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| H A D | main.c | diff 06065c451f10c7ef62cfb575a87f323a70ae1c9e Thu Dec 07 06:41:21 CST 2017 Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> linux-user: wrap fork() in a start/end exclusive section
When we do a fork() in usermode emulation, we need to be in
a start/end exclusive section, so that we can ensure that no
other thread is in an RCU section. Otherwise you can get this
deadlock:
- fork thread: has mmap_lock, waits for rcu_sync_lock
(because rcu_init_lock() is registered as a pthread_atfork() hook)
- RCU thread: has rcu_sync_lock, waits for rcu_read_(un)lock
- another CPU thread: in RCU critical section, waits for mmap_lock
This can show up if you have a heavily multithreaded guest program
that does a fork().
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Reported-by: Stuart Monteith <stuart.monteith@linaro.org>
Message-Id: <1512650481-1723-1-git-send-email-peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <laurent@vivier.eu>
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