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Re: Deadlocks

From: Branko ÄŒibej <brane_at_xbc.nu>
Date: 2003-05-27 20:16:19 CEST

cmpilato@collab.net wrote:

>=?UTF-8?B?QnJhbmtvIMSMaWJlag==?= <brane@xbc.nu> writes:
>
>
>> Yes, I was thinking of this when I looked at the trail.c code the other
>>
>>day. I don't know if it really has to be randomized, though; a simple
>>yield -- sleep(0) -- might be enough, given different timing.
>>
>>
>
>Is this what you're looking for?
>
>* subversion/libsvn_fs/trail.c
> (svn_fs__retry_txn): Yield control on deadlock.
>
>Index: subversion/libsvn_fs/trail.c
>===================================================================
>--- subversion/libsvn_fs/trail.c (revision 6063)
>+++ subversion/libsvn_fs/trail.c (working copy)
>@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@
>
> /* We deadlocked. Abort the transaction, and try again. */
> SVN_ERR (abort_trail (trail, fs));
>+
>+ /* Yield; let's see if some of the traffic congestion clears up
>+ before we try again. */
>+ apr_sleep (0);
> }
> }
>
>

Yes, something like that. A yield is probably enough on a single-cpu
machine; I wouldn't venture to guess about multiple-cpu boxes. D.J., can
you rerun your test with this patch applied? Tell us if it makes a
difference, etc.? We might end up having a randomized sleep anyway.

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Brane ÄŒibej   <brane_at_xbc.nu>   http://www.xbc.nu/brane/
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