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Date:      Thu, 3 Mar 2005 14:56:21 +0530
From:      "Andriy Tkachuk" <andrit@ukr.net>
To:        "David Xu" <davidxu@freebsd.org>
Cc:        threads@freebsd.org
Subject:    Re: patch for threads/76690 - critical - fork hang in child for-lc_r
Message-ID:  <012901c51fd3$131e23b0$090210ac@BORJA>

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> > > Hmm,  libc_r and libpthread handle spinlock differently which malloc
> > > uses  to protect itself, some real world benchmarks are better than
> this.

yes , you right, David. one have to check __isthreaded before
firing _SPINLOCK. there will be nothing wrong, because

static spinlock_t thread_lock       = _SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER;

initialyzed regardless __isthreaded in malloc.c but
for optimization probably it is worth to add this check.
Take a look on updated patch.

btw: i don't see the unlock in child in libpthread. there must be two
unlocks
- in child & in parent, doesn't it? :

# grep __malloc_lock -r libpthread
libpthread/thread/thr_fork.c:           _spinlock(__malloc_lock);
libpthread/thread/thr_fork.c:           if ((_kse_isthreaded() != 0) &&
(__malloc_lock != NULL)) {
libpthread/thread/thr_fork.c:                   _spinunlock(__malloc_lock);
#

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diff -r -u lib/libc_r/uthread/uthread_fork.c =
lib.patched/libc_r/uthread/uthread_fork.c=0A=
--- lib/libc_r/uthread/uthread_fork.c	Fri Dec 10 09:06:45 2004=0A=
+++ lib.patched/libc_r/uthread/uthread_fork.c	Thu Mar  3 14:50:06 2005=0A=
@@ -68,8 +68,15 @@=0A=
 			af->prepare();=0A=
 	}=0A=
 =0A=
+	extern spinlock_t *__malloc_lock;=0A=
+	if (__isthreaded && __malloc_lock !=3D NULL)=0A=
+		_SPINLOCK(__malloc_lock);=0A=
+=0A=
 	/* Fork a new process: */=0A=
 	if ((ret =3D __sys_fork()) !=3D 0) {=0A=
+		if (__isthreaded && __malloc_lock !=3D NULL)=0A=
+			_SPINUNLOCK(__malloc_lock);=0A=
+=0A=
 		/* Run down atfork parent handlers. */=0A=
 		TAILQ_FOREACH(af, &_atfork_list, qe) {=0A=
 			if (af->parent !=3D NULL)=0A=
@@ -78,6 +85,9 @@=0A=
 		_pthread_mutex_unlock(&_atfork_mutex);=0A=
 =0A=
 	} else {=0A=
+		if (__isthreaded && __malloc_lock !=3D NULL)=0A=
+			_SPINUNLOCK(__malloc_lock);=0A=
+=0A=
 		/* Close the pthread kernel pipe: */=0A=
 		__sys_close(_thread_kern_pipe[0]);=0A=
 		__sys_close(_thread_kern_pipe[1]);=0A=

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