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-rw-r--r--src/vlibmemory/memory_client.c51
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/vlibmemory/memory_client.c b/src/vlibmemory/memory_client.c
index 8bce069f97b..c3145768cd2 100644
--- a/src/vlibmemory/memory_client.c
+++ b/src/vlibmemory/memory_client.c
@@ -406,6 +406,34 @@ vl_mem_client_is_connected (void)
}
static int
+vl_rx_thread_init_attr (pthread_attr_t *attr)
+{
+ pthread_t thread = pthread_self ();
+ int rv, policy, priority;
+ struct sched_param param;
+
+ /* If current thread has real-time scheduling policy, try to set a higher
+ * priority to rx-thread to avoid deadlocks whereby current thread spins
+ * waiting for api replies while rx-thread cannot preempt current thread
+ * to process replies */
+ rv = pthread_getschedparam (thread, &policy, &param);
+ if (rv != 0)
+ {
+ clib_warning ("pthread_getschedparam returned %d", rv);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ priority = param.sched_priority;
+ if ((policy == SCHED_FIFO) && (priority < 99))
+ {
+ pthread_attr_setschedpolicy (attr, SCHED_FIFO);
+ param.sched_priority = priority + 1;
+ pthread_attr_setschedparam (attr, &param);
+ pthread_attr_setinheritsched (attr, PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int
connect_to_vlib_internal (const char *svm_name,
const char *client_name,
int rx_queue_size, void *(*thread_fn) (void *),
@@ -414,6 +442,7 @@ connect_to_vlib_internal (const char *svm_name,
int rv = 0;
memory_client_main_t *mm = vlibapi_get_memory_client_main ();
api_main_t *am = vlibapi_get_main ();
+ pthread_attr_t attr;
if (do_map && (rv = vl_client_api_map (svm_name)))
{
@@ -432,6 +461,7 @@ connect_to_vlib_internal (const char *svm_name,
if (thread_fn)
{
+ am->rx_thread_handle = 0;
if (thread_fn == rx_thread_fn)
{
rx_thread_fn_arg_t *arg;
@@ -441,17 +471,24 @@ connect_to_vlib_internal (const char *svm_name,
thread_fn_arg = (void *) arg;
}
- rv = pthread_create (&mm->rx_thread_handle,
- NULL /*attr */ , thread_fn, thread_fn_arg);
- if (rv)
+ rv = pthread_attr_init (&attr);
+ if (rv != 0)
{
- clib_warning ("pthread_create returned %d", rv);
- am->rx_thread_handle = 0;
+ clib_warning ("pthread_attr_init returned %d", rv);
+ return -1;
}
- else
+ if (vl_rx_thread_init_attr (&attr))
+ return -1;
+
+ rv = pthread_create (&mm->rx_thread_handle, &attr, thread_fn,
+ thread_fn_arg);
+ if (rv)
{
- am->rx_thread_handle = mm->rx_thread_handle;
+ clib_warning ("pthread_create returned %d", rv);
+ return -1;
}
+ am->rx_thread_handle = mm->rx_thread_handle;
+ pthread_attr_destroy (&attr);
}
mm->connected_to_vlib = 1;