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authorRich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>2018-05-02 12:13:43 -0400
committerRich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>2018-05-02 12:33:29 -0400
commit9e2d820a555e150df462f88c901fcbe25d692a8b (patch)
tree104c68bdbeb371bcb9e12c23b31dfc3f96fd57e6 /src/thread/pthread_create.c
parent941bd884cc0221d051840ce6d21650339e711863 (diff)
downloadmusl-9e2d820a555e150df462f88c901fcbe25d692a8b.tar.gz
use a dedicated futex object for pthread_join instead of tid field
the tid field in the pthread structure is not volatile, and really shouldn't be, so as not to limit the compiler's ability to reorder, merge, or split loads in code paths that may be relevant to performance (like controlling lock ownership). however, use of objects which are not volatile or atomic with futex wait is inherently broken, since the compiler is free to transform a single load into multiple loads, thereby using a different value for the controlling expression of the loop and the value passed to the futex syscall, leading the syscall to block instead of returning. reportedly glibc's pthread_join was actually affected by an equivalent issue in glibc on s390. add a separate, dedicated join_futex object for pthread_join to use.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/thread/pthread_create.c')
-rw-r--r--src/thread/pthread_create.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/thread/pthread_create.c b/src/thread/pthread_create.c
index 439ee363..ac06d7a7 100644
--- a/src/thread/pthread_create.c
+++ b/src/thread/pthread_create.c
@@ -282,9 +282,10 @@ int __pthread_create(pthread_t *restrict res, const pthread_attr_t *restrict att
new->robust_list.head = &new->robust_list.head;
new->unblock_cancel = self->cancel;
new->CANARY = self->CANARY;
+ new->join_futex = -1;
a_inc(&libc.threads_minus_1);
- ret = __clone((c11 ? start_c11 : start), stack, flags, new, &new->tid, TP_ADJ(new), &new->tid);
+ ret = __clone((c11 ? start_c11 : start), stack, flags, new, &new->tid, TP_ADJ(new), &new->join_futex);
__release_ptc();