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SubjectRe: [PATCH] nextfd(2)
On 04/02/2012 04:17 PM, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
>
> Sorry for the long delay comment. I realized this thread now. I think
> /proc no mount case is not good explanation for the worth of this patch. The problem
> is, we can't use opendir() after fork() if an app has multi threads.
>
> SUS clearly say so,
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/fork.html
>
> we can only call async-signal-safe functions after fork() when multi threads and
> opendir() call malloc() internally.
>
> As far as I know, OpenJDK has a such fork-readdir-exec code and it can
> make deadlock
> when spawnning a new process. Unfortunately Java language perfeter to
> make a lot of threads rather than other language.
>
> This patch can solve such multi threaded case.
>
> offtopic, glibc malloc is a slightly clever. It reinitialize its
> internal lock when fork by using thread_atfork() hook. It mean glibc malloc can be used after
> fork() and the technique can avoid this issue. But, glibc malloc still has several
> performance problem and many people prefer to use jemalloc or google malloc instead. Then,
> they hit an old issue, bah.
>

OK, so what you're saying here is:

Linux doesn't actually have a problem unless:
1. You use the library implementation of opendir/readdir/closedir;
2. You use a nonstandard malloc for the platform which doesn't
correctly set up fork hooks (which I would consider a bug);

You can deal with this in one of two ways:

2. Fix your malloc().
1. Use the low level open()/getdents()/close() functions instead of
opendir()/readdir()/closedir().

> and I've received a request that linux aim fdwalk() several times. Example,

It doesn't sound very hard to implement fdwalk() in terms of
open/getdents/close without using malloc; since the fdwalk() interface
lets you use the stack for storage. You can then implement closefrom()
in terms of fdwalk(). Something like this (untested):

int fdwalk(int (*func)(void *, int), void *cd)
{
char buf[4096]; /* ... could be less... */
const char *p, *q;
const struct linux_dirent *dp
int dfd, fd;
unsigned char c;
int rv = 0;
int sz;

dfd = open("/proc/self/fd", O_RDONLY|O_DIRECTORY|O_CLOEXEC);
if (dfd < 0)
return -1;

/*** XXX: may want to check for procfs magic here ***/

while ((sz = getdents(dfd, buf, sizeof buf)) > 0) {
p = buf;

while (sz > offsetof(struct linux_dirent, d_name)) {
dp = (const struct linux_dirent *)p;

if (sz < dp->d_reclen)
break;

q = dp->d_name;
p += dp->d_reclen;
sz -= dp->d_reclen;

fd = 0;
while (q < p && (c = *q++)) {
c -= '0';
if (c >= 10)
goto skip;
fd = fd*10 + c;
}

if (fd != dfd)
rv = func(cd, fd);
skip:
;
}
}

if (close(dfd))
return -1;

return rv;
}


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