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authorEtienne Dechamps <[email protected]>2012-09-27 13:31:46 +0200
committerBrian Behlendorf <[email protected]>2012-10-03 13:32:48 -0700
commit0aebd4f9e3223e8f1e09de7b29bba4f375db840c (patch)
tree87de1c6b6e8ba60d124a5bafe8880aa69cbff254 /include
parent6d1d976b2c2c6b80de75a480c998466068066846 (diff)
Create threads in detached state in userspace.
Currently, thread_create(), when called in userspace, creates a joinable (i.e. not detached thread). This is the pthread default. Unfortunately, this does not reproduce kthreads behavior (kthreads are always detached). In addition, this contradicts the original Solaris code which creates userspace threads in detached mode. These joinable threads are never joined, which leads to a leakage of pthread thread objects ("zombie threads"). This in turn results in excessive ressource consumption, and possible ressource exhaustion in extreme cases (e.g. long ztest runs). This patch fixes the issue by creating userspace threads in detached mode. The only exception is ztest worker threads which are meant to be joinable. Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]> Issue #989
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/sys/zfs_context.h4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/sys/zfs_context.h b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
index de8b943be..d8347a335 100644
--- a/include/sys/zfs_context.h
+++ b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ typedef struct kthread {
#define thread_exit zk_thread_exit
#define thread_create(stk, stksize, func, arg, len, pp, state, pri) \
zk_thread_create(stk, stksize, (thread_func_t)func, arg, \
- len, NULL, state, pri)
+ len, NULL, state, pri, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED)
#define thread_join(t) zk_thread_join(t)
#define newproc(f,a,cid,pri,ctp,pid) (ENOSYS)
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ extern kthread_t *zk_thread_current(void);
extern void zk_thread_exit(void);
extern kthread_t *zk_thread_create(caddr_t stk, size_t stksize,
thread_func_t func, void *arg, size_t len,
- proc_t *pp, int state, pri_t pri);
+ proc_t *pp, int state, pri_t pri, int detachstate);
extern void zk_thread_join(kt_did_t tid);
#define kpreempt_disable() ((void)0)