Re: [PATCH 1/3] support: Add support_wait_for_thread_exit

[Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>]

On 17/08/2021 10:50, Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha wrote:
> ---
>  support/support.h                      |  4 ++
>  support/support_wait_for_thread_exit.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Missing the Makefile entry for support_wait_for_thread_exit 

>  2 files changed, 71 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 support/support_wait_for_thread_exit.c
> 
> diff --git a/support/support.h b/support/support.h
> index 834dba9097..a5978b939a 100644
> --- a/support/support.h
> +++ b/support/support.h
> @@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ timer_t support_create_timer (uint64_t sec, long int nsec, bool repeat,
>  /* Disable the timer TIMER.  */
>  void support_delete_timer (timer_t timer);
>  
> +/* Wait until all threads except the current thread have exited (as
> +   far as the kernel is concerned).  */
> +void support_wait_for_thread_exit (void);
> +
>  struct support_stack
>  {
>    void *stack;

Ok.

> diff --git a/support/support_wait_for_thread_exit.c b/support/support_wait_for_thread_exit.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..808901f746
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/support/support_wait_for_thread_exit.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
> +/* Wait until all threads except the current thread has exited.
> +   Copyright (C) 2021 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
> +   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
> +
> +#include <dirent.h>
> +#include <errno.h>
> +#include <string.h>
> +#include <support/check.h>
> +#include <support/support.h>
> +#include <unistd.h>
> +
> +void
> +support_wait_for_thread_exit (void)
> +{
> +  DIR *proc_self_task = opendir ("/proc/self/task");
> +  if (proc_self_task == NULL)
> +    /* Use a large timeout because we cannot verify that the thread
> +       has exited.  */
> +    usleep (5 * 1000 * 1000);
> +  else
> +    {
> +      int count;
> +
> +    wait_again:
> +      count = 0;
> +      rewinddir (proc_self_task);
> +      while (true)
> +        {
> +          errno = 0;
> +          struct dirent *e = readdir (proc_self_task);
> +          if (e == NULL && errno != 0)
> +            FAIL_EXIT1 ("readdir: %m");
> +          if (e == NULL)
> +            {
> +              /* Only the main thread remains.  Testing may continue.  */
> +              TEST_VERIFY (count >= 1);
> +              closedir (proc_self_task);
> +              return;
> +            }
> +
> +          if (strcmp (e->d_name, ".") == 0 || strcmp (e->d_name, "..") == 0)
> +            continue;
> +
> +          ++count;
> +          if (count > 1)
> +            {
> +              /* Small timeout to give the thread a chance to exit.  */
> +              usleep (50 * 1000);
> +              goto wait_again;
> +            }
> +        }
> +    }
> +}
> 

I am not very found of interfaces that poll kernel resources using timeouts,
but I don't think we have a better Linux interface to handle this.