[libvirt] [PATCH] util: Remove logging handlers in virExec

Jiri Denemark jdenemar at redhat.com
Wed Feb 3 08:33:40 UTC 2010


...
> diff --git a/src/util/util.c b/src/util/util.c
> index cf1290d..901c0d2 100644
> --- a/src/util/util.c
> +++ b/src/util/util.c
> @@ -415,12 +415,19 @@ __virExec(virConnectPtr conn,
>          childerr = null;
>      }
>  
> +    /* Ensure we hold the logging lock, to protect child processes
> +     * from deadlocking on another threads inheirited mutex state */
> +    virLogLock();
> +
>      if ((pid = fork()) < 0) {
>          virReportSystemError(conn, errno,
>                               "%s", _("cannot fork child process"));
>          goto cleanup;
>      }
>  
> +    /* Unlock for both parent and child process */
> +    virLogUnlock();
> +
>      if (pid) { /* parent */
>          close(null);
>          if (outfd && *outfd == -1) {

Hmm, shouldn't we virLogUnlock() even if fork() fails? That is, something
like:

    virLogLock();
    pid = fork();
    virLogUnlock();

    if (pid < 0)
        error;
    else if (pid)
        parent;
    ...

Jirka




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