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authorEric Fiselier <eric@efcs.ca>2015-04-02 21:02:06 +0000
committerEric Fiselier <eric@efcs.ca>2015-04-02 21:02:06 +0000
commit1d55ecf51364279841f140f0255af8f496a7ee3f (patch)
tree9ae2e90809547080039834cee7d4022730f64cfb
parent2cea80b137cb6e6bbadc5f0461220547f351461f (diff)
[libcxx] Fix bug in shared_timed_mutex that could cause a program to hang.
Summary: The summary of the bug, provided by Stephan T. Lavavej: In shared_timed_mutex::try_lock_until() (line 195 in 3.6.0), you need to deliver a notification. The scenario is: * There are N threads holding the shared lock. * One thread calls try_lock_until() to attempt to acquire the exclusive lock. It sets the "I want to write" bool/bit, then waits for the N readers to drain away. * K more threads attempt to acquire the shared lock, but they notice that someone said "I want to write", so they block on a condition_variable. * At least one of the N readers is stubborn and doesn't release the shared lock. * The wannabe-writer times out, gives up, and unsets the "I want to write" bool/bit. At this point, a notification (it needs to be notify_all) must be delivered to the condition_variable that the K wannabe-readers are waiting on. Otherwise, they can block forever without waking up. Reviewers: mclow.lists, jyasskin Reviewed By: jyasskin Subscribers: jyasskin, cfe-commits Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D8796 git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/libcxx/trunk@233944 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
-rw-r--r--include/shared_mutex1
-rw-r--r--test/std/thread/thread.mutex/thread.mutex.requirements/thread.sharedtimedmutex.requirements/thread.sharedtimedmutex.class/try_lock_until_deadlock_bug.pass.cpp70
2 files changed, 71 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/shared_mutex b/include/shared_mutex
index 9b7f0bf77..c97b147ef 100644
--- a/include/shared_mutex
+++ b/include/shared_mutex
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ shared_timed_mutex::try_lock_until(
if (__status == cv_status::timeout)
{
__state_ &= ~__write_entered_;
+ __gate1_.notify_all();
return false;
}
}
diff --git a/test/std/thread/thread.mutex/thread.mutex.requirements/thread.sharedtimedmutex.requirements/thread.sharedtimedmutex.class/try_lock_until_deadlock_bug.pass.cpp b/test/std/thread/thread.mutex/thread.mutex.requirements/thread.sharedtimedmutex.requirements/thread.sharedtimedmutex.class/try_lock_until_deadlock_bug.pass.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed288099c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/std/thread/thread.mutex/thread.mutex.requirements/thread.sharedtimedmutex.requirements/thread.sharedtimedmutex.class/try_lock_until_deadlock_bug.pass.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is dual licensed under the MIT and the University of Illinois Open
+// Source Licenses. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// UNSUPPORTED: libcpp-has-no-threads
+// UNSUPPORTED: c++03, c++98, c++11
+
+// <shared_mutex>
+
+// class shared_timed_mutex;
+
+#include <shared_mutex>
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <thread>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cassert>
+
+std::shared_timed_mutex m;
+
+const int total_readers = 2;
+std::atomic<int> readers_started(0);
+std::atomic<int> readers_finished(0);
+
+// Wait for the readers to start then try and acquire the write lock.
+void writer_one() {
+ while (readers_started != total_readers) {}
+ bool b = m.try_lock_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(500));
+ assert(b == false);
+}
+
+void blocked_reader() {
+ ++readers_started;
+ // Wait until writer_one is waiting for the write lock.
+ while (m.try_lock_shared()) {
+ m.unlock_shared();
+ }
+ // Attempt to get the read lock. writer_one should be blocking us because
+ // writer_one is blocked by main.
+ m.lock_shared();
+ ++readers_finished;
+ m.unlock_shared();
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+ typedef std::chrono::steady_clock Clock;
+
+ m.lock_shared();
+ std::thread t1(writer_one);
+ // create some readers
+ std::thread t2(blocked_reader);
+ std::thread t3(blocked_reader);
+ // Kill the test after 10 seconds if it hasn't completed.
+ auto end_point = Clock::now() + std::chrono::seconds(10);
+ while (readers_finished != total_readers && Clock::now() < end_point) {
+ std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
+ }
+ assert(readers_finished == total_readers);
+ m.unlock_shared();
+ t1.join();
+ t2.join();
+ t3.join();
+}