[newlib-cygwin] Cygwin: open: Unlock fdtab before open_with_arch()
Takashi Yano via Cygwin-cvs <[email protected]> Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:38:06 +0000 (GMT)
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https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=3Dnewlib-cygwin.git;h=3D524d75ff739= 86b263161665af771cc90e55b5e01 commit 524d75ff73986b263161665af771cc90e55b5e01 Author: Takashi Yano <[email protected]> Date: Fri Jul 17 10:48:11 2026 +0900 Cygwin: open: Unlock fdtab before open_with_arch() =20 Since the commit 31bf91f867c5, opening fifo causes a deadlock. This is because, open_with_arch() for fifo can be blocked until the other side of the fifo is opened. The commit 31bf91f867c5 moves the creating cygheap_fdnew before open_with_arch() to address the issue: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2026-May/259664.html However, cygheap_fdnew locks fdtab, so open() for the other side of fifo cannot create cygheap_fdnew until fdtab is unlocked. This is the cause of the deadlock. =20 With this patch, fdtab is unlocked before open_with_arch(), but marked as used using tentative fhandler. The summary of open() is as follows. 1) Lock fdtab. 2) Create new fd. 3) Mark fd as used using tentative fhandler. 4) Unlock fdtab. 5) Call open_with_arch(). 6) Set final fhandler to fd. =20 The important point is that create fd before open_with_arch() to address https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2026-May/259664.html, but unlock fdtab before open_with_arch() to address https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2026-July/259884.html. =20 Fixes: 31bf91f867c5 ("Cygwin: Ensure unused fd available for open()") Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2026-July/259884.html Reported-by: kikairoya <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Takashi Yano <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Mark Geisert <[email protected]> Diff: --- winsup/cygwin/release/3.6.11 | 5 +++++ winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc | 20 +++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/3.6.11 b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.6.11 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0c7046d58 --- /dev/null +++ b/winsup/cygwin/release/3.6.11 @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +Fixes: +------ + +- Fix a deadlock in fifo open, that is a regression caused in 3.6.10 + Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2026-July/259884.html diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc index 2bea79768..e3ba8c65c 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc +++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc @@ -1451,6 +1451,7 @@ extern "C" int open (const char *unix_path, int flags, ...) { int res =3D -1; + int fd =3D -1; va_list ap; mode_t mode =3D 0; fhandler_base *fh =3D NULL; @@ -1550,9 +1551,12 @@ open (const char *unix_path, int flags, ...) /* Reserve an fdtable entry here, before calling open_with_arch() be= low. Otherwise there's a tiny chance of hitting OPEN_MAX further on wh= ich could create a new file without any way for Cygwin to refer to it= . */ - cygheap_fdnew fd; + cygheap->fdtab.lock(); + fd =3D cygheap->fdtab.find_unused_handle (); if (fd < 0) - __leave; /* errno already set */ + __leave; /* errno already set */ + cygheap->fdtab[fd] =3D fh; /* tentative setting to mark as used */ + cygheap->fdtab.unlock(); =20 if (fh->dev () =3D=3D FH_PROCESSFD && fh->pc.follow_fd_symlink ()) { @@ -1580,13 +1584,23 @@ open (const char *unix_path, int flags, ...) try_to_bin (fh->pc, fh->get_handle (), DELETE, FILE_OPEN_FOR_BACKUP_INTENT); =20 - fd =3D fh; + cygheap->fdtab.lock (); + cygheap->fdtab[fd] =3D fh; + fh->inc_refcnt (); + cygheap->fdtab.unlock (); + if (fd <=3D 2) set_std_handle (fd); res =3D fd; } __except (EFAULT) {} __endtry + if (res < 0 && fd >=3D 0) + { + cygheap->fdtab.lock (); + cygheap->fdtab[fd] =3D NULL; /* Mark as unused */ + cygheap->fdtab.unlock (); + } if (res < 0 && fh) delete fh; syscall_printf ("%R =3D open(%s, %y)", res, unix_path, flags);