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From: Ian Kumlien <pomac@vapor.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: Martin Fick <mfick@codeaurora.org>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git hangs on pthread_join
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 10:29:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130529082903.GC22308@pomac.netswarm.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130528175108.GA21210@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 01:51:09PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 03:01:43PM +0200, Ian Kumlien wrote:
> 
> > git 1.8.2.1 is started by xinetd
> > [...]
> > I have found "git receive-pack"s that has been running for days/weeks
> > without terminating....
> > 
> > Attaching gdb and doing a trace results in:
> > #0  0x0000003261207b35 in pthread_join () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0
> > #1  0x00000000004ce58b in finish_async ()
> > #2  0x000000000045744b in cmd_receive_pack ()
> > #3  0x0000000000404851 in handle_internal_command ()
> > #4  0x0000000000404c9d in main ()
> 
> I recently fixed a deadlock that could happen in receive-pack when
> clients hung up before sending a valid pack header. The fix is commit
> 49ecfa1, and it's in git v1.8.2.2.

With dodgy connections this could easily happen =)

Really nice catch!

> The stack trace for the deadlock fixed by 49ecfa1 would have
> unpack_with_sideband between #1 and #2 above, but it is entirely
> possible that it is simply inlined in your build of git, depending on
> the -O level of your build (it is a static function that is only called
> from one place). So it seems likely that it is the culprit.

Yeah, since it's a RHEL 5 machine i don't even get a debug rpm package
=P

I will upgrade all machines and keep monitoring, thanks!

> -Peff

  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-29  8:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-23 13:01 git hangs on pthread_join Ian Kumlien
2013-05-23 19:45 ` Martin Fick
2013-05-28 17:51 ` Jeff King
2013-05-29  8:29   ` Ian Kumlien [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-05-27 13:58 Ian Kumlien

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