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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Review Request: Do not terminate threads
From:       "Albert Astals Cid" <tsdgeos () terra ! es>
Date:       2011-08-11 10:32:56
Message-ID: 20110811103256.13701.93069 () vidsolbach ! de
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> On Aug. 11, 2011, 9:41 a.m., David Faure wrote:
> > kio/kio/hostinfo.cpp, line 236
> > <http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/102179/diff/5/?file=31680#file31680line236>
> > 
> > Maybe move nameLookupThread as a member of hostInfoAgentPrivate, to avoid \
> > multiplying the global statics (and therefore have more control over order of \
> > destruction)? Or does this make no sense?

Could make that, but they seem somewhat separate things to me so i'd prefer to keep \
them separate unless you have a strong feeling about it


> On Aug. 11, 2011, 9:41 a.m., David Faure wrote:
> > kio/kio/hostinfo.cpp, line 224
> > <http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/102179/diff/5/?file=31680#file31680line224>
> > 
> > You could also just create the worker on the stack here.

Done


> On Aug. 11, 2011, 9:41 a.m., David Faure wrote:
> > kio/kio/hostinfo.cpp, line 179
> > <http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/102179/diff/5/?file=31680#file31680line179>
> > 
> > reviewboard is highlighting quite a number of lines with trailing whitespace

Fixed


> On Aug. 11, 2011, 9:41 a.m., David Faure wrote:
> > kio/kio/hostinfo.cpp, line 266
> > <http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/102179/diff/5/?file=31680#file31680line266>
> > 
> > Ouch, a busy loop.
> > 
> > The standard solution is to use ... yes ... a semaphore :-) I love semaphores.
> > 
> > Acquire the semaphore here, release it in the thread once the worker object has \
> > been created.

Changed.


> On Aug. 11, 2011, 9:41 a.m., David Faure wrote:
> > kio/kio/hostinfo.cpp, line 177
> > <http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/102179/diff/5/?file=31680#file31680line177>
> > 
> > The interesting question is, what if hostname was already in the m_lookups map?
> > 
> > Either we want to detect this upfront and not create a second request, or we need \
> > a "list of requests for a given hostname" in the map.

Found out i can actually use the request id as key so we should not have this problem \
now.


- Albert


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On Aug. 11, 2011, 10:32 a.m., Albert Astals Cid wrote:
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> (Updated Aug. 11, 2011, 10:32 a.m.)
> 
> 
> Review request for kdelibs and Dawit Alemayehu.
> 
> 
> Summary
> -------
> 
> Each time the terminate code triggers my Konqueror crashes, i'm substituting the \
> terminate for just waiting the thread to finish and we just ignoring it. 
> The code has a race condition in which wait() returns false, then we switch to the \
> thread and m_autoDelete is still not set and thus noone will delete the thread. I \
> can add a mutex if you guys think this is unacceptable. 
> 
> Diffs
> -----
> 
> kio/kio/hostinfo.cpp 344b1d8 
> 
> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/102179/diff
> 
> 
> Testing
> -------
> 
> When the 
> kDebug() << "Name look up for" << hostName << "failed";
> if triggers i do not get a crash anymore.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Albert
> 
> 


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   <td colspan="4"><pre style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 140%; margin: 0; \
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<span class="n">m_lookups</span><span class="p">[</span><span \
class="n">hostName</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span \
class="n">petition</span><span class="p">;</span></pre></td>  </tr>

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  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">The interesting question \
is, what if hostname was already in the m_lookups map?

Either we want to detect this upfront and not create a second request, or we need a \
&quot;list of requests for a given hostname&quot; in the map.</pre>  </blockquote>





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<pre style="margin-left: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; \
white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Found out i \
can actually use the request id as key so we should not have this problem now.</pre> \
<br />

<blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;">  <p style="margin-top: 0;">On August 11th, 2011, 9:41 a.m., <b>David \
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  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
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<pre style="margin-left: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; \
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<blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;">  <p style="margin-top: 0;">On August 11th, 2011, 9:41 a.m., <b>David \
Faure</b> wrote:</p>  <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid \
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<span class="n">m_worker</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> \
<span class="n">NameLookUpThreadWorker</span><span class="p">();</span></pre></td>  \
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  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
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create the worker on the stack here.</pre>  </blockquote>





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<pre style="margin-left: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; \
white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Done</pre> \
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<blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;">  <p style="margin-top: 0;">On August 11th, 2011, 9:41 a.m., <b>David \
Faure</b> wrote:</p>  <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid \
#d0d0d0; padding-left: 10px;">  



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font-size: 9pt; padding: 4px 8px; text-align: left;">  <a \
href="http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/102179/diff/5/?file=31680#file31680line236" \
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  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Maybe move \
nameLookupThread as a member of hostInfoAgentPrivate, to avoid multiplying the global \
statics (and therefore have more control over order of destruction)? Or does this \
make no sense?</pre>  </blockquote>





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<pre style="margin-left: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; \
white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Could make \
that, but they seem somewhat separate things to me so i&#39;d prefer to keep them \
separate unless you have a strong feeling about it</pre> <br />

<blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid #d0d0d0; padding-left: \
10px;">  <p style="margin-top: 0;">On August 11th, 2011, 9:41 a.m., <b>David \
Faure</b> wrote:</p>  <blockquote style="margin-left: 1em; border-left: 2px solid \
#d0d0d0; padding-left: 10px;">  



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width="50%"><pre style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 140%; margin: 0; ">    <span \
class="k">while</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="o">!</span><span \
class="n">nameLookUpThread</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span \
class="n">worker</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="n">QThread</span><span \
class="o">::</span><span class="n">yieldCurrentThread</span><span \
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  <pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: \
-pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Ouch, a busy loop.

The standard solution is to use ... yes ... a semaphore :-) I love semaphores.

Acquire the semaphore here, release it in the thread once the worker object has been \
created.</pre>  </blockquote>





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<pre style="margin-left: 1em; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; \
white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;">Changed.</pre> <br />




<p>- Albert</p>


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<p>On August 11th, 2011, 10:32 a.m., Albert Astals Cid wrote:</p>






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<div>Review request for kdelibs and Dawit Alemayehu.</div>
<div>By Albert Astals Cid.</div>


<p style="color: grey;"><i>Updated Aug. 11, 2011, 10:32 a.m.</i></p>




<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Description </h1>
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-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;">Each time the terminate code triggers my Konqueror crashes, i&#39;m \
substituting the terminate for just waiting the thread to finish and we just ignoring \
it.

The code has a race condition in which wait() returns false, then we switch to the \
thread and m_autoDelete is still not set and thus noone will delete the thread. I can \
add a mutex if you guys think this is unacceptable.</pre>  </td>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Testing </h1>
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-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;">When the  kDebug() &lt;&lt; &quot;Name look up for&quot; &lt;&lt; \
hostName &lt;&lt; &quot;failed&quot;; if triggers i do not get a crash anymore.</pre>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Diffs</b> </h1>
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 <li>kio/kio/hostinfo.cpp <span style="color: grey">(344b1d8)</span></li>

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