[ruby-core:23490] [Backport #1471] "Mutual join" deadlock detection faulty in 1.8.6 and 1.8.7

Issue #1471 has been updated by John Carter.


Here is an alternate patch for ext/thread.c relative to ruby-1.8.7-p160...
--- ext/thread/thread.c.orig	2009-05-18 17:31:50.225602484 +1200
+++ ext/thread/thread.c	2009-05-18 17:32:38.689286319 +1200
@@ -205,6 +205,16 @@
     return ary;
 }
 
+static void
+adjust_join(const List *list, VALUE new)
+{
+    extern void rb_thread_set_join _((VALUE, VALUE));
+    Entry *entry;
+    for (entry = list->entries; entry; entry = entry->next) {
+	rb_thread_set_join(entry->value, new);
+    }
+}
+
 static VALUE
 wake_thread(VALUE thread)
 {
@@ -471,6 +481,11 @@
     }
 
     waking = wake_one(&mutex->waiting);
+
+    if (!NIL_P(waking)) {
+	adjust_join(&mutex->waiting, waking);
+    }
+
     mutex->owner = waking;
 
     return waking;


Even with the fix I'm still getting a deadlock. I will have to look at
it somemore tomorrow.

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