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From: Matan Azrad <matan@nvidia.com>
To: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>,
	David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
Cc: dev <dev@dpdk.org>, dpdk stable <stable@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] vdpa/mlx5: fix configuration mutex cleanup
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 13:09:38 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <MW2PR12MB24925426B28403DD6BE92BB1DFA80@MW2PR12MB2492.namprd12.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1052520c-61e9-2135-bbad-9d009f52ce4b@redhat.com>



From: Maxime Coquelin
> Hi Matan,
> 
> On 1/14/21 12:49 PM, Matan Azrad wrote:
> > Hi Maxime and David
> >
> > Thank you for Review.
> >
> > From: David Marchand
> >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 9:48 AM David Marchand
> >> <david.marchand@redhat.com> wrote:
> >>>> I wonder if it would be possible and cleaner to disable
> >>>> cancellation on the thread while the mutex is held?
> >
> > Yes, we can cause thread to return by some global variable sync.
> > It is the same logic.
> 
> No, that was not my suggestion. My suggestion is to block the thread
> cancellation while in the critical section, using pthread_setcancelstate().

Yes, Generally it is better to let the thread control his cancellation, either cancel itself or enabling\disabling cancellations. 

I don't see a reason to wait for the thread in current logic - the critical section is not important to be completed here.

We just want to close the thread and to clean the mutex. 
 
> >>> +1
> >>
> >> IEEE Std 1003.1-2001/Cor 2-2004, item XBD/TC2/D6/26 is applied,
> >> adding pthread_t to the list of types that are not required to be
> >> arithmetic types, thus allowing pthread_t to be defined as a structure.
> >>
> >> It would be better to leave pthread_t alone and not interpret it:
> >>
> >> if (priv->timer_tid) {
> >>     pthread_cancel(priv->timer_tid);
> >>     pthread_join(priv->timer_tid, &status); }
> >> priv->timer_tid = 0;
> >
> >
> > I'm not sure why you think it is better in this specific case.
> > The cancellation will close the thread in faster way, no need to wait for the
> thread to close itself.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> David Marchand
> >


  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-14 13:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-06  6:43 Matan Azrad
2021-01-07 18:09 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-08  8:48   ` David Marchand
2021-01-14  8:34     ` David Marchand
2021-01-14 11:49       ` Matan Azrad
2021-01-14 12:38         ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-14 13:09           ` Matan Azrad [this message]
2021-01-14 14:27             ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-14 15:23               ` Matan Azrad
2021-01-21 10:46                 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-21 20:13                   ` Matan Azrad
2021-01-26 10:22                     ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-26 10:45                       ` Matan Azrad
2021-01-26 13:00                         ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-26 18:23                           ` Matan Azrad
2021-01-27 10:45 ` Maxime Coquelin
2021-01-27 12:01 ` Maxime Coquelin

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