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Re: [Qemu-devel] linux-user crashing in multi-threaded programs
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Alexander Graf |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] linux-user crashing in multi-threaded programs |
Date: |
Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:07:19 +0100 |
On 21.11.2011, at 10:59, Peter Maydell wrote:
> On 21 November 2011 09:55, Alexander Graf <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On 21.11.2011, at 09:54, Peter Maydell wrote:
>>> I think I sent you my work-in-progress patch, didn't I?
>>
>> I know that we talked about it. But I can't find it. That doesn't
>> mean that you didn't send it, but either way I'd really like to see
>> your patch somewhere where it can be found by more people than just
>> me. How about the bug report? :)
>
> Good idea -- I'll attach it there today.
>
>> There's also always the chance of doing tricks like I did in my patch
>> tonight, so you could do the unlinking code in single-threaded
>> applications and switch to the more expensive flag check in
>> multi-threaded ones.
>
> You can hit this bug even single-threaded or in system mode:
> it's just that aggressively multi-threaded user apps are the
> easiest way to trigger it. So I don't think we can ever use
> the tb-unlinking code safely.
Not sure I understand. I thought it's a race between multiple threads trying to
chain/unchain TBs at the same time? How can that happen in system or
single-threaded mode?
Alex