glibc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/createthread.c
Adhemerval Zanella c579f48edb Remove cached PID/TID in clone
This patch remove the PID cache and usage in current GLIBC code.  Current
usage is mainly used a performance optimization to avoid the syscall,
however it adds some issues:

  - The exposed clone syscall will try to set pid/tid to make the new
    thread somewhat compatible with current GLIBC assumptions.  This cause
    a set of issue with new workloads and usecases (such as BZ#17214 and
    [1]) as well for new internal usage of clone to optimize other algorithms
    (such as clone plus CLONE_VM for posix_spawn, BZ#19957).

  - The caching complexity also added some bugs in the past [2] [3] and
    requires more effort of each port to handle such requirements (for
    both clone and vfork implementation).

  - Caching performance gain in mainly on getpid and some specific
    code paths.  The getpid performance leverage is questionable [4],
    either by the idea of getpid being a hotspot as for the getpid
    implementation itself (if it is indeed a justifiable hotspot a
    vDSO symbol could let to a much more simpler solution).

    Other usage is mainly for non usual code paths, such as pthread
    cancellation signal and handling.

For thread creation (on stack allocation) the code simplification in fact
adds some performance gain due the no need of transverse the stack cache
and invalidate each element pid.

Other thread usages will require a direct getpid syscall, such as
cancellation/setxid signal, thread cancellation, thread fail path (at
create_thread), and thread signal (pthread_kill and pthread_sigqueue).
However these are hardly usual hotspots and I think adding a syscall is
justifiable.

It also simplifies both the clone and vfork arch-specific implementation.
And by review each fork implementation there are some discrepancies that
this patch also solves:

  - microblaze clone/vfork does not set/reset the pid/tid field
  - hppa uses the default vfork implementation that fallback to fork.
    Since vfork is deprecated I do not think we should bother with it.

The patch also removes the TID caching in clone. My understanding for
such semantic is try provide some pthread usage after a user program
issue clone directly (as done by thread creation with CLONE_PARENT_SETTID
and pthread tid member).  However, as stated before in multiple discussions
threads, GLIBC provides clone syscalls without further supporting all this
semantics.

I ran a full make check on x86_64, x32, i686, armhf, aarch64, and powerpc64le.
For sparc32, sparc64, and mips I ran the basic fork and vfork tests from
posix/ folder (on a qemu system).  So it would require further testing
on alpha, hppa, ia64, m68k, nios2, s390, sh, and tile (I excluded microblaze
because it is already implementing the patch semantic regarding clone/vfork).

[1] https://codereview.chromium.org/800183004/
[2] https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2006-07/msg00123.html
[3] https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15368
[4] http://yarchive.net/comp/linux/getpid_caching.html

	* sysdeps/nptl/fork.c (__libc_fork): Remove pid cache setting.
	* nptl/allocatestack.c (allocate_stack): Likewise.
	(__reclaim_stacks): Likewise.
	(setxid_signal_thread): Obtain pid through syscall.
	* nptl/nptl-init.c (sigcancel_handler): Likewise.
	(sighandle_setxid): Likewise.
	* nptl/pthread_cancel.c (pthread_cancel): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pthread_kill.c (__pthread_kill): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pthread_sigqueue.c (pthread_sigqueue):
	Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/createthread.c (create_thread): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getpid.c: Remove file.
	* nptl/descr.h (struct pthread): Change comment about pid value.
	* nptl/pthread_getattr_np.c (pthread_getattr_np): Remove thread
	pid assert.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pthread-pids.h (__pthread_initialize_pids):
	Do not set pid value.
	* nptl_db/td_ta_thr_iter.c (iterate_thread_list): Remove thread
	pid cache check.
	* nptl_db/td_thr_validate.c (td_thr_validate): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/aarch64/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Remove pid offset.
	* sysdeps/alpha/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/arm/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/hppa/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/i386/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/ia64/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/m68k/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/microblaze/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/mips/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/nios2/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/powerpc/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/s390/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sh/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/sparc/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/tile/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/x86_64/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/clone.S: Remove pid and tid caching.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/hppa/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/clone2.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nios2/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-64/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/vfork.S: Remove pid set and reset.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ia64/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/clone.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/nios2/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc32/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-64/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tile/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/vfork.S: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-clone2.c (f): Remove direct pthread
	struct access.
	(clone_test): Remove function.
	(do_test): Rewrite to take in consideration pid is not cached anymore.
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/* Low-level thread creation for NPTL. Linux version.
Copyright (C) 2002-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2002.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#include <sched.h>
#include <setjmp.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <atomic.h>
#include <ldsodefs.h>
#include <tls.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <arch-fork.h>
#ifndef ARCH_CLONE
# define ARCH_CLONE __clone
#endif
/* See the comments in pthread_create.c for the requirements for these
two macros and the create_thread function. */
#define START_THREAD_DEFN \
static int __attribute__ ((noreturn)) start_thread (void *arg)
#define START_THREAD_SELF arg
/* pthread_create.c defines this using START_THREAD_DEFN
We need a forward declaration here so we can take its address. */
static int start_thread (void *arg) __attribute__ ((noreturn));
static int
create_thread (struct pthread *pd, const struct pthread_attr *attr,
bool stopped_start, STACK_VARIABLES_PARMS, bool *thread_ran)
{
/* Determine whether the newly created threads has to be started
stopped since we have to set the scheduling parameters or set the
affinity. */
if (attr != NULL
&& (__glibc_unlikely (attr->cpuset != NULL)
|| __glibc_unlikely ((attr->flags & ATTR_FLAG_NOTINHERITSCHED) != 0)))
stopped_start = true;
pd->stopped_start = stopped_start;
if (__glibc_unlikely (stopped_start))
/* We make sure the thread does not run far by forcing it to get a
lock. We lock it here too so that the new thread cannot continue
until we tell it to. */
lll_lock (pd->lock, LLL_PRIVATE);
/* We rely heavily on various flags the CLONE function understands:
CLONE_VM, CLONE_FS, CLONE_FILES
These flags select semantics with shared address space and
file descriptors according to what POSIX requires.
CLONE_SIGHAND, CLONE_THREAD
This flag selects the POSIX signal semantics and various
other kinds of sharing (itimers, POSIX timers, etc.).
CLONE_SETTLS
The sixth parameter to CLONE determines the TLS area for the
new thread.
CLONE_PARENT_SETTID
The kernels writes the thread ID of the newly created thread
into the location pointed to by the fifth parameters to CLONE.
Note that it would be semantically equivalent to use
CLONE_CHILD_SETTID but it is be more expensive in the kernel.
CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID
The kernels clears the thread ID of a thread that has called
sys_exit() in the location pointed to by the seventh parameter
to CLONE.
The termination signal is chosen to be zero which means no signal
is sent. */
const int clone_flags = (CLONE_VM | CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES | CLONE_SYSVSEM
| CLONE_SIGHAND | CLONE_THREAD
| CLONE_SETTLS | CLONE_PARENT_SETTID
| CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID
| 0);
TLS_DEFINE_INIT_TP (tp, pd);
if (__glibc_unlikely (ARCH_CLONE (&start_thread, STACK_VARIABLES_ARGS,
clone_flags, pd, &pd->tid, tp, &pd->tid)
== -1))
return errno;
/* It's started now, so if we fail below, we'll have to cancel it
and let it clean itself up. */
*thread_ran = true;
/* Now we have the possibility to set scheduling parameters etc. */
if (attr != NULL)
{
INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err);
int res;
/* Set the affinity mask if necessary. */
if (attr->cpuset != NULL)
{
assert (stopped_start);
res = INTERNAL_SYSCALL (sched_setaffinity, err, 3, pd->tid,
attr->cpusetsize, attr->cpuset);
if (__glibc_unlikely (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (res, err)))
err_out:
{
/* The operation failed. We have to kill the thread.
We let the normal cancellation mechanism do the work. */
pid_t pid = __getpid ();
INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err2);
(void) INTERNAL_SYSCALL_CALL (tgkill, err2, pid, pd->tid,
SIGCANCEL);
return INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO (res, err);
}
}
/* Set the scheduling parameters. */
if ((attr->flags & ATTR_FLAG_NOTINHERITSCHED) != 0)
{
assert (stopped_start);
res = INTERNAL_SYSCALL (sched_setscheduler, err, 3, pd->tid,
pd->schedpolicy, &pd->schedparam);
if (__glibc_unlikely (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (res, err)))
goto err_out;
}
}
return 0;
}