From: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
To: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>,
Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/9] nptl: Remove CANCELING_BITMASK
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 10:50:01 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <10f40817-50da-5997-c2e8-3aa4edfab4a4@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bl8q6jok.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com>
On 01/06/2021 06:03, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha:
>
>> The CANCELING_BITMASK is used as an optimization to avoid sending
>> the signal when pthread_cancel is called in a concurrent manner.
>>
>> This requires then to put both the cancellation state and type on
>> a shared state (cancelhandling), since 'pthread_cancel' checks
>> whether cancellation is enabled and asynchrnous to either cancel
>> itself of sending the signal.
>>
>> It also requires handle the CANCELING_BITMASK on
>> __pthread_disable_asynccancel, however this is incurs in the same
>
> typo: “this is incurs”
Ack.
>
>> issues described on BZ#12683: the cancellation is acting even *after*
>
> “is acted upon even *after*”?
Ack.
>
>> the syscalls returns with user visible side-effects.
>>
>> This patch removes this optimization and simplifies the pthread
>> cancellation implementation: pthread_cancel now first check if
>
> typo: check → checks
Ack.
>
>> cancellation is already pending and if not always send a signal
>
> typo: send → sends
Ack.
>
> Maybe add a comma before “always”.
Ack.
>
>> if the target is not itself. The SIGCANCEL handler is also simpified
>> since there is not need to setup a CAS loop.
>>
>> It also alows to move both the cancellation state and mode out of
>> 'cancelhadling' (it is done in subsequent patches).
>
> typo: alows
Ack.
>
>> diff --git a/nptl/pthread_cancel.c b/nptl/pthread_cancel.c
>> index deb404600c..8dfbcff8c3 100644
>> --- a/nptl/pthread_cancel.c
>> +++ b/nptl/pthread_cancel.c
>
>> @@ -104,72 +87,33 @@ __pthread_cancel (pthread_t th)
>> " must be installed for pthread_cancel to work\n");
>> }
>> +
>> + int oldch = atomic_fetch_or_acquire (&pd->cancelhandling, CANCELED_BITMASK);
>> + if ((oldch & CANCELED_BITMASK) != 0)
>> + return 0;
>> +
>> + if (pd == THREAD_SELF)
>> {
>> + /* A single-threaded process should be able to kill itself, since there
>> + is nothing in the POSIX specification that says that it cannot. So
>> + we set multiple_threads to true so that cancellation points get
>> + executed. */
>> + THREAD_SETMEM (THREAD_SELF, header.multiple_threads, 1);
>> #ifndef TLS_MULTIPLE_THREADS_IN_TCB
>> - __libc_multiple_threads = 1;
>> + __libc_multiple_threads = 1;
>> #endif
>> +
>> + THREAD_SETMEM (pd, result, PTHREAD_CANCELED);
>> + if ((oldch & CANCELTYPE_BITMASK) != 0)
>> + __do_cancel ();
>> + return 0;
>> }
>
> The last part is for asynchronous self-cancel, right? Don't we have to
> check that cancellation is enabled, too?
Indeed it should be:
if ((oldch & CANCELSTATE_BIT)
&& (oldch & CANCELTYPE_BITMASK) != 0)
I ended up fixing it later in the serie with the cancel type and state
refactor. I have fixed it locally.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-01 13:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-27 17:28 [PATCH v2 0/9] nptl: pthread cancellation refactor Adhemerval Zanella
2021-05-27 17:28 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] nptl: Remove exit-thread.h Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-01 7:51 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-01 12:55 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-05-27 17:28 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] nptl: Deallocate the thread stack on setup failure (BZ #19511) Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-01 8:32 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-01 13:08 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-01 13:55 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-02 12:56 ` [PATCH v3] " Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-02 13:08 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-06-02 13:39 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-02 13:41 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-06-02 14:01 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-02 14:07 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-06-02 14:15 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-02 14:30 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-06-02 14:42 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-02 18:20 ` Joseph Myers
2021-06-02 18:30 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-02 19:02 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-02 19:11 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-08 10:56 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-08 17:01 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-09 13:49 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-09 17:07 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-05-27 17:28 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] nptl: Install cancellation handler on pthread_cancel Adhemerval Zanella
2021-05-31 18:18 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-01 8:38 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-01 13:10 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-01 8:39 ` Florian Weimer
2021-05-27 17:28 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] nptl: Remove CANCELING_BITMASK Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-01 9:03 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-01 13:50 ` Adhemerval Zanella [this message]
2021-06-01 16:36 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-05-27 17:28 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] nptl: Move cancel state out of cancelhandling Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-01 9:58 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-02 13:09 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-05-27 17:28 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] nptl: Move cancel type " Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-01 12:37 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-02 13:11 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-09 17:06 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-05-27 17:28 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] nptl: Implement raise in terms of pthread_kill Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-01 12:40 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-02 13:14 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2021-05-27 17:28 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] nptl: Use pthread_kill on pthread_cancel Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-01 12:41 ` Florian Weimer
2021-05-27 17:28 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] nptl: Avoid async cancellation to wrongly update __nptl_nthreads (BZ #19366) Adhemerval Zanella
2021-06-01 14:29 ` Florian Weimer
2021-06-02 13:15 ` Adhemerval Zanella
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