Re: [PATCH] virLXCMonitorClose: Unlock domain while closing monitor

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On 24.07.2013 12:29, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 12:15:32PM +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
>> There's a race in lxc driver causing a deadlock. If a domain is
>> destroyed immediately after started, the deadlock can occur. When domain
>> is started, the even loop tries to connect to the monitor. If the
>> connecting succeeds, virLXCProcessMonitorInitNotify() is called with
>> @mon->client locked. The first thing that callee does, is
>> virObjectLock(vm). So the order of locking is: 1) @mon->client, 2) @vm.
>>
>> However, if there's another thread executing virDomainDestroy on the
>> very same domain, the first thing done here is locking the @vm. Then,
>> the corresponding libvirt_lxc process is killed and monitor is closed
>> via calling virLXCMonitorClose(). This callee tries to lock @mon->client
>> too. So the order is reversed to the first case. This situation results
>> in deadlock and unresponsive libvirtd (since the eventloop is involved).
>>
>> The proper solution is to unlock the @vm in virLXCMonitorClose prior
>> entering virNetClientClose(). See the backtrace as follows:
> 
> Hmm, I think I'd say that the flaw is in the way virLXCProcessMonitorInitNotify
> is invoked. In the QEMU driver monitor, we unlock the monitor before invoking
> any callbacks. In the LXC driver monitor we're invoking the callbacks with
> the monitor lock held. I think we need to make the LXC monitor locking wrt
> callbacks do what QEMU does, and unlock the monitor. See QEMU_MONITOR_CALLBACK
> in qemu_monitor.c
> 
> 
> Daniel
> 

I don't think so. It's not the monitor lock what is causing deadlock here. In fact, the monitor is unlocked:

Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f35a348e740 (LWP 18839)):
#0  0x00007f35a0481714 in __lll_lock_wait () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
#1  0x00007f35a047d16c in _L_lock_516 () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
#2  0x00007f35a047cfbb in pthread_mutex_lock () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
#3  0x00007f35a29ab83f in virMutexLock (m=0x7f3588024e80) at util/virthreadpthread.c:85
#4  0x00007f35a2994d62 in virObjectLock (anyobj=0x7f3588024e70) at util/virobject.c:320
#5  0x00007f358ed5bbd7 in virLXCProcessMonitorInitNotify (mon=0x7f3560000ab0, initpid=29062, vm=0x7f3588024e70) at lxc/lxc_process.c:601
#6  0x00007f358ed59fd3 in virLXCMonitorHandleEventInit (prog=0x7f35600087b0, client=0x7f3560001fd0, evdata=0x7f35a53bc1e0, opaque=0x7f3560000ab0) at lxc/lxc_monitor.c:109
#7  0x00007f35a2ad2206 in virNetClientProgramDispatch (prog=0x7f35600087b0, client=0x7f3560001fd0, msg=0x7f3560002038) at rpc/virnetclientprogram.c:259
#8  0x00007f35a2acf0a0 in virNetClientCallDispatchMessage (client=0x7f3560001fd0) at rpc/virnetclient.c:1019
#9  0x00007f35a2acf72b in virNetClientCallDispatch (client=0x7f3560001fd0) at rpc/virnetclient.c:1140
#10 0x00007f35a2acfdb1 in virNetClientIOHandleInput (client=0x7f3560001fd0) at rpc/virnetclient.c:1312
#11 0x00007f35a2ad0fc1 in virNetClientIncomingEvent (sock=0x7f3560008350, events=1, opaque=0x7f3560001fd0) at rpc/virnetclient.c:1832
#12 0x00007f35a2ae6238 in virNetSocketEventHandle (watch=47, fd=40, events=1, opaque=0x7f3560008350) at rpc/virnetsocket.c:1695
#13 0x00007f35a296f33f in virEventPollDispatchHandles (nfds=22, fds=0x7f35a53bc7a0) at util/vireventpoll.c:498
#14 0x00007f35a296fb62 in virEventPollRunOnce () at util/vireventpoll.c:645
#15 0x00007f35a296dad1 in virEventRunDefaultImpl () at util/virevent.c:273
#16 0x00007f35a2ad69ee in virNetServerRun (srv=0x7f35a53b09d0) at rpc/virnetserver.c:1097
#17 0x00007f35a34e5b6b in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffe188e778) at libvirtd.c:1512
(gdb) up
#1  0x00007f35a047d16c in _L_lock_516 () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
(gdb) up
#2  0x00007f35a047cfbb in pthread_mutex_lock () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
(gdb) 
#3  0x00007f35a29ab83f in virMutexLock (m=0x7f3588024e80) at util/virthreadpthread.c:85
85          pthread_mutex_lock(&m->lock);
(gdb) 
#4  0x00007f35a2994d62 in virObjectLock (anyobj=0x7f3588024e70) at util/virobject.c:320
320         virMutexLock(&obj->lock);
(gdb) 
#5  0x00007f358ed5bbd7 in virLXCProcessMonitorInitNotify (mon=0x7f3560000ab0, initpid=29062, vm=0x7f3588024e70) at lxc/lxc_process.c:601
601         virObjectLock(vm);
(gdb) p *mon
$1 = {parent = {parent = {magic = 3405643812, refs = 2, klass = 0x7f3588102cb0}, lock = {lock = {__data = {__lock = 0, __count = 0, __owner = 0, __nusers = 0, __kind = 0, __spins = 0, __list = {__prev = 0x0, __next = 0x0}}, 
        __size = '\000' <repeats 39 times>, __align = 0}}}, vm = 0x7f3588024e70, cb = {destroy = 0x0, eofNotify = 0x0, exitNotify = 0x7f358ed5b928 <virLXCProcessMonitorExitNotify>, 
    initNotify = 0x7f358ed5bb8b <virLXCProcessMonitorInitNotify>}, client = 0x7f3560001fd0, program = 0x7f35600087b0}
(gdb)


Michal

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