[dpdk-dev] pthread_barrier_deadlock in -rc1

[Olivier Matz]

On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 06:01:20PM +0800, Tan, Jianfeng wrote:
> Hi Olivier and Anatoly,
> 
> [...]
> 
> > > > Below patch can fix another strange sigsegv issue in my VM. Please check
> > > > if it works for you. I doubt it's use-after-free problem which could
> > > > lead to different issues in different env. Please have a try.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
> > > > b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
> > > > index de69452..d91b67d 100644
> > > > --- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
> > > > +++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
> > > > @@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ rte_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const char
> > > > *name,
> > > >                   goto fail;
> > > > 
> > > >           pthread_barrier_wait(&params->configured);
> > > > +       pthread_barrier_destroy(&params->configured);
> > > >           free(params);
> > > Should destroy also be called in fail case?
> > Yes, and also pthread_barrier_wait().
> > 
> > I did a quick test simulating a failure of rte_thread_setname(), and
> > without the wait, the barrier in the child thread blocks forever.
> > 
> 
> v1 has been sent without seeing this email. You are right, I misunderstood
> it. Will send a v2 based on this result.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jianfeng

Thanks.

Not sure it should be in the same patch, however there is also
a memory leak here:

        ret = pthread_create(thread, attr, rte_thread_init, (void *)params);
        if (ret != 0)
                return ret;