From cd5058316c2ce4966fd7c2852216c47a0dc11618 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hans Reiser
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2020 14:36:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] tools/libxenstat: Fix infinite loop when QEMU dies
Occasionally, "dead" xentop processes consuming 100% CPU time have been
observed.
When the QEMU process the qmp_read() function is communicating with
terminates, qmp_read() may enter an infinite loop. poll() signals EOF (POLLIN
and POLLHUP set), the subsequent read() call returns 0, and then the function
calls poll() again, which still sees the EOF condition and will return again
immediately with POLLIN and POLLHUP set, repeating ad infinitum.
A simple fix is to terminate the loop when read returns 0 (under "normal"
instances, poll will return with POLLIN set only if there is data to read, so
read will always read >0 bytes, except if the socket has been closed).
Signed-off-by: Hans Reiser
Acked-by: Andrew Cooper
---
tools/libs/stat/xenstat_qmp.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/libs/stat/xenstat_qmp.c b/tools/libs/stat/xenstat_qmp.c
index 19b236e7b6..0c5748ba68 100644
--- a/tools/libs/stat/xenstat_qmp.c
+++ b/tools/libs/stat/xenstat_qmp.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static int qmp_read(int qfd, unsigned char **qstats)
pfd[0].events = POLLIN;
while ((n = poll(pfd, 1, 10)) > 0) {
if (pfd[0].revents & POLLIN) {
- if ((n = read(qfd, buf, sizeof(buf))) < 0) {
+ if ((n = read(qfd, buf, sizeof(buf))) <= 0) {
free(*qstats);
return 0;
}
--
2.30.2