan Desplanques <desplanques@adacore.com>
Date:   Tue Jul 11 17:57:14 2023 +0200

    ada: Fix race condition in protected entry call
    
    This patch only affects the single-entry implementation of protected
    objects.
    
    Before this patch, there was a race condition where a task that
    called an entry could put itself to sleep right after another task
    had executed the entry as a proxy and signalled the not-yet-waiting
    first task, which caused the first task to enter a deadlock.
    
    Note that this race condition has been identified and fixed before
    for the implementations of the run-time that live under hie/.
    
    This patch reworks the locking sequence so that it is closer to the
    one that's used in the multiple-entry implementation of protected
    objects. The code for the multiple-entry implementation is spread
    across multiple subprograms. To draw a parallel with the section
    this patch modifies, one can read the following subprograms:
    
    - System.Tasking.Protected_Objects.Operations.Protected_Entry_Call
    - System.Tasking.Entry_Calls.Wait_For_Completion
    - System.Tasking.Entry_Calls.Check_Pending_Actions_For_Entry_Call
    
    This patch also adds a comment that explicitly states the locking
    constraint that must hold in the affected section.
    
    gcc/ada/
    
            * libgnarl/s-tposen.adb: Fix race condition. Add comment to justify
            the locking timing.

Diff:
---
 gcc/ada/libgnarl/s-tposen.adb | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gcc/ada/libgnarl/s-tposen.adb b/gcc/ada/libgnarl/s-tposen.adb
index 9dff6619295..a7447b9e2af 100644
--- a/gcc/ada/libgnarl/s-tposen.adb
+++ b/gcc/ada/libgnarl/s-tposen.adb
@@ -345,11 +345,17 @@ package body System.Tasking.Protected_Objects.Single_Entry is
 
       pragma Assert (Entry_Call.State /= Cancelled);
 
+      --  Note that we need to acquire Self_Id's lock before checking the value
+      --  of Entry_Call.State, even though the latter is specified as atomic
+      --  with a pragma. If we didn't, another task could execute the entry on
+      --  our behalf right between the check of Entry_Call.State and the call
+      --  to Wait_For_Completion, and that would cause a deadlock.
+
+      STPO.Write_Lock (Self_Id);
       if Entry_Call.State /= Done then
-         STPO.Write_Lock (Self_Id);
          Wait_For_Completion (Entry_Call'Access);
-         STPO.Unlock (Self_Id);
       end if;
+      STPO.Unlock (Self_Id);
 
       Check_Exception (Self_Id, Entry_Call'Access);
    end Protected_Single_Entry_Call;

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