gallium/util: Clarify comment in util_init_thread_pinning
authorMichel Dänzer <michel.daenzer@amd.com>
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:23:04 +0000 (17:23 +0200)
committerMichel Dänzer <michel@daenzer.net>
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:52:11 +0000 (17:52 +0200)
As discussed in the review of the patch which added the comment:

Nothing happens when a thread is created, because pthread_atfork doesn't
affect creating threads. However, spawning a child process will likely
crash.

Reviewed-by: Marek Olšák <marek.olsak@amd.com>
src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_helpers.c

index b6cebf9..4c70c00 100644 (file)
@@ -148,7 +148,10 @@ util_init_thread_pinning(void)
    /* Reset thread affinity for all child processes to prevent them from
     * inheriting the current thread's affinity.
     *
-    * What happens if a driver is unloaded and the app creates a thread?
+    * XXX: If the driver is unloaded after this, and the app later calls
+    * fork(), the child process will likely crash before fork() returns,
+    * because the address where util_set_full_cpu_affinity was located
+    * will either be unmapped or point to random other contents.
     */
    pthread_atfork(NULL, NULL, util_set_full_cpu_affinity);
 }