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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/3] char-socket: Lock tcp_chr_disconnect() a
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Alberto Garcia |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 3/3] char-socket: Lock tcp_chr_disconnect() and socket_reconnect_timeout() |
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Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:32:07 +0100 |
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On Fri 22 Feb 2019 01:16:57 PM CET, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 01:59:12PM +0200, Alberto Garcia wrote:
>> There's a race condition in which the tcp_chr_read() ioc handler can
>> close a connection that is being written to from another thread.
>>
>> Running iotest 136 in a loop triggers this problem and crashes QEMU.
>>
>> (gdb) bt
>> #0 0x00005558b842902d in object_get_class (obj=0x0) at qom/object.c:860
>> #1 0x00005558b84f92db in qio_channel_writev_full (ioc=0x0,
>> iov=0x7ffc355decf0, niov=1, fds=0x0, nfds=0, errp=0x0) at io/channel.c:76
>> #2 0x00005558b84e0e9e in io_channel_send_full (ioc=0x0,
>> buf=0x5558baf5beb0, len=138, fds=0x0, nfds=0) at chardev/char-io.c:123
>> #3 0x00005558b84e4a69 in tcp_chr_write (chr=0x5558ba460380,
>> buf=0x5558baf5beb0 "...", len=138) at chardev/char-socket.c:135
>> #4 0x00005558b84dca55 in qemu_chr_write_buffer (s=0x5558ba460380,
>> buf=0x5558baf5beb0 "...", len=138, offset=0x7ffc355dedd0, write_all=false)
>> at chardev/char.c:112
>> #5 0x00005558b84dcbc2 in qemu_chr_write (s=0x5558ba460380,
>> buf=0x5558baf5beb0 "...", len=138, write_all=false) at chardev/char.c:147
>> #6 0x00005558b84dfb26 in qemu_chr_fe_write (be=0x5558ba476610,
>> buf=0x5558baf5beb0 "...", len=138) at chardev/char-fe.c:42
>> #7 0x00005558b8088c86 in monitor_flush_locked (mon=0x5558ba476610) at
>> monitor.c:406
>> #8 0x00005558b8088e8c in monitor_puts (mon=0x5558ba476610,
>> str=0x5558ba921e49 "") at monitor.c:449
>> #9 0x00005558b8089178 in qmp_send_response (mon=0x5558ba476610,
>> rsp=0x5558bb161600) at monitor.c:498
>> #10 0x00005558b808920c in monitor_qapi_event_emit
>> (event=QAPI_EVENT_SHUTDOWN, qdict=0x5558bb161600) at monitor.c:526
>> #11 0x00005558b8089307 in monitor_qapi_event_queue_no_reenter
>> (event=QAPI_EVENT_SHUTDOWN, qdict=0x5558bb161600) at monitor.c:551
>> #12 0x00005558b80896c0 in qapi_event_emit (event=QAPI_EVENT_SHUTDOWN,
>> qdict=0x5558bb161600) at monitor.c:626
>> #13 0x00005558b855f23b in qapi_event_send_shutdown (guest=false,
>> reason=SHUTDOWN_CAUSE_HOST_QMP_QUIT) at qapi/qapi-events-run-state.c:43
>> #14 0x00005558b81911ef in qemu_system_shutdown
>> (cause=SHUTDOWN_CAUSE_HOST_QMP_QUIT) at vl.c:1837
>> #15 0x00005558b8191308 in main_loop_should_exit () at vl.c:1885
>> #16 0x00005558b819140d in main_loop () at vl.c:1924
>> #17 0x00005558b8198c84 in main (argc=18, argv=0x7ffc355df3f8,
>> envp=0x7ffc355df490) at vl.c:4665
>>
>> This patch adds a lock to protect tcp_chr_disconnect() and
>> socket_reconnect_timeout()
>
> Can you think of any way to test this in the unit tests ? I can
> understand if its too difficult but just curious if there's any viable
> option ?
I haven't thought about it. If anyone has a suggestion of how to
reproduce it we can add a new test later.
>> if (ret < 0 && errno != EAGAIN) {
>> if (tcp_chr_read_poll(chr) <= 0) {
>> + qemu_mutex_unlock(&chr->chr_write_lock);
>> tcp_chr_disconnect(chr);
>> + qemu_mutex_lock(&chr->chr_write_lock);
>
> The idea of unlock & relocking here, just so tcp_chr_disconnect can
> also acquire locks, doesn't make me too happy. This is really an
> anti-pattern to me.
I'm not too happy about it either. I'll send a new version with
tcp_chr_disconnect_locked() as you suggest.
Berto