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Date:      Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:53:20 -0700
From:      Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>
To:        Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Should close() release locks atomically?
Message-ID:  <CAOtMX2iqaC3YUAPtxjLHPjujJUYuYX98YyhhFv7Jy5cb-QfvBg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 1:48=E2=80=AFPM Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmai=
l.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 01:11:34PM -0700, Alan Somers wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 1:03=E2=80=AFPM Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@=
gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 12:00:36PM -0700, Alan Somers wrote:
> > > > The close() syscall automatically releases locks.  Should it do so
> > > > atomically or is a delay permitted?  I can't find anything in our m=
an
> > > > pages or the open group specification that says.
> > > >
> > > > The distinction matters when using O_NONBLOCK.  For example:
> > > >
> > > > fd =3D open(..., O_DIRECT | O_EXLOCK | O_NONBLOCK); //succeeds
> > > > // do some I/O
> > > > close(fd);
> > > > fd =3D open(..., O_DIRECT | O_EXLOCK | O_NONBLOCK); //fails with EA=
GAIN!
> > > >
> > > > I see this error frequently on a heavily loaded system.  It isn't a
> > > > typical thread race though; ktrace shows that only one thread tries=
 to
> > > > open the file in question.  From the ktrace, I can see that the fin=
al
> > > > open() comes immediately after the close(), with no intervening
> > > > syscalls from that thread.  It seems that close() doesn't release t=
he
> > > > lock right away.  I wouldn't notice if I weren't using O_NONBLOCK.
> > > >
> > > > Should this be considered a bug?  If so I could try to come up with=
 a
> > > > minimal test case.  But it's somewhat academic, since I plan to
> > > > refactor the code in a way that will eliminate the duplicate open()=
.
> > > What type of the object is behind fd?  O_NONBLOCK affects open itself=
.
> > > We release flock after object close method, but before close(2) retur=
ns.
> >
> > This is a plain file on ZFS.
>
> Can you write a self-contained example, and check the same issue e.g. on
> tmpfs?

I just reproduced it on tmpfs.  A minimal test case will take some more tim=
e...



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