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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 23:41:47 -0400
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] time: Fix bug in timer_create
On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 01:34:24PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 01:19:05PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 11:16:41AM +0000, changdiankang wrote:
> > > time: Fix bug in timer_create
> > >
> > > When create a SIGEV_THREAD timer, in helper thread "start",
> > > "id" is assigned with self->timer_id immediately after pthread_create.
> > > But the real timer_id is assigned to self->timer_id after SYS_timer_create.
> > > So "id" in "start" always be 0, and timer_delete will always fail.
> > > Put assignement of "id" after pthread_barrier_wait can fix this bug.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Chang Diankang <changdiankang@...wei.com<mailto:changdiankang@...wei.com>>
> > >
> > > diff --git a/src/time/timer_create.c b/src/time/timer_create.c
> > > index c5e40a1..4172b9e 100644
> > > --- a/src/time/timer_create.c
> > > +++ b/src/time/timer_create.c
> > > @@ -48,13 +48,14 @@ static void *start(void *arg)
> > > {
> > > pthread_t self = __pthread_self();
> > > struct start_args *args = arg;
> > > - int id = self->timer_id;
> > > + int id;
> > > jmp_buf jb;
> > >
> > > void (*notify)(union sigval) = args->sev->sigev_notify_function;
> > > union sigval val = args->sev->sigev_value;
> > >
> > > pthread_barrier_wait(&args->b);
> > > + id = self->timer_id;
> > > for (;;) {
> > > siginfo_t si;
> > > while (sigwaitinfo(SIGTIMER_SET, &si) < 0);
> > >
> >
> > Thanks! In the future, please send patches as attachments rather than
> > inline since it looks like your mailer software is corrupting the
> > patch (converting tabs to spaces, maybe other problems too). I can
> > apply it manually though.
>
> Actually, I don't think this patch is a complete fix. After the
> barrier wait passes, the caller can immediately call timer_delete,
> which sets the sign bit of ->timer_id, possibly before the start
> function reads the initial value of ->timer_id and saves it.
>
> I'll extend this to a full fix. Just masking off the bit would be a
> hack that would work, but would still leave the formal data race, so I
> think it would make sense to just drop use of the barrier and instead
> use a semaphore that both sides have to post (timer thread does
> wait->post, calling thread does post->wait). That would be nice in
> terms of getting rid of linking dependency on pthread barriers too.
It turns out it was easiest to just move the load of timer_id to the
deletion code path.
All of this will go away at some point anyway when we stop using
kernel timer objects for SIGEV_THREAD timers and instead just use
clock_nanosleep and manual overrun counting.
Rich
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