From: Austin Clements <austin@google.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 02:58:10 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: runtime: force workers out before checking mark roots
X-Git-Tag: go1.8rc2~1^2~1
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c1730ae424449f38ea4523207a56c23b2536a5de;p=gostls13.git

runtime: force workers out before checking mark roots

Currently we check that all roots are marked as soon as gcMarkDone
decides to transition from mark 1 to mark 2. However, issue #16083
indicates that there may be a race where we try to complete mark 1
while a worker is still scanning a stack, causing the root mark check
to fail.

We don't yet understand this race, but as a simple mitigation, move
the root check to after gcMarkDone performs a ragged barrier, which
will force any remaining workers to finish their current job.

Updates #16083. This may "fix" it, but it would be better to
understand and fix the underlying race.

Change-Id: I1af9ce67bd87ade7bc2a067295d79c28cd11abd2
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/35353
Run-TryBot: Austin Clements <austin@google.com>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Rick Hudson <rlh@golang.org>
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diff --git a/src/runtime/mgc.go b/src/runtime/mgc.go
index 64a2f3abef..0b996d8950 100644
--- a/src/runtime/mgc.go
+++ b/src/runtime/mgc.go
@@ -1129,8 +1129,6 @@ top:
 		// sitting in the per-P work caches.
 		// Flush and disable work caches.
 
-		gcMarkRootCheck()
-
 		// Disallow caching workbufs and indicate that we're in mark 2.
 		gcBlackenPromptly = true
 
@@ -1153,6 +1151,16 @@ top:
 			})
 		})
 
+		// Check that roots are marked. We should be able to
+		// do this before the forEachP, but based on issue
+		// #16083 there may be a (harmless) race where we can
+		// enter mark 2 while some workers are still scanning
+		// stacks. The forEachP ensures these scans are done.
+		//
+		// TODO(austin): Figure out the race and fix this
+		// properly.
+		gcMarkRootCheck()
+
 		// Now we can start up mark 2 workers.
 		atomic.Xaddint64(&gcController.dedicatedMarkWorkersNeeded, 0xffffffff)
 		atomic.Xaddint64(&gcController.fractionalMarkWorkersNeeded, 0xffffffff)