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Re: [PATCH v2] Also use l_tls_dtor_count to decide on object unload (BZ #18657)


On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 11:46:35PM +0530, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> When an TLS destructor is registered, we set the DF_1_NODELETE flag to
> signal that the object should not be destroyed.  We then clear the
> DF_1_NODELETE flag when all destructors are called, which is wrong -
> the flag could have been set by other means too.
> 
> This patch replaces this use of the flag by using l_tls_dtor_count
> directly to determine whether it is safe to unload the object.  This
> change has the added advantage of eliminating the lock taking when
> calling the destructors, which could result in a deadlock.  The patch
> also fixes the test case tst-tls-atexit - it was making an invalid
> dlclose call, which would just return an error silently.
> 
> Change verified on x86_64; the test suite does not show any
> regressions due to the patch.
> 
Does not work. In thread A we register destructor just before atomic
add. Meanwhile we call dlclose in thread B which succeeds as count is
zero. After thread A resumes it causes SIGSEGV when destructor gets
called.


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