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From: David Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 09:19:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Perl_my_cxt_init: fix potential race condition
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(Found by code inspection - I can't reproduce a failure)

the MY_CXT subsystem, which allows per-thread pseudo-static variables,
has a thread race condition.

When a module is first loaded, it is allocated  unique index (from
PL_my_cxt_index++) which is assigned to the module's my_cxt_index static
var.

If two threads both try to load an XS module at the same time, its
possible for one thread to set my_cxtp, then a second thread to overwrite
it with a higher value, causing the first thread to use the wrong index
into its local storage.

Petr Písař: Ported to 5.26.3 from upstream's
61d4c87c940fea028f08f27addc275b469320fda.

Signed-off-by: Petr Písař <ppisar@redhat.com>
---
 util.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 98c5513..88a3d2b 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -5369,12 +5369,18 @@ Perl_my_cxt_init(pTHX_ int *index, size_t size)
     dVAR;
     void *p;
     PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_MY_CXT_INIT;
+    /* do initial check without locking.
+     * -1:    not allocated or another thread currently allocating
+     *  other: already allocated by another thread
+     */
     if (*index == -1) {
-	/* this module hasn't been allocated an index yet */
 #if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
 	MUTEX_LOCK(&PL_my_ctx_mutex);
 #endif
-	*index = PL_my_cxt_index++;
+        /*now a stricter check with locking */
+        if (*index == -1)
+            /* this module hasn't been allocated an index yet */
+            *index = PL_my_cxt_index++;
 #if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
 	MUTEX_UNLOCK(&PL_my_ctx_mutex);
 #endif
@@ -5433,11 +5439,14 @@ Perl_my_cxt_init(pTHX_ const char *my_cxt_key, size_t size)
 
     index = Perl_my_cxt_index(aTHX_ my_cxt_key);
     if (index == -1) {
-	/* this module hasn't been allocated an index yet */
 #if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
 	MUTEX_LOCK(&PL_my_ctx_mutex);
 #endif
-	index = PL_my_cxt_index++;
+        /*now a stricter check with locking */
+        index = Perl_my_cxt_index(aTHX_ my_cxt_key);
+        if (index == -1)
+            /* this module hasn't been allocated an index yet */
+            index = PL_my_cxt_index++;
 #if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
 	MUTEX_UNLOCK(&PL_my_ctx_mutex);
 #endif
-- 
2.20.1