Fix: action executor: deadlock on session_list_lock
authorJonathan Rajotte <jonathan.rajotte-julien@efficios.com>
Thu, 22 Apr 2021 02:01:02 +0000 (22:01 -0400)
committerJérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:18:37 +0000 (20:18 -0400)
commite1bbf98908a6399f39a9a8bc95bd8b59cecaa816
tree6c582b25c66138d10cd7f1c1de91ccc3c9b6edb6
parentb03a81fbbc65c1cf2e9abc67c56465137c788322
Fix: action executor: deadlock on session_list_lock

Observed issue
==============

A dead lock is observed during the start-stop test suite for triggers.

Cause
=====

A start session action is executed by the action executor, the
`cmd_start_trace` function is called and effectively holds the
`session_list_lock.`. During `cmd_start_trace` a call to
`notification_thread_command_add_channel` is performed to inform the
notification thread of the new channel presence.

At the same time, a tracer event notification is received by the
notification thread. The actions are queued up and the sample of the
session id take place and a call to `session_lock_list` is performed and
blocks on the lock operation.

The notification thread wait on the `session_list_lock` and the
`session_list_lock` holder, the action executor, waits on the completion
of a command the be run by the notification thread: deadlock.

The backtrace:

 Thread 6 (Thread 0x7f831c8a6700 (LWP 3046458)):
 #0  syscall () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/syscall.S:38
 #1  0x000000000053b852 in futex (uaddr=0x7f831c8a45e0, op=0, val=0, timeout=0x0, uaddr2=0x0, val3=0) at /home/joraj/lttng/master/install/include/urcu/futex.h:72
 #2  0x000000000053b4f9 in futex_noasync (uaddr=0x7f831c8a45e0, op=0, val=0, timeout=0x0, uaddr2=0x0, val3=0) at /home/joraj/lttng/master/install/include/urcu/futex.h:81
 #3  0x000000000053af10 in lttng_waiter_wait (waiter=0x7f831c8a45d8) at waiter.c:55
 #4  0x000000000046b0f2 in run_command_wait (handle=0xe60520, cmd=0x7f831c8a4588) at notification-thread-commands.c:49
 #5  0x000000000046b270 in notification_thread_command_add_channel (handle=0xe60520, session_name=0x7f8300006c30 "my_triggered_session", uid=1000, gid=1000, channel_name=0x7f82dc00be04 "channel0", key=1, domain=LTTNG_DOMAIN_UST, capacity=2097152) at notification-thread-commands.c:184
 #6  0x00000000004c7f65 in create_channel_per_uid (app=0x7f82d8000bf0, usess=0x7f8300000bb0, ua_sess=0x7f82dc002600, ua_chan=0x7f82dc00bde0) at ust-app.c:3360
 #7  0x00000000004c6f98 in ust_app_channel_send (app=0x7f82d8000bf0, usess=0x7f8300000bb0, ua_sess=0x7f82dc002600, ua_chan=0x7f82dc00bde0) at ust-app.c:3514
 #8  0x00000000004c6bde in ust_app_channel_create (usess=0x7f8300000bb0, ua_sess=0x7f82dc002600, uchan=0x7f8300005a90, app=0x7f82d8000bf0, _ua_chan=0x7f831c8a48b0) at ust-app.c:4771
 #9  0x00000000004c6968 in find_or_create_ust_app_channel (usess=0x7f8300000bb0, ua_sess=0x7f82dc002600, app=0x7f82d8000bf0, uchan=0x7f8300005a90, ua_chan=0x7f831c8a48b0) at ust-app.c:5610
 #10 0x00000000004c4f09 in ust_app_synchronize_all_channels (usess=0x7f8300000bb0, ua_sess=0x7f82dc002600, app=0x7f82d8000bf0) at ust-app.c:5820
 #11 0x00000000004b958c in ust_app_synchronize (usess=0x7f8300000bb0, app=0x7f82d8000bf0) at ust-app.c:5886
 #12 0x00000000004b8500 in ust_app_global_update (usess=0x7f8300000bb0, app=0x7f82d8000bf0) at ust-app.c:5960
 #13 0x00000000004b7ec2 in ust_app_start_trace_all (usess=0x7f8300000bb0) at ust-app.c:5520
 #14 0x0000000000444e86 in cmd_start_trace (session=0x7f8300006c30) at cmd.c:2707
 #15 0x00000000004a5af9 in action_executor_start_session_handler (executor=0x7f8314004410, work_item=0x7f8314005100, item=0x7f83140050b0) at action-executor.c:342
 #16 0x00000000004a537f in action_executor_generic_handler (executor=0x7f8314004410, work_item=0x7f8314005100, item=0x7f83140050b0) at action-executor.c:696
 #17 0x00000000004a4dbc in action_work_item_execute (executor=0x7f8314004410, work_item=0x7f8314005100) at action-executor.c:715
 #18 0x00000000004a37e6 in action_executor_thread (_data=0x7f8314004410) at action-executor.c:797
 #19 0x0000000000486193 in launch_thread (data=0x7f83140044b0) at thread.c:66
 #20 0x00007f8320b60609 in start_thread (arg=<optimized out>) at pthread_create.c:477
 #21 0x00007f8320a87293 in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95

 Thread 5 (Thread 0x7f831d0a7700 (LWP 3046457)):
 #0  __lll_lock_wait (futex=futex@entry=0x5e1c10 <ltt_session_list>, private=0) at lowlevellock.c:52
 #1  0x00007f8320b630a3 in __GI___pthread_mutex_lock (mutex=0x5e1c10 <ltt_session_list>) at ../nptl/pthread_mutex_lock.c:80
 #2  0x00000000004378c3 in session_lock_list () at session.c:156
 #3  0x00000000004a871c in add_action_to_subitem_array (action=0x7f830001a730, subitems=0x7f83140051d0) at action-executor.c:1081
 #4  0x00000000004a8578 in add_action_to_subitem_array (action=0x7f830001a620, subitems=0x7f83140051d0) at action-executor.c:1025
 #5  0x00000000004a4922 in populate_subitem_array_from_trigger (trigger=0x7f830001a950, subitems=0x7f83140051d0) at action-executor.c:1116
 #6  0x00000000004a416e in action_executor_enqueue_trigger (executor=0x7f8314004410, trigger=0x7f830001a950, evaluation=0x7f8314005190, object_creds=0x0, client_list=0x7f8314004980) at action-executor.c:924
 #7  0x0000000000479481 in dispatch_one_event_notifier_notification (state=0x7f831d0a63e8, notification=0x7f8314005160) at notification-thread-events.c:4613
 #8  0x0000000000472324 in handle_one_event_notifier_notification (state=0x7f831d0a63e8, pipe=65, domain=LTTNG_DOMAIN_UST) at notification-thread-events.c:4702
 #9  0x0000000000472271 in handle_notification_thread_event_notification (state=0x7f831d0a63e8, pipe=65, domain=LTTNG_DOMAIN_UST) at notification-thread-events.c:4717
 #10 0x00000000004695a3 in handle_event_notification_pipe (event_source_fd=65, domain=LTTNG_DOMAIN_UST, revents=1, state=0x7f831d0a63e8) at notification-thread.c:591
 #11 0x000000000046849b in thread_notification (data=0xe60520) at notification-thread.c:727
 #12 0x0000000000486193 in launch_thread (data=0xe60610) at thread.c:66
 #13 0x00007f8320b60609 in start_thread (arg=<optimized out>) at pthread_create.c:477
 #14 0x00007f8320a87293 in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95

Solution
========

Instead of using session_find_by_name() which requires the
`session_list_lock`, we introduce `sample_session_id_by_name` that uses
a urcu backed data structure. This allows the sampling of the session
id without holding the session list lock. We accept the small window
where a session object is still accessible but concretely not valid
since the actual execution context will be validated at the moment of
execution. The execution side already handles the possibility that the
session is removed at that point or is not the same session. The
execution side acquires the session_list_lock for validation.

Known drawbacks
=========

None

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Rajotte <jonathan.rajotte-julien@efficios.com>
Signed-off-by: Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
Change-Id: I5ad2c57acc0d03d2814dda59f8ecf2d831fd961e
src/bin/lttng-sessiond/action-executor.c
src/bin/lttng-sessiond/session.c
src/bin/lttng-sessiond/session.h
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