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Fix bug in IPC deadlock detection code.

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The old deadlock code was misplaced and unable to deal with asynchronous
IPC primitives (notify and senda) effectively. As an example, the following
sequence of messages allowed the deadlock detection code to
trigger a false positive:
1. A.notify(B)
2. A.receive(B)
3. B.receive(A)
1. B.notify(A)
The solution is to run the deadlock detection routine only when a process is
about to block in mini_send() or mini_receive().
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Cristiano Giuffrida 2009-12-16 23:32:08 +00:00
parent d31ad285a0
commit b4d6d9db26
1 changed files with 10 additions and 12 deletions
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kernel/proc.c
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@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ long bit_map; /* notification event set or flags */
*/
register struct proc *caller_ptr = proc_ptr; /* get pointer to caller */
int mask_entry; /* bit to check in send mask */
int group_size; /* used for deadlock check */
int result; /* the system call's result */
int src_dst_p; /* Process slot number */
size_t msg_size;
@ -464,17 +463,6 @@ long bit_map; /* notification event set or flags */
msg_size = sizeof(*m_ptr);
}
/* Check for a possible deadlock for blocking SEND(REC) and RECEIVE. */
if (call_nr == SEND || call_nr == SENDREC || call_nr == RECEIVE) {
if (group_size = deadlock(call_nr, caller_ptr, src_dst_p)) {
#if 0
kprintf("sys_call: trap %d from %d to %d deadlocked, group size %d\n",
call_nr, proc_nr(caller_ptr), src_dst_p, group_size);
#endif
return(ELOCKED);
}
}
/* Now check if the call is known and try to perform the request. The only
* system calls that exist in MINIX are sending and receiving messages.
* - SENDREC: combines SEND and RECEIVE in a single system call
@ -630,6 +618,11 @@ int flags;
return(ENOTREADY);
}
/* Check for a possible deadlock before actually blocking. */
if (deadlock(SEND, caller_ptr, dst_p)) {
return(ELOCKED);
}
/* Destination is not waiting. Block and dequeue caller. */
PHYS_COPY_CATCH(linaddr, vir2phys(&caller_ptr->p_sendmsg),
sizeof(message), addr);
@ -773,6 +766,11 @@ int flags;
* Block the process trying to receive, unless the flags tell otherwise.
*/
if ( ! (flags & NON_BLOCKING)) {
/* Check for a possible deadlock before actually blocking. */
if (deadlock(RECEIVE, caller_ptr, src_p)) {
return(ELOCKED);
}
caller_ptr->p_getfrom_e = src_e;
RTS_SET(caller_ptr, RTS_RECEIVING);
return(OK);