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author | Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-11-09 00:53:35 +0100 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-11-09 06:41:46 +0100 |
commit | a80a6b85b428e6ce12a8363bb1f08d44c50f3252 (patch) | |
tree | 250a57516ef79c94119b27ceeab4ef7d3360e6c3 /fs/eventpoll.c | |
parent | checkpatch: improve network block comment style checking (diff) | |
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revert "epoll: support for disabling items, and a self-test app"
Revert commit 03a7beb55b9f ("epoll: support for disabling items, and a
self-test app") pending resolution of the issues identified by Michael
Kerrisk, copied below.
We'll revisit this for 3.8.
: I've taken a look at this patch as it currently stands in 3.7-rc1, and
: done a bit of testing. (By the way, the test program
: tools/testing/selftests/epoll/test_epoll.c does not compile...)
:
: There are one or two places where the behavior seems a little strange,
: so I have a question or two at the end of this mail. But other than
: that, I want to check my understanding so that the interface can be
: correctly documented.
:
: Just to go though my understanding, the problem is the following
: scenario in a multithreaded application:
:
: 1. Multiple threads are performing epoll_wait() operations,
: and maintaining a user-space cache that contains information
: corresponding to each file descriptor being monitored by
: epoll_wait().
:
: 2. At some point, a thread wants to delete (EPOLL_CTL_DEL)
: a file descriptor from the epoll interest list, and
: delete the corresponding record from the user-space cache.
:
: 3. The problem with (2) is that some other thread may have
: previously done an epoll_wait() that retrieved information
: about the fd in question, and may be in the middle of using
: information in the cache that relates to that fd. Thus,
: there is a potential race.
:
: 4. The race can't solved purely in user space, because doing
: so would require applying a mutex across the epoll_wait()
: call, which would of course blow thread concurrency.
:
: Right?
:
: Your solution is the EPOLL_CTL_DISABLE operation. I want to
: confirm my understanding about how to use this flag, since
: the description that has accompanied the patches so far
: has been a bit sparse
:
: 0. In the scenario you're concerned about, deleting a file
: descriptor means (safely) doing the following:
: (a) Deleting the file descriptor from the epoll interest list
: using EPOLL_CTL_DEL
: (b) Deleting the corresponding record in the user-space cache
:
: 1. It's only meaningful to use this EPOLL_CTL_DISABLE in
: conjunction with EPOLLONESHOT.
:
: 2. Using EPOLL_CTL_DISABLE without using EPOLLONESHOT in
: conjunction is a logical error.
:
: 3. The correct way to code multithreaded applications using
: EPOLL_CTL_DISABLE and EPOLLONESHOT is as follows:
:
: a. All EPOLL_CTL_ADD and EPOLL_CTL_MOD operations should
: should EPOLLONESHOT.
:
: b. When a thread wants to delete a file descriptor, it
: should do the following:
:
: [1] Call epoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_DISABLE)
: [2] If the return status from epoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_DISABLE)
: was zero, then the file descriptor can be safely
: deleted by the thread that made this call.
: [3] If the epoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_DISABLE) fails with EBUSY,
: then the descriptor is in use. In this case, the calling
: thread should set a flag in the user-space cache to
: indicate that the thread that is using the descriptor
: should perform the deletion operation.
:
: Is all of the above correct?
:
: The implementation depends on checking on whether
: (events & ~EP_PRIVATE_BITS) == 0
: This replies on the fact that EPOLL_CTL_AD and EPOLL_CTL_MOD always
: set EPOLLHUP and EPOLLERR in the 'events' mask, and EPOLLONESHOT
: causes those flags (as well as all others in ~EP_PRIVATE_BITS) to be
: cleared.
:
: A corollary to the previous paragraph is that using EPOLL_CTL_DISABLE
: is only useful in conjunction with EPOLLONESHOT. However, as things
: stand, one can use EPOLL_CTL_DISABLE on a file descriptor that does
: not have EPOLLONESHOT set in 'events' This results in the following
: (slightly surprising) behavior:
:
: (a) The first call to epoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_DISABLE) returns 0
: (the indicator that the file descriptor can be safely deleted).
: (b) The next call to epoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_DISABLE) fails with EBUSY.
:
: This doesn't seem particularly useful, and in fact is probably an
: indication that the user made a logic error: they should only be using
: epoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_DISABLE) on a file descriptor for which
: EPOLLONESHOT was set in 'events'. If that is correct, then would it
: not make sense to return an error to user space for this case?
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Cc: "Paton J. Lewis" <palewis@adobe.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/eventpoll.c')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/eventpoll.c | 38 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c index da72250ddc1c..cd96649bfe62 100644 --- a/fs/eventpoll.c +++ b/fs/eventpoll.c @@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static inline struct epitem *ep_item_from_epqueue(poll_table *p) /* Tells if the epoll_ctl(2) operation needs an event copy from userspace */ static inline int ep_op_has_event(int op) { - return op == EPOLL_CTL_ADD || op == EPOLL_CTL_MOD; + return op != EPOLL_CTL_DEL; } /* Initialize the poll safe wake up structure */ @@ -676,34 +676,6 @@ static int ep_remove(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi) return 0; } -/* - * Disables a "struct epitem" in the eventpoll set. Returns -EBUSY if the item - * had no event flags set, indicating that another thread may be currently - * handling that item's events (in the case that EPOLLONESHOT was being - * used). Otherwise a zero result indicates that the item has been disabled - * from receiving events. A disabled item may be re-enabled via - * EPOLL_CTL_MOD. Must be called with "mtx" held. - */ -static int ep_disable(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi) -{ - int result = 0; - unsigned long flags; - - spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags); - if (epi->event.events & ~EP_PRIVATE_BITS) { - if (ep_is_linked(&epi->rdllink)) - list_del_init(&epi->rdllink); - /* Ensure ep_poll_callback will not add epi back onto ready - list: */ - epi->event.events &= EP_PRIVATE_BITS; - } - else - result = -EBUSY; - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags); - - return result; -} - static void ep_free(struct eventpoll *ep) { struct rb_node *rbp; @@ -1048,6 +1020,8 @@ static void ep_rbtree_insert(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi) rb_insert_color(&epi->rbn, &ep->rbr); } + + #define PATH_ARR_SIZE 5 /* * These are the number paths of length 1 to 5, that we are allowing to emanate @@ -1813,12 +1787,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(epoll_ctl, int, epfd, int, op, int, fd, } else error = -ENOENT; break; - case EPOLL_CTL_DISABLE: - if (epi) - error = ep_disable(ep, epi); - else - error = -ENOENT; - break; } mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx); |