Re: Segmentation fault in malloc_usable_size() (libc)

From: David Xu <davidxu_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:07:43 +0800
Jason Evans wrote:
> Jille Timmermans wrote:
>> I switched over to current a fews days ago.
>> And I ran into a bug (file attached, log pasted):
> 
> The stack trace you got is totally bogus, but the problem is real.  This 
> crash is due to recent changes in malloc that use TLS for 
> thread-specific caching.  The problem is that malloc is being used after 
> a thread has effectively exited.
> 
> #0  0x00000008007c7b35 in arena_malloc (arena=0x500a98, size=80, 
> zero=true) at /usr/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c:3223
> #1  0x00000008007caf4b in calloc (num=1, size=80) at 
> /usr/src/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c:3395
> #2  0x0000000800649c94 in mutex_init (mutex=0x8009785c0, 
> mutex_attr=Variable "mutex_attr" is not available.
> ) at /usr/src/lib/libthr/thread/thr_mutex.c:144
> #3  0x0000000800649f41 in init_static (thread=0x608e40, 
> mutex=0x8009785c0) at /usr/src/lib/libthr/thread/thr_mutex.c:188
> #4  0x000000080064ab31 in __pthread_mutex_lock (mutex=0x8009785c0) at 
> /usr/src/lib/libthr/thread/thr_mutex.c:445
> #5  0x000000080081c63c in __cxa_finalize (dso=0x0) at 
> /usr/src/lib/libc/stdlib/atexit.c:161
> #6  0x00000008007ccbe7 in exit (status=0) at 
> /usr/src/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.c:67
> #7  0x000000080064e5c6 in _pthread_exit (status=Variable "status" is not 
> available.
> ) at /usr/src/lib/libthr/thread/thr_exit.c:109
> #8  0x0000000800646219 in thread_start (curthread=0x608e40) at 
> /usr/src/lib/libthr/thread/thr_create.c:288
> #9  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
> 
> The call to _malloc_thread_cleanup() in _pthread_exit() I added at 
> /usr/src/lib/libthr/thread/thr_exit.c:100 is too early in the case that 
> _thread_active_threads is decremented to 0 below.  I don't know off the 
> top of my head what the best fix is (i.e. where the 
> _malloc_thread_cleanup() call is really safe); perhaps David Xu has a 
> suggestion.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason
> 

I propose following patch:

Index: thread/thr_exit.c
===================================================================
--- thread/thr_exit.c	(版本 182882)
+++ thread/thr_exit.c	(工作副本)
_at__at_ -96,9 +96,6 _at__at_
  		_thread_cleanupspecific();
  	}

-	/* Tell malloc that the thread is exiting. */
-	_malloc_thread_cleanup();
-
  	if (!_thr_isthreaded())
  		exit(0);

_at__at_ -109,6 +106,12 _at__at_
  		exit(0);
  		/* Never reach! */
  	}
+	THREAD_LIST_UNLOCK(curthread);
+
+	/* Tell malloc that the thread is exiting. */
+	_malloc_thread_cleanup();
+
+	THREAD_LIST_LOCK(curthread);
  	THR_LOCK(curthread);
  	curthread->state = PS_DEAD;
  	if (curthread->flags & THR_FLAGS_NEED_SUSPEND) {
Received on Tue Sep 09 2008 - 02:06:00 UTC

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