Add deadlock detection

Author: Zoxc

rayon-core/src/lib.rs

@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 //! succeed.
 
 #![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/rayon-core/1.6")]
-#![deny(missing_debug_implementations)]
-#![deny(missing_docs)]
-#![deny(unreachable_pub)]
 
 use std::any::Any;
 use std::env;
@@ -71,6 +68,7 @@ pub mod tlv;
 pub mod internal;
 pub use join::{join, join_context};
 pub use registry::ThreadBuilder;
+pub use registry::{mark_blocked, mark_unblocked, Registry};
 pub use scope::{scope, Scope};
 pub use scope::{scope_fifo, ScopeFifo};
 pub use spawn::{spawn, spawn_fifo};
@@ -149,6 +147,9 @@ pub struct ThreadPoolBuilder<S = DefaultSpawn> {
     /// The stack size for the created worker threads
     stack_size: Option<usize>,
 
+    /// Closure invoked on deadlock.
+    deadlock_handler: Option<Box<DeadlockHandler>>,
+
     /// Closure invoked on worker thread start.
     start_handler: Option<Box<StartHandler>>,
 
@@ -176,6 +177,9 @@ pub struct Configuration {
 /// may be invoked multiple times in parallel.
 type PanicHandler = dyn Fn(Box<dyn Any + Send>) + Send + Sync;
 
+/// The type for a closure that gets invoked when the Rayon thread pool deadlocks
+type DeadlockHandler = dyn Fn() + Send + Sync;
+
 /// The type for a closure that gets invoked when a thread starts. The
 /// closure is passed the index of the thread on which it is invoked.
 /// Note that this same closure may be invoked multiple times in parallel.
@@ -196,6 +200,7 @@ impl Default for ThreadPoolBuilder {
             stack_size: None,
             start_handler: None,
             exit_handler: None,
+            deadlock_handler: None,
             spawn_handler: DefaultSpawn,
             breadth_first: false,
         }
@@ -382,6 +387,7 @@ impl<S> ThreadPoolBuilder<S> {
             stack_size: self.stack_size,
             start_handler: self.start_handler,
             exit_handler: self.exit_handler,
+            deadlock_handler: self.deadlock_handler,
             breadth_first: self.breadth_first,
         }
     }
@@ -540,6 +546,20 @@ impl<S> ThreadPoolBuilder<S> {
         self.breadth_first
     }
 
+    /// Takes the current deadlock callback, leaving `None`.
+    fn take_deadlock_handler(&mut self) -> Option<Box<DeadlockHandler>> {
+        self.deadlock_handler.take()
+    }
+
+    /// Set a callback to be invoked on current deadlock.
+    pub fn deadlock_handler<H>(mut self, deadlock_handler: H) -> Self
+    where
+        H: Fn() + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    {
+        self.deadlock_handler = Some(Box::new(deadlock_handler));
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Takes the current thread start callback, leaving `None`.
     fn take_start_handler(&mut self) -> Option<Box<StartHandler>> {
         self.start_handler.take()
@@ -693,6 +713,7 @@ impl<S> fmt::Debug for ThreadPoolBuilder<S> {
             ref get_thread_name,
             ref panic_handler,
             ref stack_size,
+            ref deadlock_handler,
             ref start_handler,
             ref exit_handler,
             spawn_handler: _,
@@ -709,6 +730,7 @@ impl<S> fmt::Debug for ThreadPoolBuilder<S> {
         }
         let get_thread_name = get_thread_name.as_ref().map(|_| ClosurePlaceholder);
         let panic_handler = panic_handler.as_ref().map(|_| ClosurePlaceholder);
+        let deadlock_handler = deadlock_handler.as_ref().map(|_| ClosurePlaceholder);
         let start_handler = start_handler.as_ref().map(|_| ClosurePlaceholder);
         let exit_handler = exit_handler.as_ref().map(|_| ClosurePlaceholder);
 
@@ -717,6 +739,7 @@ impl<S> fmt::Debug for ThreadPoolBuilder<S> {
             .field("get_thread_name", &get_thread_name)
             .field("panic_handler", &panic_handler)
             .field("stack_size", &stack_size)
+            .field("deadlock_handler", &deadlock_handler)
             .field("start_handler", &start_handler)
             .field("exit_handler", &exit_handler)
             .field("breadth_first", &breadth_first)

rayon-core/src/registry.rs

@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ use std::thread;
 use std::usize;
 use unwind;
 use util::leak;
-use {ErrorKind, ExitHandler, PanicHandler, StartHandler, ThreadPoolBuildError, ThreadPoolBuilder};
+use {
+    DeadlockHandler, ErrorKind, ExitHandler, PanicHandler, StartHandler, ThreadPoolBuildError,
+    ThreadPoolBuilder,
+};
 
 /// Thread builder used for customization via
 /// [`ThreadPoolBuilder::spawn_handler`](struct.ThreadPoolBuilder.html#method.spawn_handler).
@@ -133,11 +136,12 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-pub(super) struct Registry {
+pub struct Registry {
     thread_infos: Vec<ThreadInfo>,
     sleep: Sleep,
     injected_jobs: SegQueue<JobRef>,
     panic_handler: Option<Box<PanicHandler>>,
+    deadlock_handler: Option<Box<DeadlockHandler>>,
     start_handler: Option<Box<StartHandler>>,
     exit_handler: Option<Box<ExitHandler>>,
 
@@ -237,10 +241,11 @@ impl Registry {
 
         let registry = Arc::new(Registry {
             thread_infos: stealers.into_iter().map(ThreadInfo::new).collect(),
-            sleep: Sleep::new(),
+            sleep: Sleep::new(n_threads),
             injected_jobs: SegQueue::new(),
             terminate_latch: CountLatch::new(),
             panic_handler: builder.take_panic_handler(),
+            deadlock_handler: builder.take_deadlock_handler(),
             start_handler: builder.take_start_handler(),
             exit_handler: builder.take_exit_handler(),
         });
@@ -272,7 +277,7 @@ impl Registry {
         global_registry().clone()
     }
 
-    pub(super) fn current() -> Arc<Registry> {
+    pub fn current() -> Arc<Registry> {
         unsafe {
             let worker_thread = WorkerThread::current();
             if worker_thread.is_null() {
@@ -566,6 +571,24 @@ impl Registry {
     }
 }
 
+/// Mark a Rayon worker thread as blocked. This triggers the deadlock handler
+/// if no other worker thread is active
+#[inline]
+pub fn mark_blocked() {
+    let worker_thread = WorkerThread::current();
+    assert!(!worker_thread.is_null());
+    unsafe {
+        let registry = &(*worker_thread).registry;
+        registry.sleep.mark_blocked(&registry.deadlock_handler)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Mark a previously blocked Rayon worker thread as unblocked
+#[inline]
+pub fn mark_unblocked(registry: &Registry) {
+    registry.sleep.mark_unblocked()
+}
+
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 pub(super) struct RegistryId {
     addr: usize,
@@ -720,7 +743,11 @@ impl WorkerThread {
                 yields = self.registry.sleep.work_found(self.index, yields);
                 self.execute(job);
             } else {
-                yields = self.registry.sleep.no_work_found(self.index, yields);
+                yields = self.registry.sleep.no_work_found(
+                    self.index,
+                    yields,
+                    &self.registry.deadlock_handler,
+                );
             }
         }
 

rayon-core/src/sleep/README.md

@@ -386,3 +386,36 @@ some of them were hit hard:
   - 8-10% overhead on nbody-parreduce
   - 35% overhead on increment-all
   - 245% overhead on join-recursively
+
+# Deadlock detection
+
+This module tracks a number of variables in order to detect deadlocks due to user code blocking.
+These variables are stored in the `SleepData` struct which itself is kept behind a mutex.
+It contains the following fields:
+- `worker_count` - The number of threads in the thread pool.
+- `active_threads` - The number of threads in the thread pool which are running
+                     and aren't blocked in user code or sleeping.
+- `blocked_threads` - The number of threads which are blocked in user code.
+                      This doesn't include threads blocked by Rayon.
+
+User code can indicate blocking by calling `mark_blocked` before blocking and
+calling `mark_unblocked` before unblocking a thread.
+This will adjust `active_threads` and `blocked_threads` accordingly.
+
+When we tickle the thread pool in `Sleep::tickle_cold`, we set `active_threads` to
+`worker_count` - `blocked_threads` since we wake up all Rayon threads, but not thread blocked
+by user code.
+
+A deadlock is detected by checking if `active_threads` is 0 and `blocked_threads` is above 0.
+If we ignored `blocked_threads` we would have a deadlock
+immediately when creating the thread pool.
+We would also deadlock once the thread pool ran out of work.
+It is not possible for Rayon itself to deadlock.
+Deadlocks can only be caused by user code blocking, so this condition doesn't miss any deadlocks.
+
+We check for the deadlock condition when
+threads fall asleep in `mark_unblocked` and in `Sleep::sleep`.
+If there's a deadlock detected we call the user provided deadlock handler while we hold the
+lock to `SleepData`. This means the deadlock handler cannot call `mark_blocked` and
+`mark_unblocked`. The user is expected to handle the deadlock in some non-Rayon thread.
+Once the deadlock handler returns, the thread which called the deadlock handler will go to sleep.

rayon-core/src/sleep/mod.rs

@@ -6,10 +6,34 @@ use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Condvar, Mutex};
 use std::thread;
 use std::usize;
+use DeadlockHandler;
+
+struct SleepData {
+    /// The number of threads in the thread pool.
+    worker_count: usize,
+
+    /// The number of threads in the thread pool which are running and
+    /// aren't blocked in user code or sleeping.
+    active_threads: usize,
+
+    /// The number of threads which are blocked in user code.
+    /// This doesn't include threads blocked by this module.
+    blocked_threads: usize,
+}
+
+impl SleepData {
+    /// Checks if the conditions for a deadlock holds and if so calls the deadlock handler
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn deadlock_check(&self, deadlock_handler: &Option<Box<DeadlockHandler>>) {
+        if self.active_threads == 0 && self.blocked_threads > 0 {
+            (deadlock_handler.as_ref().unwrap())();
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 pub(super) struct Sleep {
     state: AtomicUsize,
-    data: Mutex<()>,
+    data: Mutex<SleepData>,
     tickle: Condvar,
 }
 
@@ -20,14 +44,42 @@ const ROUNDS_UNTIL_SLEEPY: usize = 32;
 const ROUNDS_UNTIL_ASLEEP: usize = 64;
 
 impl Sleep {
-    pub(super) fn new() -> Sleep {
+    pub(super) fn new(worker_count: usize) -> Sleep {
         Sleep {
             state: AtomicUsize::new(AWAKE),
-            data: Mutex::new(()),
+            data: Mutex::new(SleepData {
+                worker_count,
+                active_threads: worker_count,
+                blocked_threads: 0,
+            }),
             tickle: Condvar::new(),
         }
     }
 
+    /// Mark a Rayon worker thread as blocked. This triggers the deadlock handler
+    /// if no other worker thread is active
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn mark_blocked(&self, deadlock_handler: &Option<Box<DeadlockHandler>>) {
+        let mut data = self.data.lock().unwrap();
+        debug_assert!(data.active_threads > 0);
+        debug_assert!(data.blocked_threads < data.worker_count);
+        debug_assert!(data.active_threads > 0);
+        data.active_threads -= 1;
+        data.blocked_threads += 1;
+
+        data.deadlock_check(deadlock_handler);
+    }
+
+    /// Mark a previously blocked Rayon worker thread as unblocked
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn mark_unblocked(&self) {
+        let mut data = self.data.lock().unwrap();
+        debug_assert!(data.active_threads < data.worker_count);
+        debug_assert!(data.blocked_threads > 0);
+        data.active_threads += 1;
+        data.blocked_threads -= 1;
+    }
+
     fn anyone_sleeping(&self, state: usize) -> bool {
         state & SLEEPING != 0
     }
@@ -61,7 +113,12 @@ impl Sleep {
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    pub(super) fn no_work_found(&self, worker_index: usize, yields: usize) -> usize {
+    pub(super) fn no_work_found(
+        &self,
+        worker_index: usize,
+        yields: usize,
+        deadlock_handler: &Option<Box<DeadlockHandler>>,
+    ) -> usize {
         log!(DidNotFindWork {
             worker: worker_index,
             yields: yields,
@@ -88,7 +145,7 @@ impl Sleep {
             }
         } else {
             debug_assert_eq!(yields, ROUNDS_UNTIL_ASLEEP);
-            self.sleep(worker_index);
+            self.sleep(worker_index, deadlock_handler);
             0
         }
     }
@@ -122,7 +179,10 @@ impl Sleep {
             old_state: old_state,
         });
         if self.anyone_sleeping(old_state) {
-            let _data = self.data.lock().unwrap();
+            let mut data = self.data.lock().unwrap();
+            // Set the active threads to the number of workers,
+            // excluding threads blocked by the user since we won't wake those up
+            data.active_threads = data.worker_count - data.blocked_threads;
             self.tickle.notify_all();
         }
     }
@@ -188,7 +248,7 @@ impl Sleep {
         self.worker_is_sleepy(state, worker_index)
     }
 
-    fn sleep(&self, worker_index: usize) {
+    fn sleep(&self, worker_index: usize, deadlock_handler: &Option<Box<DeadlockHandler>>) {
         loop {
             // Acquire here suffices. If we observe that the current worker is still
             // sleepy, then in fact we know that no writes have occurred, and anyhow
@@ -235,7 +295,7 @@ impl Sleep {
                 // reason for the `compare_exchange` to fail is if an
                 // awaken comes, in which case the next cycle around
                 // the loop will just return.
-                let data = self.data.lock().unwrap();
+                let mut data = self.data.lock().unwrap();
 
                 // This must be SeqCst on success because we want to
                 // ensure:
@@ -264,6 +324,11 @@ impl Sleep {
                     log!(FellAsleep {
                         worker: worker_index
                     });
+
+                    // Decrement the number of active threads and check for a deadlock
+                    data.active_threads -= 1;
+                    data.deadlock_check(deadlock_handler);
+
                     let _ = self.tickle.wait(data).unwrap();
                     log!(GotAwoken {
                         worker: worker_index