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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog12
-rw-r--r--runtime/modules.c31
-rw-r--r--runtime/obj.c4
-rw-r--r--runtime/obj.h4
4 files changed, 18 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 073e6266..042ede0c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version 5.8.12 [V5-stable] 2012-05-??
+- add small delay (50ms) after sending shutdown message
+ There seem to be cases where the shutdown message is otherwise not
+ processed, not even on an idle system. Thanks to Marcin for
+ bringing this problem up.
- support for resolving huge groups
closes: http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=310
Thanks to Alec Warner for the patch
@@ -28,10 +32,10 @@ Version 5.8.12 [V5-stable] 2012-05-??
please let us know.
Thanks to Tomas Heinrich for the patch.
- bugfix/tcpflood: sending small test files did not work correctly
-- add small delay (50ms) after sending shutdown message
- There seem to be cases where the shutdown message is otherwise not
- processed, not even on an idle system. Thanks to Marcin for
- bringing this problem up.
+- bugfix: potential hang due to mutex deadlock
+ closes: http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=316
+ Thanks to Andreas Piesk for reporting&analyzing this bug as well as
+ providing patches and other help in resolving it.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version 5.8.11 [V5-stable] 2012-05-03
- bugfix: ommysql did not properly init/exit the mysql runtime library
diff --git a/runtime/modules.c b/runtime/modules.c
index 4541bddf..c2054e40 100644
--- a/runtime/modules.c
+++ b/runtime/modules.c
@@ -66,14 +66,6 @@ DEFobjCurrIf(errmsg)
DEFobjCurrIf(parser)
DEFobjCurrIf(strgen)
-/* we must ensure that only one thread at one time tries to load or unload
- * modules, otherwise we may see race conditions. This first came up with
- * imdiag/imtcp, which both use the same stream drivers. Below is the mutex
- * for that handling.
- * rgerhards, 2009-05-25
- */
-static pthread_mutex_t mutLoadUnload;
-
static modInfo_t *pLoadedModules = NULL; /* list of currently-loaded modules */
static modInfo_t *pLoadedModulesLast = NULL; /* tail-pointer */
@@ -667,7 +659,7 @@ modUnlinkAndDestroy(modInfo_t **ppThis)
pThis = *ppThis;
assert(pThis != NULL);
- pthread_mutex_lock(&mutLoadUnload);
+ pthread_mutex_lock(&mutObjGlobalOp);
/* first check if we are permitted to unload */
if(pThis->eType == eMOD_LIB) {
@@ -703,7 +695,7 @@ modUnlinkAndDestroy(modInfo_t **ppThis)
moduleDestruct(pThis);
finalize_it:
- pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutLoadUnload);
+ pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutObjGlobalOp);
RETiRet;
}
@@ -779,7 +771,7 @@ Load(uchar *pModName)
assert(pModName != NULL);
dbgprintf("Requested to load module '%s'\n", pModName);
- pthread_mutex_lock(&mutLoadUnload);
+ pthread_mutex_lock(&mutObjGlobalOp);
iModNameLen = strlen((char *) pModName);
if(iModNameLen > 3 && !strcmp((char *) pModName + iModNameLen - 3, ".so")) {
@@ -903,7 +895,7 @@ Load(uchar *pModName)
}
finalize_it:
- pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutLoadUnload);
+ pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutObjGlobalOp);
RETiRet;
}
@@ -1000,16 +992,6 @@ CODESTARTObjClassExit(module)
/* release objects we no longer need */
objRelease(errmsg, CORE_COMPONENT);
objRelease(parser, CORE_COMPONENT);
- /* We have a problem in our reference counting, which leads to this function
- * being called too early. This usually is no problem, but if we destroy
- * the mutex object, we get into trouble. So rather than finding the root cause,
- * we do not release the mutex right now and have a very, very slight leak.
- * We know that otherwise no bad effects happen, so this acceptable for the
- * time being. -- rgerhards, 2009-05-25
- *
- * TODO: add again: pthread_mutex_destroy(&mutLoadUnload);
- */
-
# ifdef DEBUG
modUsrPrintAll(); /* debug aid - TODO: integrate with debug.c, at least the settings! */
# endif
@@ -1051,7 +1033,6 @@ ENDobjQueryInterface(module)
*/
BEGINAbstractObjClassInit(module, 1, OBJ_IS_CORE_MODULE) /* class, version - CHANGE class also in END MACRO! */
uchar *pModPath;
- pthread_mutexattr_t mutAttr;
/* use any module load path specified in the environment */
if((pModPath = (uchar*) getenv("RSYSLOG_MODDIR")) != NULL) {
@@ -1069,10 +1050,6 @@ BEGINAbstractObjClassInit(module, 1, OBJ_IS_CORE_MODULE) /* class, version - CHA
SetModDir(glblModPath);
}
- pthread_mutexattr_init(&mutAttr);
- pthread_mutexattr_settype(&mutAttr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE);
- pthread_mutex_init(&mutLoadUnload, &mutAttr);
-
/* request objects we use */
CHKiRet(objUse(errmsg, CORE_COMPONENT));
ENDObjClassInit(module)
diff --git a/runtime/obj.c b/runtime/obj.c
index 29ca8117..f9afecd8 100644
--- a/runtime/obj.c
+++ b/runtime/obj.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ DEFobjCurrIf(module)
DEFobjCurrIf(errmsg)
DEFobjCurrIf(strm)
static objInfo_t *arrObjInfo[OBJ_NUM_IDS]; /* array with object information pointers */
-static pthread_mutex_t mutObjGlobalOp; /* mutex to guard global operations of the object system */
+pthread_mutex_t mutObjGlobalOp; /* mutex to guard global operations of the object system */
/* cookies for serialized lines */
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ objClassInit(modInfo_t *pModInfo)
}
/* the mutex must be recursive, because objects may call into other
- * object identifieres recursively.
+ * object identifiers recursively.
*/
pthread_mutexattr_init(&mutAttr);
pthread_mutexattr_settype(&mutAttr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE);
diff --git a/runtime/obj.h b/runtime/obj.h
index be97f20e..32f7ef09 100644
--- a/runtime/obj.h
+++ b/runtime/obj.h
@@ -122,4 +122,8 @@ rsRetVal objGetObjInterface(obj_if_t *pIf);
PROTOTYPEObjClassInit(obj);
PROTOTYPEObjClassExit(obj);
+
+/* the following definition is only for "friends" */
+extern pthread_mutex_t mutObjGlobalOp; /* mutex to guard global operations of the object system */
+
#endif /* #ifndef OBJ_H_INCLUDED */