Re: [libvirt-glib] mainloop integration fixes

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Christophe

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:29:46PM +0200, Christophe Fergeau wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> While testing Boxes, I've noticed that if I started a VM and then
> let it in the background for a while, it usually crashed after
> a while. When this happens, the backtrace is:
> 
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 0x00007ffff6671898 in gvir_event_handle_dispatch (source=0x7fffdc001f60, 
>     condition=G_IO_IN, opaque=0x7fffdc0021a0) at libvirt-glib-event.c:135
> 135         (data->cb)(data->watch, data->fd, events, data->opaque);
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0x00007ffff6671898 in gvir_event_handle_dispatch (source=0x7fffdc001f60, 
>     condition=G_IO_IN, opaque=0x7fffdc0021a0) at libvirt-glib-event.c:135
> #1  0x00007ffff231dcb4 in g_io_unix_dispatch (source=0x40e34a0, 
>     callback=0x7ffff66717d8 <gvir_event_handle_dispatch>, 
>     user_data=0x7fffdc0021a0) at giounix.c:166
> #2  0x00007ffff22cef15 in g_main_dispatch (context=0x7007f0) at gmain.c:2539
> #3  0x00007ffff22cfbda in g_main_context_dispatch (context=0x7007f0)
>     at gmain.c:3075
> #4  0x00007ffff22cfdbd in g_main_context_iterate (context=0x7007f0, block=1, 
>     dispatch=1, self=0x15d3180) at gmain.c:3146
> #5  0x00007ffff22cfe81 in g_main_context_iteration (context=0x7007f0, 
>     may_block=1) at gmain.c:3207
> #6  0x00007ffff2ad7e7c in g_application_run (application=0x70b890, argc=0, 
>     argv=0x0) at gapplication.c:1607
> #7  0x000000000041df98 in boxes_app_run (self=0x1527010) at app.c:1254
> #8  0x0000000000450134 in _vala_main (args=0x7fffffffd708, args_length1=1)
>     at main.c:729
> #9  0x000000000045019e in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffd708) at main.c:740
> 
> 
> and the corresponding gvir_event_handle structure is corrupted:
> 
> (gdb) p *data
> $3 = {watch = 0, fd = 0, events = 1886417008, enabled = 1886417008, 
>   channel = 0x7070707070707070, source = 1886417008, cb = 0x7070707070707070, 
>   opaque = 0x7070707070707070, ff = 0x7ffff60cfba0 <virNetSocketEventFree>}
> (gdb) p/x *data
> $4 = {watch = 0x0, fd = 0x0, events = 0x70707070, enabled = 0x70707070, 
>   channel = 0x7070707070707070, source = 0x70707070, cb = 0x7070707070707070, 
>   opaque = 0x7070707070707070, ff = 0x7ffff60cfba0}
> 
> 
> (I'm running with MALLOC_PERTURB_ set so the 0x70707070 pattern
> indicates uninitialized memory).
> 
> Right before this happens, the libvirt-glib event debugging log has:
> 
> (gnome-boxes:29577): Libvirt.GLib-DEBUG: Remove handle 0x7fffdc0021a0 1 27
> 
> (gnome-boxes:29577): Libvirt.GLib-DEBUG: Update handle 0x7fffdc0021a0 1 27
> 1
> 
> (gnome-boxes:29577): Libvirt.GLib-DEBUG: Update for missing handle watch 1
> 
> (gnome-boxes:29577): Libvirt.GLib-DEBUG: Dispatch handler 0x7fffdc0021a0 0
> 0 1 0x7070707070707070
> 
> 
> that is, libvirt removes a handle watch, and then updates this handle (in
> other words, it calls virEventPollUpdateHandle after having called
> virEventPollRemoveHandle on the same handle).
> I don't know if it's legit for libvirt to do that, but we can make
> libvirt-glib robust against this situation, which is what patch 5/5 does.
> The first 3 patches are small cleanups, and 4/5 fixes a potential race
> which I found while looking at this code.
> 
> Christophe
> 
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