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S. VeyriƩ updated WW-3576:
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    Description: 
Searching for a bug after some stress test (Exception on "getAttribute": 
already invalidated session), I reviewed SessionMap.java.

Following WW-239, SessionMap has been made thread-safe.

All methods are like this :

public void doSomething() {
        if (session == null) {
                return;
        }
        
        synchronized (session) {
                session.doSometing();
        }
}

For example:
public void invalidate() {
        if (session == null) {
                return;
        }
        
        synchronized (session) {
                session.invalidate();
                session = null;
                entries = null;
        }
} 

IMHO this is not thread-safe. With the example of invalidate(), if there is a 
context switch just before the synchronized, the nullity is no more checked. If 
another invalidate() is called at least a NPE can be thrown. There are probably 
other side-effects like my exception problem.

As now Struts 2 only supports Java 5+, there is two ways to fix it :
* use a double-check-locking (DCL) and set session "volatile" (easy way)
* use java.util.concurrent instead of synchronized keyword

If you agree and choose one of those fixes, I can provide a patch.

For the moment, I don't know if my bug is resolved if we directly use javax 
session, without this wrapper.

  was:
Searching for a bug after some stress test (Exception on "getAttribute": 
already invalidated session), I reviewed SessionMap.java.

Following WW-239, SessionMap has been made thread-safe.

All methods are like this :

public void doSomething() {
        if (session == null) {
                return;
        }
        
        synchronized (session) {
                session.doSometing();
        }
}

For example:
public void invalidate() {
        if (session == null) {
                return;
        }
        
        synchronized (session) {
                session.invalidate();
                session = null;
                entries = null;
        }
} 

IMHO this is not thread-safe. With the example of invalidate(), if there is a 
context switch just before the synchronized, the nullity is no more checked. If 
another invalidate() is called at least a NPE can be thrown. There are probably 
other side-effects like my exception problem).

As now Struts 2 only support Java 5+, there is two ways to fix it :
* use a double-check-locking (DCL) and set session "volatile" (easy way)
* use java.util.concurrent instead of synchronized keyword

If you agree and choose one of those fixes, I can provide a patch.

For the moment, I don't know if my bug is resolved if we directly use javax 
session, without this wrapper.


> SessionMap is not thread-safe
> -----------------------------
>
>                 Key: WW-3576
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3576
>             Project: Struts 2
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Other
>    Affects Versions: 2.2.1
>            Reporter: S. VeyriƩ
>
> Searching for a bug after some stress test (Exception on "getAttribute": 
> already invalidated session), I reviewed SessionMap.java.
> Following WW-239, SessionMap has been made thread-safe.
> All methods are like this :
> public void doSomething() {
>       if (session == null) {
>               return;
>       }
>       
>       synchronized (session) {
>               session.doSometing();
>       }
> }
> For example:
> public void invalidate() {
>       if (session == null) {
>               return;
>       }
>       
>       synchronized (session) {
>               session.invalidate();
>               session = null;
>               entries = null;
>       }
> } 
> IMHO this is not thread-safe. With the example of invalidate(), if there is a 
> context switch just before the synchronized, the nullity is no more checked. 
> If another invalidate() is called at least a NPE can be thrown. There are 
> probably other side-effects like my exception problem.
> As now Struts 2 only supports Java 5+, there is two ways to fix it :
> * use a double-check-locking (DCL) and set session "volatile" (easy way)
> * use java.util.concurrent instead of synchronized keyword
> If you agree and choose one of those fixes, I can provide a patch.
> For the moment, I don't know if my bug is resolved if we directly use javax 
> session, without this wrapper.

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