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| -rw-r--r-- | changes/bug4345 | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/common/compat.c | 16 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/changes/bug4345 b/changes/bug4345 index 4975eea1e..5e650fc34 100644 --- a/changes/bug4345 +++ b/changes/bug4345 @@ -1,6 +1,10 @@ o Minor bugfixes: - Check return code on spawn_func() in cpuworker code, so that we don't think we've spawned a nonworking cpuworker and write junk to it - forever. Fix for bug 4345; bugfix on all released Tor versions. + forever. Fix related to bug 4345; bugfix on all released Tor versions. Found by "skruffy". + - Use a pthread_attr to make sure that spawn_func() cannot return + an error while at the same time launching a thread. Fix related + to bug 4345; bugfix on all released Tor versions. Reported by + "cypherpunks". diff --git a/src/common/compat.c b/src/common/compat.c index d88c5f92d..8a3655e19 100644 --- a/src/common/compat.c +++ b/src/common/compat.c @@ -2248,6 +2248,12 @@ tor_pthread_helper_fn(void *_data) func(arg); return NULL; } +/** + * A pthread attribute to make threads start detached. + */ +static pthread_attr_t attr_detached; +/** True iff we've called tor_threads_init() */ +static int threads_initialized = 0; #endif /** Minimalist interface to run a void function in the background. On @@ -2271,12 +2277,12 @@ spawn_func(void (*func)(void *), void *data) #elif defined(USE_PTHREADS) pthread_t thread; tor_pthread_data_t *d; + if (PREDICT_UNLIKELY(!threads_initialized)) + tor_threads_init(); d = tor_malloc(sizeof(tor_pthread_data_t)); d->data = data; d->func = func; - if (pthread_create(&thread,NULL,tor_pthread_helper_fn,d)) - return -1; - if (pthread_detach(thread)) + if (pthread_create(&thread,&attr_detached,tor_pthread_helper_fn,d)) return -1; return 0; #else @@ -2633,8 +2639,6 @@ tor_get_thread_id(void) * "reentrant" mutexes (i.e., once we can re-lock if we're already holding * them.) */ static pthread_mutexattr_t attr_reentrant; -/** True iff we've called tor_threads_init() */ -static int threads_initialized = 0; /** Initialize <b>mutex</b> so it can be locked. Every mutex must be set * up with tor_mutex_init() or tor_mutex_new(); not both. */ void @@ -2778,6 +2782,8 @@ tor_threads_init(void) if (!threads_initialized) { pthread_mutexattr_init(&attr_reentrant); pthread_mutexattr_settype(&attr_reentrant, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE); + tor_assert(0==pthread_attr_init(&attr_detached)); + tor_assert(0==pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr_detached, 1)); threads_initialized = 1; set_main_thread(); } |