On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 12:20:03 +0530, Nikhil Mahale wrote: > From 5c797ce9cdb596107f9ebcdf8345ca234c587b22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Nikhil Mahale <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:44:28 +0530 > Subject: [PATCH] os: Fix timer race conditions > > Fixing following kind of race-conditions - > > WaitForSomething() > | > ----> // timers -> timer-1 -> timer-2 -> null > while (timers && (int) (timers->expires - now) <= 0) > // prototype - DoTimer(OsTimerPtr timer, CARD32 now, > OsTimerPtr *prev) > DoTimer(timers, now, &timers) > | > | > ----> OsBlockSignals(); .... OS Signal comes just before > blocking it, > .... timer-1 handler gets called. > // timer-1 gets served and > scheduled again; > // timers -> timer-2 -> timer-1 > -> null > .... > *prev = timer->next; > timer->next = NULL; // timers -> null > // timers list gets corrupted here and timer-2 gets > removed from list. > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86288 > Signed-off-by: Nikhil Mahale <[email protected]> > --- > os/WaitFor.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++----------- > 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > Reviewed-by: Julien Cristau <[email protected]>
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