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Date:      Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:54:02 +0200
From:      Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r211896 - head/sbin/hastd
Message-ID:  <20100827215402.GB2077@garage.freebsd.pl>
In-Reply-To: <20100827213827.GD2396@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
References:  <201008272049.o7RKn63o007138@svn.freebsd.org> <20100827213827.GD2396@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>

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On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 12:38:27AM +0300, Kostik Belousov wrote:
> > --- head/sbin/hastd/primary.c	Fri Aug 27 20:48:12 2010	(r211895)
> > +++ head/sbin/hastd/primary.c	Fri Aug 27 20:49:06 2010	(r211896)
> > @@ -1988,7 +1988,9 @@ guard_thread(void *arg)
> >  				rw_unlock(&hio_remote_lock[ii]);
> >  			}
> >  		}
> > -		(void)cv_timedwait(&hio_guard_cond, &hio_guard_lock, timeout);
> > +		/* Sleep only if a signal wasn't delivered in the meantime. */
> > +		if (!sigexit_received && !sighup_received && !sigchld_received)
> > +			cv_timedwait(&hio_guard_cond, &hio_guard_lock, timeout);
> >  		mtx_unlock(&hio_guard_lock);
> >  	}
> >  	/* NOTREACHED */
> I wanted to say that this is racy, because if a signal is delivered after
> the check is done but before the sleep, you loose.

Yes, I know it is racy, but the race isn't critical anymore, as we will
eventually wait at most 10 seconds to handle signals.

> After looking at the signal handler, I noted that you call not async-safe
> functions in the handler. This is easy way to get undefined behaviour,
> i.e. probably crash. And wakeup from the handler would have the same
> race as sigXXX_received check.

Which aren't async-safe? pthread stuff?

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