Provides call_rcu_before_fork() and call_rcu_after_fork_parent() to go with the existing call_rcu_after_fork_child().
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]> --- README | 4 ++++ urcu-call-rcu.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index f7f0dec..56e98d7 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -204,3 +204,7 @@ Interaction with fork() liburcu-bp, which is designed to handle fork() by calling rcu_bp_before_fork, rcu_bp_after_fork_parent and rcu_bp_after_fork_child. + + Applications that use call_rcu() are required to invoke + call_rcu_after_fork_child() from the child process after a + successful fork() system call that is not followed by exec(). diff --git a/urcu-call-rcu.c b/urcu-call-rcu.c index bb56dbb..665f20c 100644 --- a/urcu-call-rcu.c +++ b/urcu-call-rcu.c @@ -566,13 +566,40 @@ void free_all_cpu_call_rcu_data(void) } /* + * Acquire the call_rcu_mutex in order to ensure that the child sees + * all of the call_rcu() data structures in a consistent state. + * Suitable for pthread_atfork() and friends. + */ +void call_rcu_before_fork(void) +{ + call_rcu_lock(&call_rcu_mutex); +} + +/* + * Clean up call_rcu data structures in the parent of a successful fork() + * that is not followed by exec() in the child. Suitable for + * pthread_atfork() and friends. + */ +void call_rcu_after_fork_parent(void) +{ + call_rcu_unlock(&call_rcu_mutex); +} + +/* * Clean up call_rcu data structures in the child of a successful fork() - * that is not followed by exec(). + * that is not followed by exec(). Suitable for pthread_atfork() and + * friends. */ void call_rcu_after_fork_child(void) { struct call_rcu_data *crdp; + /* Re-initialize the mutex. */ + if (pthread_mutex_init(&call_rcu_mutex, NULL) != 0) { + perror("pthread_mutex_init"); + exit(-1); + } + /* * Allocate a new default call_rcu_data structure in order * to get a working call_rcu thread to go with it. -- 1.7.3.2 _______________________________________________ ltt-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.casi.polymtl.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ltt-dev
