Fix: sessiond: sessiond and agent deadlock on destroy

[lttng-tools.git] / src / bin / lttng-sessiond / session.h

diff --git a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/session.h b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/session.h
index a58de18f1d632ac2a6d782cd31ddc017079b38b0..1df70a4747a8341d93b8b3185603ccddcfb23782 100644 (file)
--- a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/session.h
+++ b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/session.h
@@ -195,13 +195,22 @@ struct ltt_session {
        char *base_path;
 };
 
-/* Prototypes */
 enum lttng_error_code session_create(const char *name, uid_t uid, gid_t gid,
                struct ltt_session **out_session);
 void session_lock(struct ltt_session *session);
+void session_unlock(struct ltt_session *session);
+
+/*
+ * The session list lock covers more ground than its name implies. While
+ * it does protect against concurent mutations of the session list, it is
+ * also used as a multi-session lock when synchronizing newly-registered
+ * 'user space tracer' and 'agent' applications.
+ *
+ * In other words, it prevents session configurations from changing while they
+ * are being transmitted to the various applications.
+ */
 void session_lock_list(void);
 int session_trylock_list(void);
-void session_unlock(struct ltt_session *session);
 void session_unlock_list(void);
 
 void session_destroy(struct ltt_session *session);