[libvirt] [PATCH 3/5] rpc: invoke the message dispatch callback with client unlocked

John Ferlan jferlan at redhat.com
Wed Mar 7 23:48:25 UTC 2018



On 03/06/2018 12:58 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> Currently if the virNetServer instance is created with max_workers==0 to
> request a non-threaded dispatch process, we deadlock during dispatch
> 
>   #0  0x00007fb845f6f42d in __lll_lock_wait () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
>   #1  0x00007fb845f681d3 in pthread_mutex_lock () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
>   #2  0x000055a6628bb305 in virMutexLock (m=<optimized out>) at util/virthread.c:89
>   #3  0x000055a6628a984b in virObjectLock (anyobj=<optimized out>) at util/virobject.c:435
>   #4  0x000055a66286fcde in virNetServerClientIsAuthenticated (client=client at entry=0x55a663a7b960)
>       at rpc/virnetserverclient.c:1565
>   #5  0x000055a66286cc17 in virNetServerProgramDispatchCall (msg=0x55a663a7bc50, client=0x55a663a7b960,
>       server=0x55a663a77550, prog=0x55a663a78020) at rpc/virnetserverprogram.c:407
>   #6  virNetServerProgramDispatch (prog=prog at entry=0x55a663a78020, server=server at entry=0x55a663a77550,
>       client=client at entry=0x55a663a7b960, msg=msg at entry=0x55a663a7bc50) at rpc/virnetserverprogram.c:307
>   #7  0x000055a662871d56 in virNetServerProcessMsg (msg=0x55a663a7bc50, prog=0x55a663a78020, client=0x55a663a7b960,
>       srv=0x55a663a77550) at rpc/virnetserver.c:148
>   #8  virNetServerDispatchNewMessage (client=0x55a663a7b960, msg=0x55a663a7bc50, opaque=0x55a663a77550)
>       at rpc/virnetserver.c:227
>   #9  0x000055a66286e4c0 in virNetServerClientDispatchRead (client=client at entry=0x55a663a7b960)
>       at rpc/virnetserverclient.c:1322
>   #10 0x000055a66286e813 in virNetServerClientDispatchEvent (sock=<optimized out>, events=1, opaque=0x55a663a7b960)
>       at rpc/virnetserverclient.c:1507
>   #11 0x000055a662899be0 in virEventPollDispatchHandles (fds=0x55a663a7bdc0, nfds=<optimized out>)
>       at util/vireventpoll.c:508
>   #12 virEventPollRunOnce () at util/vireventpoll.c:657
>   #13 0x000055a6628982f1 in virEventRunDefaultImpl () at util/virevent.c:327
>   #14 0x000055a6628716d5 in virNetDaemonRun (dmn=0x55a663a771b0) at rpc/virnetdaemon.c:858
>   #15 0x000055a662864c1d in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=0x7ffd105b4838) at logging/log_daemon.c:1235
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange at redhat.com>
> ---
>  src/rpc/virnetserverclient.c | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 

I had the same syntax-check notes that Jim had.

Beyond that since both callers Unlock prior to calling
virNetServerClientDispatchMessage and the code relocks right away, would
calling with client lock'd still be prudent/possible?  Callers would
then be able to

    if (msg)
        virNetServerClientDispatchMessage(...)
    else
        Unlock(client)

Once we get to virNetServerProgramDispatch it expects an unlocked
client. Maybe we should comment some of the other callers in the path to
indicate whether server/client need to be locked. Not required though -
only helpful for future spelunkers of this code.

[...]

> @@ -1313,16 +1347,6 @@ static void virNetServerClientDispatchRead(virNetServerClientPtr client)
>              }
>          }
>  
> -        /* Send off to for normal dispatch to workers */
> -        if (msg) {
> -            if (!client->dispatchFunc) {
> -                virNetMessageFree(msg);
> -                client->wantClose = true;
> -            } else {
> -                client->dispatchFunc(client, msg, client->dispatchOpaque);
> -            }
> -        }
> -

I thought about the order change here w/r/t the following code being run
before the dispatch options above; however, that would perhaps more of a
concern for the path where we have no workers. If we have a worker, then
it gets queued and the following would then occur first anyway, right?
So, IOW, I think the reordering here is fine. It would happen before the
worker got around to handling the client and moving it around to
virNetServerClientDispatchMessage could get ugly w/r/t locks.

Reviewed-by: John Ferlan <jferlan at redhat.com>

John


>          /* Possibly need to create another receive buffer */
>          if (client->nrequests < client->nrequests_max) {
>              if (!(client->rx = virNetMessageNew(true))) {
> @@ -1338,6 +1362,8 @@ static void virNetServerClientDispatchRead(virNetServerClientPtr client)
>              }
>          }
>          virNetServerClientUpdateEvent(client);
> +
> +        return msg;
>      }
>  }
>  

[...]




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