linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/2] epoll fix own poll()

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0901271257240.20262@alien.or.mcafeemobile.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:59:14 -0800 (PST)
From:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
To:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Pavel Pisa <pisa@....felk.cvut.cz>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] epoll fix own poll()

On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Davide Libenzi wrote:

> 
> The follwing patch fixes a bug inside the epoll's f_op->poll() code, that
> returns POLLIN even though there are no actual ready monitored fds.
> The bug shows up if you add an epoll fd inside another fd container (poll,
> select, epoll).
> The problem is that callback-based wake ups used by epoll, does not carry
> (patches will follow, to fix this) any information about the events
> that actually happened. So the callback code, since it can't call the file*
> ->poll() inside the callback, chains the file* into a ready-list. So, suppose
> you added an fd with EPOLLOUT only, and some data shows up on the fd, the
> file* mapped by the fd will be added into the ready-list (via wakeup
> callback). During normal epoll_wait() use, this condition is sorted out
> at the time we're actually able to call the file*'s f_op->poll().
> Inside the old epoll's f_op->poll() though, only a quick check
> !list_empty(ready-list) was performed, and this could have led to reporting
> POLLIN even though no ready fds would show up at a following epoll_wait().
> In order to correctly report the ready status for an epoll fd, the ready-list
> must be checked to see if any really available fd+event would be ready in
> a following epoll_wait().
> Operation (calling f_op->poll() from inside f_op->poll()) that, like wake ups,
> must be handled with care because of the fact that epoll fds can be added
> to other epoll fds.

Forgot to include the test program that can be used to check for correct 
event reporting, and long-chains/loop trimming code.



- Davide


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