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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2005-01-31T22·23+0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2005-01-31T22·23+0000
commit32fa82a56a2c4a937c91f72be16339b4ddf7cdf1 (patch)
tree3e84b69bb6d46bf8461b8544e80a5f3da0d40f7f /src/libstore
parent89c9bc11abc02cc746838bfef101e5fecc59a6c5 (diff)
* Acquire a global GC lock to prevent new temporary root files from
  being created after the garbage collector has read the temproots
  directory.  This blocks the creation of new processes, but the
  garbage collector could periodically release the GC lock to allow
  them to run.

Diffstat (limited to 'src/libstore')
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/gc.cc44
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/gc.cc b/src/libstore/gc.cc
index c89f7a8a1ee4..cff503784520 100644
--- a/src/libstore/gc.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/gc.cc
@@ -12,17 +12,30 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 
-/* Acquire the global GC lock. */
-static AutoCloseFD openGCLock(LockType lockType)
+static string gcLockName = "gc.lock";
+
+
+/* Acquire the global GC lock.  This is used to prevent new Nix
+   processes from starting after the temporary root files have been
+   read.  To be precise: when they try to create a new temporary root
+   file, they will block until the garbage collector has finished /
+   yielded the GC lock. */
+static int openGCLock(LockType lockType)
 {
-#if 0
-    Path fnGCLock = (format("%1%/%2%/%3%")
-        % nixStateDir % tempRootsDir % getpid()).str();
+    Path fnGCLock = (format("%1%/%2%")
+        % nixStateDir % gcLockName).str();
         
-    fdTempRoots = open(fnTempRoots.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0600);
-    if (fdTempRoots == -1)
-        throw SysError(format("opening temporary roots file `%1%'") % fnTempRoots);
-#endif
+    AutoCloseFD fdGCLock = open(fnGCLock.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0600);
+    if (fdGCLock == -1)
+        throw SysError(format("opening global GC lock `%1%'") % fnGCLock);
+
+    lockFile(fdGCLock, lockType, true);
+
+    /* !!! Restrict read permission on the GC root.  Otherwise any
+       process that can open the file for reading can DoS the
+       collector. */
+    
+    return fdGCLock.borrow();
 }
 
 
@@ -41,11 +54,15 @@ void addTempRoot(const Path & path)
         while (1) {
             fnTempRoots = (format("%1%/%2%/%3%")
                 % nixStateDir % tempRootsDir % getpid()).str();
-        
+
+            AutoCloseFD fdGCLock = openGCLock(ltRead);
+            
             fdTempRoots = open(fnTempRoots.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0600);
             if (fdTempRoots == -1)
                 throw SysError(format("opening temporary roots file `%1%'") % fnTempRoots);
 
+            fdGCLock.close();
+            
             debug(format("acquiring read lock on `%1%'") % fnTempRoots);
             lockFile(fdTempRoots, ltRead, true);
 
@@ -188,14 +205,11 @@ void collectGarbage(const PathSet & roots, GCAction action,
 {
     result.clear();
     
-    /* !!! TODO: Acquire the global GC root.  This prevents
+    /* Acquire the global GC root.  This prevents
        a) New roots from being added.
        b) Processes from creating new temporary root files. */
+    AutoCloseFD fdGCLock = openGCLock(ltWrite);
 
-    /* !!! Restrict read permission on the GC root.  Otherwise any
-       process that can open the file for reading can DoS the
-       collector. */
-    
     /* Determine the live paths which is just the closure of the
        roots under the `references' relation. */
     PathSet livePaths;