Re: [PATCH v2] xtables: Add a smaller delay option when waiting for xtables lock

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On 2016-05-17 12:25, subashab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
iptables -w 2.1

0.01s sleep, retry
0.02s sleep, retry
0.03s sleep, retry
...
2.1s sleep, exit

Note that it sleeps for 10ms and retries rather than sleeping for a single
iteration for 2.1s seconds and then retrying.

Let me know if there are any concerns with this.

But this is changing the existing behaviour, right? My understanding
is that -w indicates the net wait time for each try.

Hi Pablo

Currently, each wait time is 1 second. -w is the overall time upto
which it has to wait.

bool xtables_lock(int wait)
{
	int fd, waited = 0, i = 0;

	fd = open(XT_LOCK_NAME, O_CREAT, 0600);
	if (fd < 0)
		return true;

	while (1) {
		if (flock(fd, LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB) == 0)
			return true;
		else if (wait >= 0 && waited >= wait)  //total time upto which we
need to wait.
			return false;
		if (++i % 2 == 0)
fprintf(stderr, "Another app is currently holding the xtables lock; "
				"waiting (%ds) for it to exit...\n", waited);
		waited++;
		sleep(1); //sleep for one second only
	}
}

My patch does not change the behavior of -w itself. It only changes
the sleep interval to 10ms when a decimal is specified.
Existing behavior of 1 second sleep for integral interval is preserved.


Hi Pablo

Please let me know if you have any other concerns. Also, can you tell me if I still need to change the sleep to select.
I feel sleep / usleep should suffice here.

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