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gmain: Access Unix signal handler state atomically
There are two variables which are used to pass state from the Unix signal handler interrupt function to the rest of `gmain.c`. They are currently defined as `sig_atomic_t`, which means that they are guaranteed to be interrupt safe. However, it does not guarantee they are thread-safe, and GLib attaches its signal handler interrupt function to a worker thread. Make them thread-safe using atomics. It’s not possible to use locks, as pthread mutex functions are not signal-handler-safe. In particular, this means we have to be careful not to end up using GLib’s fallback atomics implementation, as that secretly uses a mutex. Better to be unsafe than have a re-entrant call into `pthread_mutex_lock()` from a nested signal handler. This commit solves two problems: 1. Writes to `any_unix_signal_pending` and `unix_signal_pending` could be delivered out of order to the worker thread which calls `dispatch_unix_signals()`, resulting in signals not being handled until the next iteration of that worker thread. This is a performance problem but not a correctness problem. 2. Setting an element of `unix_signal_pending` from `g_unix_signal_handler()` and clearing it from `dispatch_unix_signals_unlocked()` (in the worker thread) could race, resulting in a signal emission being cleared without being handled. That’s a correctness problem. Signed-off-by: Philip Withnall <withnall@endlessm.com> Fixes: #1670
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@ -448,6 +448,10 @@ static GMainContext *glib_worker_context;
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/* UNIX signals work by marking one of these variables then waking the
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* worker context to check on them and dispatch accordingly.
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*
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* Both variables must be accessed using atomic primitives, unless those atomic
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* primitives are implemented using fallback mutexes (as those aren’t safe in
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* an interrupt context).
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*/
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#ifdef HAVE_SIG_ATOMIC_T
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static volatile sig_atomic_t unix_signal_pending[NSIG];
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@ -5199,7 +5203,7 @@ dispatch_unix_signals_unlocked (void)
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gint i;
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/* clear this first in case another one arrives while we're processing */
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any_unix_signal_pending = FALSE;
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g_atomic_int_set (&any_unix_signal_pending, 0);
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/* We atomically test/clear the bit from the global array in case
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* other signals arrive while we are dispatching.
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@ -5218,9 +5222,7 @@ dispatch_unix_signals_unlocked (void)
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*
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* Note specifically: we must check _our_ array.
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*/
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pending[i] = unix_signal_pending[i];
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if (pending[i])
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unix_signal_pending[i] = FALSE;
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pending[i] = g_atomic_int_compare_and_exchange (&unix_signal_pending[i], 1, 0);
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}
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/* handle GChildWatchSource instances */
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@ -5526,8 +5528,14 @@ g_unix_signal_handler (int signum)
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{
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gint saved_errno = errno;
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unix_signal_pending[signum] = TRUE;
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any_unix_signal_pending = TRUE;
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#if defined(G_ATOMIC_LOCK_FREE) && defined(__GCC_HAVE_SYNC_COMPARE_AND_SWAP_4)
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g_atomic_int_set (&unix_signal_pending[signum], 1);
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g_atomic_int_set (&any_unix_signal_pending, 1);
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#else
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#warning "Can't use atomics in g_unix_signal_handler(): Unix signal handling will be racy"
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unix_signal_pending[signum] = 1;
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any_unix_signal_pending = 1;
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#endif
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g_wakeup_signal (glib_worker_context->wakeup);
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@ -5996,7 +6004,7 @@ glib_worker_main (gpointer data)
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g_main_context_iteration (glib_worker_context, TRUE);
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#ifdef G_OS_UNIX
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if (any_unix_signal_pending)
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if (g_atomic_int_get (&any_unix_signal_pending))
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dispatch_unix_signals ();
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#endif
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}
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