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-rw-r--r--unix/tclUnixNotfy.c27
-rw-r--r--unix/tclUnixTest.c47
3 files changed, 77 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 71015ed..f9e303a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2013-07-17 Harald Oehlmann <oehhar@users.sf.net>
+
+ * tclUnixNotify.c Tcl_InitNotifier: RFE [a0bc856dcd]
+ Start notifier thread again if we were forked, to solve Rivet bug
+ 55153.
+
2013-07-05 Kevin B. Kenny <kennykb@acm.org>
* library/tzdata/Africa/Casablanca:
diff --git a/unix/tclUnixNotfy.c b/unix/tclUnixNotfy.c
index 51f0b1f..88e290e 100644
--- a/unix/tclUnixNotfy.c
+++ b/unix/tclUnixNotfy.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ typedef struct ThreadSpecificData {
int eventReady; /* True if an event is ready to be processed.
* Used as condition flag together with waitCV
* above. */
-#endif
+#endif /* TCL_THREADS */
} ThreadSpecificData;
static Tcl_ThreadDataKey dataKey;
@@ -128,6 +128,15 @@ static Tcl_ThreadDataKey dataKey;
static int notifierCount = 0;
/*
+ * The following static stores the process ID of the initialized notifier
+ * thread. If it changes, we have passed a fork and we should start a new
+ * notifier thread.
+ *
+ * You must hold the notifierMutex lock before accessing this variable.
+ */
+static pid_t processIDInitialized = 0;
+
+/*
* The following variable points to the head of a doubly-linked list of
* ThreadSpecificData structures for all threads that are currently waiting on
* an event.
@@ -185,7 +194,7 @@ static Tcl_Condition notifierCV;
static Tcl_ThreadId notifierThread;
-#endif
+#endif /* TCL_THREADS */
/*
* Static routines defined in this file.
@@ -267,10 +276,22 @@ Tcl_InitNotifier(void)
*/
Tcl_MutexLock(&notifierMutex);
+ /*
+ * Check if my process id changed, e.g. I was forked
+ * In this case, restart the notifier thread and close the
+ * pipe to the original notifier thread
+ */
+ if (notifierCount > 0 && processIDInitialized != getpid()) {
+ notifierCount = 0;
+ processIDInitialized = 0;
+ close(triggerPipe);
+ triggerPipe = -1;
+ }
if (notifierCount == 0) {
if (TclpThreadCreate(&notifierThread, NotifierThreadProc, NULL,
TCL_THREAD_STACK_DEFAULT, TCL_THREAD_JOINABLE) != TCL_OK) {
Tcl_Panic("Tcl_InitNotifier: unable to start notifier thread");
+ processIDInitialized = getpid();
}
}
notifierCount++;
@@ -284,7 +305,7 @@ Tcl_InitNotifier(void)
}
Tcl_MutexUnlock(&notifierMutex);
-#endif
+#endif /* TCL_THREADS */
return (ClientData) tsdPtr;
}
diff --git a/unix/tclUnixTest.c b/unix/tclUnixTest.c
index b6529c2..39cddef 100644
--- a/unix/tclUnixTest.c
+++ b/unix/tclUnixTest.c
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ static int TestfilewaitCmd(ClientData dummy,
Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, CONST char **argv);
static int TestfindexecutableCmd(ClientData dummy,
Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, CONST char **argv);
+static int TestforkObjCmd(ClientData dummy,
+ Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc, Tcl_Obj *CONST *argv);
static int TestgetopenfileCmd(ClientData dummy,
Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, CONST char **argv);
static int TestgetdefencdirCmd(ClientData dummy,
@@ -110,6 +112,8 @@ TclplatformtestInit(
(ClientData) 0, NULL);
Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "testfindexecutable", TestfindexecutableCmd,
(ClientData) 0, NULL);
+ Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testfork", TestforkObjCmd,
+ (ClientData) 0, NULL);
Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "testgetopenfile", TestgetopenfileCmd,
(ClientData) 0, NULL);
Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "testgetdefenc", TestgetdefencdirCmd,
@@ -533,6 +537,49 @@ TestsetdefencdirCmd(
Tcl_SetDefaultEncodingDir(argv[1]);
return TCL_OK;
}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * TestforkObjCmd --
+ *
+ * This function implements the "testfork" command. It is used to
+ * fork the Tcl process for specific test cases.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ * A standard Tcl result.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ * None.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+static int
+TestforkObjCmd(
+ ClientData clientData, /* Not used. */
+ Tcl_Interp *interp, /* Current interpreter. */
+ int objc, /* Number of arguments. */
+ Tcl_Obj *CONST *objv) /* Argument strings. */
+{
+ pid_t pid;
+
+ if (objc != 1) {
+ Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "");
+ return TCL_ERROR;
+ }
+ pid = fork();
+ if (pid == -1) {
+ Tcl_AppendResult(interp,
+ "Cannot fork", NULL);
+ return TCL_ERROR;
+ }
+ if (pid==0) {
+ Tcl_InitNotifier();
+ }
+ Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewIntObj(pid));
+ return TCL_OK;
+}
/*
*----------------------------------------------------------------------