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n-api: detect deadlocks in thread-safe function #32689

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We introduce status napi_would_deadlock to be used as a return status
by napi_call_threadsafe_function if the call is made with
napi_tsfn_blocking on the main thread and the queue is full.

Fixes: #32615
Signed-off-by: @gabrielschulhof

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src/node_api.cc Outdated
@@ -148,12 +149,15 @@ class ThreadSafeFunction : public node::AsyncResource {

napi_status Push(void* data, napi_threadsafe_function_call_mode mode) {
node::Mutex::ScopedLock lock(this->mutex);
uv_thread_t the_thread = uv_thread_self();
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uv_thread_t the_thread = uv_thread_self();
uv_thread_t current_thread = uv_thread_self();

main thread, it will return `napi_would_deadlock` if the queue is full and it
was called with `napi_tsfn_blocking`. The reason for this is that the main
thread is responsible for reducing the number of items in the queue so, if it
waits for room to become available on the queue, then it will deadlock.
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Add a changes: entry for napi_create_threadsafe_function below?

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@addaleax I updated the variable name, added the changes: to napi_call_threadsafe_function() and re-worder the documentation about its return value a bit.

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pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32689
description: Return `napi_would_deadlock` when called from the main thread.
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description: Return `napi_would_deadlock` when called from the main thread.
description: Return `napi_would_deadlock` if called with `napi_tsfn_blocking` from the main thread and the queue is full.

Just another clarification...

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LGTM

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We introduce status `napi_would_deadlock` to be used as a return status
by `napi_call_threadsafe_function` if the call is made with
`napi_tsfn_blocking` on the main thread and the queue is full.

PR-URL: nodejs#32689
Fixes: nodejs#32615
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Schulhof <gabriel.schulhof@intel.com>
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Landed in aeb7084.

gabrielschulhof pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Apr 9, 2020
We introduce status `napi_would_deadlock` to be used as a return status
by `napi_call_threadsafe_function` if the call is made with
`napi_tsfn_blocking` on the main thread and the queue is full.

PR-URL: #32689
Fixes: #32615
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Schulhof <gabriel.schulhof@intel.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Chengzhong Wu <legendecas@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
targos pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Apr 12, 2020
We introduce status `napi_would_deadlock` to be used as a return status
by `napi_call_threadsafe_function` if the call is made with
`napi_tsfn_blocking` on the main thread and the queue is full.

PR-URL: #32689
Fixes: #32615
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Schulhof <gabriel.schulhof@intel.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Chengzhong Wu <legendecas@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
@gabrielschulhof gabrielschulhof deleted the tsfn-avoid-deadlock branch April 13, 2020 18:34
BethGriggs pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Apr 14, 2020
We introduce status `napi_would_deadlock` to be used as a return status
by `napi_call_threadsafe_function` if the call is made with
`napi_tsfn_blocking` on the main thread and the queue is full.

PR-URL: #32689
Fixes: #32615
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Schulhof <gabriel.schulhof@intel.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Chengzhong Wu <legendecas@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
targos added a commit that referenced this pull request Apr 14, 2020
Notable changes:

New file system APIs:
* Added a new function, `fs.readv` (with sync and promisified versions).
  This function takes an array of `ArrayBufferView` elements and will
  write the data it reads sequentially to the buffers
  (Sk Sajidul Kadir). #32356
* A new overload is available for `fs.readSync`, which allows to
  optionally pass any of the `offset`, `length` and `position`
  parameters. #32460

Other changes:
* dns:
  * Added the `dns.ALL` flag, that can be passed to `dns.lookup()` with
    `dns.V4MAPPED` to return resolved IPv6 addresses as well as IPv4
    mapped IPv6 addresses (murgatroid99).
    #32183
* http:
  * The default maximum HTTP header size was changed from 8KB to 16KB
    (rosaxny). #32520
* n-api:
  * Calls to `napi_call_threadsafe_function` from the main thread can
    now return the `napi_would_deadlock` status in certain
    circumstances (Gabriel Schulhof).
    #32689
* util:
  * Added a new `maxStrLength` option to `util.inspect`, to control the
    maximum length of printed strings. Its default value is `Infinity`
    (rosaxny). #32392
* worker:
  * Added support for passing a `transferList` along with `workerData`
    to the `Worker` constructor (Juan José Arboleda).
    #32278

New core collaborators:
With this release, we welcome three new Node.js core collaborators:
* himself65. #32734
* flarna (Gerhard Stoebich). #32620
* mildsunrise (Alba Mendez). #32525

PR-URL: #32813
targos added a commit that referenced this pull request Apr 14, 2020
Notable changes:

New file system APIs:
* Added a new function, `fs.readv` (with sync and promisified versions).
  This function takes an array of `ArrayBufferView` elements and will
  write the data it reads sequentially to the buffers
  (Sk Sajidul Kadir). #32356
* A new overload is available for `fs.readSync`, which allows to
  optionally pass any of the `offset`, `length` and `position`
  parameters. #32460

Other changes:
* dns:
  * Added the `dns.ALL` flag, that can be passed to `dns.lookup()` with
    `dns.V4MAPPED` to return resolved IPv6 addresses as well as IPv4
    mapped IPv6 addresses (murgatroid99).
    #32183
* http:
  * The default maximum HTTP header size was changed from 8KB to 16KB
    (rosaxny). #32520
* n-api:
  * Calls to `napi_call_threadsafe_function` from the main thread can
    now return the `napi_would_deadlock` status in certain
    circumstances (Gabriel Schulhof).
    #32689
* util:
  * Added a new `maxStrLength` option to `util.inspect`, to control the
    maximum length of printed strings. Its default value is `Infinity`
    (rosaxny). #32392
* worker:
  * Added support for passing a `transferList` along with `workerData`
    to the `Worker` constructor (Juan José Arboleda).
    #32278

New core collaborators:
With this release, we welcome three new Node.js core collaborators:
* himself65. #32734
* flarna (Gerhard Stoebich). #32620
* mildsunrise (Alba Mendez). #32525

PR-URL: #32813
targos added a commit that referenced this pull request Apr 14, 2020
Notable changes:

New file system APIs:
* Added a new function, `fs.readv` (with sync and promisified versions).
  This function takes an array of `ArrayBufferView` elements and will
  write the data it reads sequentially to the buffers
  (Sk Sajidul Kadir). #32356
* A new overload is available for `fs.readSync`, which allows to
  optionally pass any of the `offset`, `length` and `position`
  parameters. #32460

Other changes:
* dns:
  * Added the `dns.ALL` flag, that can be passed to `dns.lookup()` with
    `dns.V4MAPPED` to return resolved IPv6 addresses as well as IPv4
    mapped IPv6 addresses (murgatroid99).
    #32183
* http:
  * The default maximum HTTP header size was changed from 8KB to 16KB
    (rosaxny). #32520
* n-api:
  * Calls to `napi_call_threadsafe_function` from the main thread can
    now return the `napi_would_deadlock` status in certain
    circumstances (Gabriel Schulhof).
    #32689
* util:
  * Added a new `maxStrLength` option to `util.inspect`, to control the
    maximum length of printed strings. Its default value is `Infinity`
    (rosaxny). #32392
* worker:
  * Added support for passing a `transferList` along with `workerData`
    to the `Worker` constructor (Juan José Arboleda).
    #32278

New core collaborators:
With this release, we welcome three new Node.js core collaborators:
* himself65. #32734
* flarna (Gerhard Stoebich). #32620
* mildsunrise (Alba Mendez). #32525

PR-URL: #32813
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just tip. downstream #32689 or #32860

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