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authorEdward Liaw <edliaw@google.com>2024-10-03 21:17:11 +0000
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2024-10-17 00:28:06 -0700
commite142cc87ac4ec618f2ccf5f68aedcd6e28a59d9d (patch)
tree6e9f811f617b6d76045b48fd64f5d1547e919428 /tools
parente61ef21e27e8deed8c474e9f47f4aa7bc37e138c (diff)
selftests/mm: fix deadlock for fork after pthread_create on ARM
On Android with arm, there is some synchronization needed to avoid a deadlock when forking after pthread_create. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241003211716.371786-3-edliaw@google.com Fixes: cff294582798 ("selftests/mm: extend and rename uffd pagemap test") Signed-off-by: Edward Liaw <edliaw@google.com> Cc: Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra@google.com> Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
-rw-r--r--tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c
index 3db2296ac631..c8a3b1c7edff 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ static void *fork_event_consumer(void *data)
fork_event_args *args = data;
struct uffd_msg msg = { 0 };
+ /* Ready for parent thread to fork */
+ pthread_barrier_wait(&ready_for_fork);
+
/* Read until a full msg received */
while (uffd_read_msg(args->parent_uffd, &msg));
@@ -308,8 +311,12 @@ static int pagemap_test_fork(int uffd, bool with_event, bool test_pin)
/* Prepare a thread to resolve EVENT_FORK */
if (with_event) {
+ pthread_barrier_init(&ready_for_fork, NULL, 2);
if (pthread_create(&thread, NULL, fork_event_consumer, &args))
err("pthread_create()");
+ /* Wait for child thread to start before forking */
+ pthread_barrier_wait(&ready_for_fork);
+ pthread_barrier_destroy(&ready_for_fork);
}
child = fork();