glibc/malloc/malloc-internal.h
Florian Weimer 29d794863c malloc: Run fork handler as late as possible [BZ #19431]
Previously, a thread M invoking fork would acquire locks in this order:

  (M1) malloc arena locks (in the registered fork handler)
  (M2) libio list lock

A thread F invoking flush (NULL) would acquire locks in this order:

  (F1) libio list lock
  (F2) individual _IO_FILE locks

A thread G running getdelim would use this order:

  (G1) _IO_FILE lock
  (G2) malloc arena lock

After executing (M1), (F1), (G1), none of the threads can make progress.

This commit changes the fork lock order to:

  (M'1) libio list lock
  (M'2) malloc arena locks

It explicitly encodes the lock order in the implementations of fork,
and does not rely on the registration order, thus avoiding the deadlock.
2016-04-14 09:17:02 +02:00

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/* Internal declarations for malloc, for use within libc.
Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#ifndef _MALLOC_PRIVATE_H
#define _MALLOC_PRIVATE_H
/* Called in the parent process before a fork. */
void __malloc_fork_lock_parent (void) internal_function attribute_hidden;
/* Called in the parent process after a fork. */
void __malloc_fork_unlock_parent (void) internal_function attribute_hidden;
/* Called in the child process after a fork. */
void __malloc_fork_unlock_child (void) internal_function attribute_hidden;
#endif /* _MALLOC_PRIVATE_H */