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authorAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2016-10-10 15:08:39 -0300
committerAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2016-11-24 19:38:51 -0200
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Remove cached PID/TID in clone
This patch remove the PID cache and usage in current GLIBC code.  Current
usage is mainly used a performance optimization to avoid the syscall,
however it adds some issues:

  - The exposed clone syscall will try to set pid/tid to make the new
    thread somewhat compatible with current GLIBC assumptions.  This cause
    a set of issue with new workloads and usecases (such as BZ#17214 and
    [1]) as well for new internal usage of clone to optimize other algorithms
    (such as clone plus CLONE_VM for posix_spawn, BZ#19957).

  - The caching complexity also added some bugs in the past [2] [3] and
    requires more effort of each port to handle such requirements (for
    both clone and vfork implementation).

  - Caching performance gain in mainly on getpid and some specific
    code paths.  The getpid performance leverage is questionable [4],
    either by the idea of getpid being a hotspot as for the getpid
    implementation itself (if it is indeed a justifiable hotspot a
    vDSO symbol could let to a much more simpler solution).

    Other usage is mainly for non usual code paths, such as pthread
    cancellation signal and handling.

For thread creation (on stack allocation) the code simplification in fact
adds some performance gain due the no need of transverse the stack cache
and invalidate each element pid.

Other thread usages will require a direct getpid syscall, such as
cancellation/setxid signal, thread cancellation, thread fail path (at
create_thread), and thread signal (pthread_kill and pthread_sigqueue).
However these are hardly usual hotspots and I think adding a syscall is
justifiable.

It also simplifies both the clone and vfork arch-specific implementation.
And by review each fork implementation there are some discrepancies that
this patch also solves:

  - microblaze clone/vfork does not set/reset the pid/tid field
  - hppa uses the default vfork implementation that fallback to fork.
    Since vfork is deprecated I do not think we should bother with it.

The patch also removes the TID caching in clone. My understanding for
such semantic is try provide some pthread usage after a user program
issue clone directly (as done by thread creation with CLONE_PARENT_SETTID
and pthread tid member).  However, as stated before in multiple discussions
threads, GLIBC provides clone syscalls without further supporting all this
semantics.

I ran a full make check on x86_64, x32, i686, armhf, aarch64, and powerpc64le.
For sparc32, sparc64, and mips I ran the basic fork and vfork tests from
posix/ folder (on a qemu system).  So it would require further testing
on alpha, hppa, ia64, m68k, nios2, s390, sh, and tile (I excluded microblaze
because it is already implementing the patch semantic regarding clone/vfork).

[1] https://codereview.chromium.org/800183004/
[2] https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2006-07/msg00123.html
[3] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15368
[4] http://yarchive.net/comp/linux/getpid_caching.html

	* sysdeps/nptl/fork.c (__libc_fork): Remove pid cache setting.
	* nptl/allocatestack.c (allocate_stack): Likewise.
	(__reclaim_stacks): Likewise.
	(setxid_signal_thread): Obtain pid through syscall.
	* nptl/nptl-init.c (sigcancel_handler): Likewise.
	(sighandle_setxid): Likewise.
	* nptl/pthread_cancel.c (pthread_cancel): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pthread_kill.c (__pthread_kill): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pthread_sigqueue.c (pthread_sigqueue):
	Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/createthread.c (create_thread): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getpid.c: Remove file.
	* nptl/descr.h (struct pthread): Change comment about pid value.
	* nptl/pthread_getattr_np.c (pthread_getattr_np): Remove thread
	pid assert.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pthread-pids.h (__pthread_initialize_pids):
	Do not set pid value.
	* nptl_db/td_ta_thr_iter.c (iterate_thread_list): Remove thread
	pid cache check.
	* nptl_db/td_thr_validate.c (td_thr_validate): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/aarch64/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Remove pid offset.
	* sysdeps/alpha/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/arm/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/hppa/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/i386/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/ia64/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/m68k/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/microblaze/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/mips/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/nios2/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/powerpc/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/s390/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sh/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/tile/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/x86_64/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/clone.S: Remove pid and tid caching.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/clone2.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nios2/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-64/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/vfork.S: Remove pid set and reset.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nios2/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-64/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-clone2.c (f): Remove direct pthread
	struct access.
	(clone_test): Remove function.
	(do_test): Rewrite to take in consideration pid is not cached anymore.
Diffstat (limited to 'sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile')
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/clone.S16
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/vfork.S28
2 files changed, 0 insertions, 44 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/clone.S b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/clone.S
index d1d36462e7..3f9e3d56c4 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/clone.S
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/clone.S
@@ -163,22 +163,6 @@ ENTRY (__clone)
 .Lthread_start:
 	cfi_def_cfa_offset (FRAME_SIZE)
 	cfi_undefined (lr)
-	/* Check and see if we need to reset the PID, which we do if
-	   CLONE_VM isn't set, i.e. it's a fork-like clone with a new
-	   address space.  In that case we update the cached values
-	   from the true system pid (retrieved via __NR_getpid syscall).  */
-	moveli r0, CLONE_VM
-	and r0, r30, r0
-	BNEZ r0, .Lno_reset_pid   /* CLONE_VM is set */
-	moveli TREG_SYSCALL_NR_NAME, __NR_getpid
-	swint1
-	ADDLI_PTR r2, tp, PID_OFFSET
-	{
-	 ST4 r2, r0
-	 ADDLI_PTR r2, tp, TID_OFFSET
-	}
-	ST4 r2, r0
-.Lno_reset_pid:
 	{
 	 /* Invoke user function with specified argument. */
 	 move r0, r31
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/vfork.S b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/vfork.S
index d8c5ce3e24..2272777187 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/vfork.S
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/vfork.S
@@ -30,18 +30,6 @@
 	.text
 ENTRY (__vfork)
 	{
-	 addli r11, tp, PID_OFFSET	/* Point at PID. */
-	 movei r13, 1
-	}
-	{
-	 LD4U r12, r11			/* Load the saved PID.  */
-	 shli r13, r13, 31		/* Build 0x80000000. */
-	}
-	sub r12, zero, r12		/* Negate it.  */
-	CMOVEQZ r12, r12, r13		/* Replace zero pids.  */
-	ST4 r11, r12			/* Store the temporary PID.  */
-
-	{
 	 moveli r0, CLONE_VFORK | CLONE_VM | SIGCHLD
 	 move r1, zero
 	}
@@ -52,22 +40,6 @@ ENTRY (__vfork)
 	moveli TREG_SYSCALL_NR_NAME, __NR_clone
 	swint1
 
-	BEQZ r0, 1f			/* If we are the parent... */
-	{
-	 addli r11, tp, PID_OFFSET	/* Point at PID. */
-	 movei r13, 1
-	}
-	{
-	 LD4U r12, r11			/* Load the saved PID.  */
-	 shli r13, r13, 31		/* Build 0x80000000. */
-	}
-	{
-	 CMPEQ r13, r12, r12		/* Test for that value. */
-	 sub r12, zero, r12		/* Re-negate it.  */
-	}
-	CMOVNEZ r12, r13, zero		/* Replace zero pids.  */
-	ST4 r11, r12			/* Restore the PID.  */
-1:
 	BNEZ r1, 0f
 	jrp lr
 PSEUDO_END (__vfork)