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Message-ID: <20170226152016.GZ1520@brightrain.aerifal.cx>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 10:20:16 -0500
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Reviving planned ldso changes
On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 11:28:30AM +0100, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> * Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org> [2017-02-25 20:39:26 -0500]:
> > On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 02:04:30AM +0100, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> > > * Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org> [2017-01-15 12:44:38 -0500]:
> > > > static void do_init_fini(struct dso *p)
> > > > {
> > > > size_t dyn[DYN_CNT];
> > > > - int need_locking = libc.threads_minus_1;
> > > > - /* Allow recursive calls that arise when a library calls
> > > > - * dlopen from one of its constructors, but block any
> > > > - * other threads until all ctors have finished. */
> > > > - if (need_locking) pthread_mutex_lock(&init_fini_lock);
> > > > - for (; p; p=p->prev) {
> > > > - if (p->constructed) continue;
> > > > + pthread_mutex_lock(&init_fini_lock);
> > > > + /* Construct in dependency order without any recursive state. */
> > > > + while (p && !p->constructed) {
> > > > + /* The following loop descends into the first dependency
> > > > + * that is neither alredy constructed nor pending
> > > > + * construction due to circular deps, stopping only
> > > > + * when it reaches a dso with no remaining dependencies
> > > > + * to descend into. */
> > > > + while (p->deps && p->deps[p->next_dep]) {
> > > > + if (!p->deps[p->next_dep]->constructed &&
> > > > + !p->deps[p->next_dep]->next_dep)
> > > > + p = p->deps[p->next_dep++];
> > > > + else
> > > > + p->next_dep++;
> > > > + }
> > > > p->constructed = 1;
> > > > decode_vec(p->dynv, dyn, DYN_CNT);
> > > > if (dyn[0] & ((1<<DT_FINI) | (1<<DT_FINI_ARRAY))) {
> > > > @@ -1233,17 +1246,19 @@ static void do_init_fini(struct dso *p)
> > > > size_t *fn = laddr(p, dyn[DT_INIT_ARRAY]);
> > > > while (n--) ((void (*)(void))*fn++)();
> > > > }
> > > > - if (!need_locking && libc.threads_minus_1) {
> > > > - need_locking = 1;
> > > > - pthread_mutex_lock(&init_fini_lock);
> > > > - }
> > > > - }
> > > > - if (need_locking) pthread_mutex_unlock(&init_fini_lock);
> > > > + /* Revisit "parent" dso which caused the just-constructed
> > > > + * dso to be pulled in as a dependency. On the next loop
> > > > + * iteration we will either descend to construct a sibling
> > > > + * of the just-constructed dso, or finish constructing the
> > > > + * parent if no unfinished deps remain. */
> > > > + p = p->needed_by;
> > > > + }
> > >
> > > i think with
> > >
> > > a.deps: b c
> > > b.deps: c d
> > > b.needed_by: a
> > > c.needed_by: a
> > >
> > > the visiting order starting from a is
> > > a
> > > b
> > > c
> > > a
> > >
> > > and d never gets constructed.
> >
> > Are you sure? My understanding of what it does is:
> >
> > 1. Descend a->b->c, construct c, and back up to b.
>
> you did not explain how you get back to b after c
> without a stack of visited dsos or modified c->needed_by.
Sorry, that should have been back up to a (c->needed_by). Then:
2. Descend a->b->d, construct d, and back up to b.
The key point is that x->needed_by is always the first dso that pulled
in x, so if we back all the way back up to x->needed_by, we'll revisit
all later dsos which depend on x.
Rich
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