[PATCH 3/3] selftests/mm: fix deadlock for fork after pthread_create with atomic_bool

[Edward Liaw]

Some additional synchronization is needed on Android ARM64; we see a
deadlock with pthread_create when the parent thread races forward before
the child has a chance to start doing work.

Fixes: cff294582798 ("selftests/mm: extend and rename uffd pagemap test")
CC: Ryan Roberts <ryan.robe...@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Edward Liaw <edl...@google.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c 
b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c
index b3d21eed203d..a2e71b1636e7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/uffd-unit-tests.c
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ static void *fork_event_consumer(void *data)
        fork_event_args *args = data;
        struct uffd_msg msg = { 0 };
 
+       ready_for_fork = true;
+
        /* Read until a full msg received */
        while (uffd_read_msg(args->parent_uffd, &msg));
 
@@ -308,8 +310,11 @@ static int pagemap_test_fork(int uffd, bool with_event, 
bool test_pin)
 
        /* Prepare a thread to resolve EVENT_FORK */
        if (with_event) {
+               ready_for_fork = false;
                if (pthread_create(&thread, NULL, fork_event_consumer, &args))
                        err("pthread_create()");
+               while (!ready_for_fork)
+                       ; /* Wait for the poll_thread to start executing before 
forking */
        }
 
        child = fork();
-- 
2.47.0.105.g07ac214952-goog