From 05c3f60fe02370f4c8d15b996bcc8d6f3dc57e12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:09:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix deadlock

writelog() must not call pthread_yield() with the lock held that the
main thread tries to get to cancel the writer thread. writelog()
on the other hand needs to empty the buffer always to make sure
poll() blocks again an doesn't cause a loop.
---
 libconsole.c |   25 +++++++++++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libconsole.c b/libconsole.c
index b962032..54b353a 100644
--- a/libconsole.c
+++ b/libconsole.c
@@ -429,21 +429,28 @@ xout:
 
 static inline void writelog(void)
 {
-    if (!flog)
+    lock(&llock);
+    if (!flog) { /* log file closed, reset buffer */
+	resetlog();
+	unlock(&llock);
 	return;
+    }
     clearerr(flog);
-    lock(&llock);
     while (avail > 0) {
 	size_t ret = (size_t)avail;
 
 	if (avail > TRANS_BUFFER_SIZE)
 	    ret = TRANS_BUFFER_SIZE;
 
-	if (!flog || nsigsys)
+	if (!flog || nsigsys) { /* log file closed, reset buffer */
+	    resetlog();
 	    break;
+	}
 	ret = fwrite(head, sizeof(unsigned char), ret, flog);
-	if (!ret && ferror(flog))
+	if (!ret && ferror(flog)) { /* cannot write anymore, reset buffer */
+	    resetlog();
 	    break;
+	}
 	head += ret;
 
 	if (head >= tail) {		/* empty, reset buffer */
@@ -498,8 +505,13 @@ static inline int poll(int msec, mutex_t *outer)
 	    if (err == ETIMEDOUT || err == EBUSY)
 		ret = 0;
 	}
-    } else
+#if 0
+    } else {
+	unlock(&ljoin);
 	pthread_yield();
+	lock(&ljoin);
+#endif
+    }
 
     return ret;
 }
@@ -772,9 +784,6 @@ static void *action(void *dummy attribute((unused)))
 	if (!poll(30, &ljoin))
 	    continue;
 
-	if (!flog)
-	    break;
-
 	writelog();
     }
     unlock(&ljoin);
-- 
1.7.7