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* [2.27 COMMITTED] Fix rwlock stall with PREFER_WRITER_NONRECURSIVE_NP (bug, 23861)
@ 2018-01-01  0:00 Carlos O'Donell
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From: Carlos O'Donell @ 2018-01-01  0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: GNU C Library (Stable)

In the read lock function (__pthread_rwlock_rdlock_full) there was a
code path which would fail to reload __readers while waiting for
PTHREAD_RWLOCK_RWAITING to change. This failure to reload __readers
into a local value meant that various conditionals used the old value
of __readers and with only two threads left it could result in an
indefinite stall of one of the readers (waiting for PTHREAD_RWLOCK_RWAITING
to go to zero, but it never would).

(cherry picked from commit f21e8f8ca466320fed38bdb71526c574dae98026)
---
 ChangeLog                    |  9 ++++
 nptl/Makefile                |  3 +-
 nptl/pthread_rwlock_common.c |  4 +-
 nptl/tst-rwlock-pwn.c        | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 nptl/tst-rwlock-pwn.c

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index edd595c60e..23b1e6f056 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2018-12-13  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
+
+	[BZ #23861]
+	* nptl/pthread_rwlock_common.c: Reindent.  Fix typos.
+	(__pthread_rwlock_rdlock_full): Update expected value for
+	__readers while waiting on PTHREAD_RWLOCK_RWAITING.
+	* nptl/tst-rwlock-pwn.c: New file.
+	* nptl/Makefile (tests): Add tst-rwlock-pwn.
+
 2018-12-12  Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho  <tuliom@linux.ibm.com>
 
 	[BZ #23614]
diff --git a/nptl/Makefile b/nptl/Makefile
index cf2ee23d22..8d88bf2514 100644
--- a/nptl/Makefile
+++ b/nptl/Makefile
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ tests = tst-attr1 tst-attr2 tst-attr3 tst-default-attr \
 	tst-thread_local1 tst-mutex-errorcheck tst-robust10 \
 	tst-robust-fork tst-create-detached tst-memstream \
 	tst-thread-exit-clobber tst-minstack-cancel tst-minstack-exit \
-	tst-minstack-throw
+	tst-minstack-throw \
+	tst-rwlock-pwn
 
 tests-internal := tst-rwlock19 tst-rwlock20 \
 		  tst-sem11 tst-sem12 tst-sem13 \
diff --git a/nptl/pthread_rwlock_common.c b/nptl/pthread_rwlock_common.c
index a290d08332..9ce36d1026 100644
--- a/nptl/pthread_rwlock_common.c
+++ b/nptl/pthread_rwlock_common.c
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ __pthread_rwlock_rdlock_full (pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock,
 		 harmless because the flag is just about the state of
 		 __readers, and all threads set the flag under the same
 		 conditions.  */
-	      while ((atomic_load_relaxed (&rwlock->__data.__readers)
-		  & PTHREAD_RWLOCK_RWAITING) != 0)
+	      while (((r = atomic_load_relaxed (&rwlock->__data.__readers))
+		      & PTHREAD_RWLOCK_RWAITING) != 0)
 		{
 		  int private = __pthread_rwlock_get_private (rwlock);
 		  int err = futex_abstimed_wait (&rwlock->__data.__readers,
diff --git a/nptl/tst-rwlock-pwn.c b/nptl/tst-rwlock-pwn.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c39dd70973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nptl/tst-rwlock-pwn.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/* Test rwlock with PREFER_WRITER_NONRECURSIVE_NP (bug 23861).
+   Copyright (C) 2018 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/>.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+/* We choose 10 iterations because this happens to be able to trigger the
+   stall on contemporary hardware.  */
+#define LOOPS 10
+/* We need 3 threads to trigger bug 23861.  One thread as a writer, and
+   two reader threads.  The test verifies that the second-to-last reader
+   is able to notify the *last* reader that it should be done waiting.
+   If the second-to-last reader fails to notify the last reader or does
+   so incorrectly then the last reader may stall indefinitely.  */
+#define NTHREADS 3
+
+_Atomic int do_exit;
+pthread_rwlockattr_t mylock_attr;
+pthread_rwlock_t mylock;
+
+void *
+run_loop (void *a)
+{
+  while (!do_exit)
+    {
+      if (random () & 1)
+	{
+	  xpthread_rwlock_wrlock (&mylock);
+	  xpthread_rwlock_unlock (&mylock);
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  xpthread_rwlock_rdlock (&mylock);
+	  xpthread_rwlock_unlock (&mylock);
+	}
+    }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  xpthread_rwlockattr_init (&mylock_attr);
+  xpthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np (&mylock_attr,
+				  PTHREAD_RWLOCK_PREFER_WRITER_NONRECURSIVE_NP);
+  xpthread_rwlock_init (&mylock, &mylock_attr);
+
+  for (int n = 0; n < LOOPS; n++)
+    {
+      pthread_t tids[NTHREADS];
+      do_exit = 0;
+      for (int i = 0; i < NTHREADS; i++)
+	tids[i] = xpthread_create (NULL, run_loop, NULL);
+      /* Let the threads run for some time.  */
+      sleep (1);
+      printf ("Exiting...");
+      fflush (stdout);
+      do_exit = 1;
+      for (int i = 0; i < NTHREADS; i++)
+	xpthread_join (tids[i]);
+      printf ("done.\n");
+    }
+  pthread_rwlock_destroy (&mylock);
+  pthread_rwlockattr_destroy (&mylock_attr);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#define TIMEOUT (DEFAULT_TIMEOUT + 3 * LOOPS)
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
-- 
2.19.2


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Cheers,
Carlos.

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