[uClibc 0001013]: pthread_cancel/pthread_join sequence hangs when using select in an other thread

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A NOTE has been added to this issue. 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=1013 
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Reported By:                jalaber
Assigned To:                uClibc
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Project:                    uClibc
Issue ID:                   1013
Category:                   Posix Threads
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             08-31-2006 09:04 PDT
Last Modified:              06-27-2007 13:26 PDT
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Summary:                    pthread_cancel/pthread_join sequence hangs when
using select in an other thread
Description: 
Hello,

I have found a very strange bug in uClibc using
pthread_cancel/pthread_join. 

My test program launches 1 thread which basically makes a select call with
a struct timeval set to 600ms. Then the main thread calls pthread_cancel
and pthread_join, followed by a printf. The program hangs. 
However if you remove the printf call, then the program terminates
normally. I have tried to replace the select call with a sem_wait call,
and everything works fine with or without printf. So the problem seems to
happen only with select.

I use buildroot with kernel 2.4.28 and uclibc 0.9.28. I have attached the
program to reproduce. If you try to comment the printf("join OK\n"), it
works for me.

Thank you for your time and help,
Philippe.

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 dwagner - 10-23-06 11:43  
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I think this issue is responsible that the LIRC driver of directfb RC1 does
not terminate. The driver uses select() and
pthread_cancel()/pthread_join().

Please fix that. 

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 vapier - 11-16-06 23:07  
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here's a tip ... saying things like "Please fix that." makes people think
"Fix it your goddamn self."

the hang may be because of the IO mutex being held by the canceled thread
... if you turn on PDEBUG in libpthread/linuxthreads/debug.h, that may
give you helpful output 

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 chombourger - 06-27-07 12:58  
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I tried to reproduce this issue on uclibc 0.9.29 running on a PC with a 2.6
linux kernel and your program is still running as I am typing these lines!
Is it what you are getting? Running the same program on the host (compiled
and linked against glibc worked). I will now try to enable the debug traces
to see if that helps. 

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 chombourger - 06-27-07 13:15  
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traces with debug enabled in linuxthreads.old:

26294 : __pthread_initialize_manager: manager stack: size=8160,
bos=0x804a150, tos=0x804c130
26294 : __pthread_initialize_manager: send REQ_DEBUG to manager thread
26294 : pthread_create: write REQ_CREATE to manager thread
26294 : pthread_create: before suspend(self)
26295 : __pthread_manager: before poll
26295 : __pthread_manager: after poll
26295 : __pthread_manager: before __libc_read
26295 : __pthread_manager: after __libc_read, n=148
26295 : __pthread_manager: got REQ_CREATE
26295 : pthread_handle_create: cloning new_thread = 0xbf1ffe20
26295 : pthread_handle_create: new thread pid = 26296
26295 : __pthread_manager: restarting -1208466944
26294 : pthread_create: after suspend(self)
26295 : __pthread_manager: before poll
26296 : pthread_start_thread:
step 0
step 1
step 2
26295 : __pthread_manager: after poll
26295 : __pthread_manager: before poll
step 3
cancel th...
26294 : pthread_cancel: sending cancel signal to 26296
26294 : pthread_cancel: kill returned 0 

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 chombourger - 06-27-07 13:26  
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It seems that the created thread has no jmpbuf when
pthread_handle_sigcancel() is called in the created thread and the signal
handler returns and the thread was not rerouted. 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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08-31-06 09:04  jalaber        New Issue                                    
08-31-06 09:04  jalaber        Status                   new => assigned     
08-31-06 09:04  jalaber        Assigned To               => uClibc          
08-31-06 09:04  jalaber        File Added: pthread_join_test.c                  
 
10-23-06 11:41  dwagner        Issue Monitored: dwagner                     
10-23-06 11:43  dwagner        Note Added: 0001715                          
11-16-06 23:07  vapier         Note Added: 0001744                          
06-27-07 12:58  chombourger    Note Added: 0002526                          
06-27-07 13:15  chombourger    Note Added: 0002527                          
06-27-07 13:26  chombourger    Note Added: 0002528                          
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