Details
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Bug
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Status: Resolved
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Major
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Resolution: Fixed
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3.5.0, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.4
Description
There is a race condition in the server throttling code. It is possible that the disableRecv is called after enableRecv.
Basically, the I/O work thread does this in processPacket: https://github.com/apache/zookeeper/blob/release-3.5.3/src/java/main/org/apache/zookeeper/server/ZooKeeperServer.java#L1102
submitRequest(si);
}
}
cnxn.incrOutstandingRequests(h);
}
incrOutstandingRequests() checks for limit breach, and potentially turns on throttling, https://github.com/apache/zookeeper/blob/release-3.5.3/src/java/main/org/apache/zookeeper/server/NIOServerCnxn.java#L384
submitRequest() will create a logical request and en-queue it so that Processor thread can pick it up. After being de-queued by Processor thread, it does necessary handling, and then calls this https://github.com/apache/zookeeper/blob/release-3.5.3/src/java/main/org/apache/zookeeper/server/FinalRequestProcessor.java#L459 :
cnxn.sendResponse(hdr, rsp, "response");
and in sendResponse(), it first appends to outgoing buffer, and then checks if un-throttle is needed: https://github.com/apache/zookeeper/blob/release-3.5.3/src/java/main/org/apache/zookeeper/server/NIOServerCnxn.java#L708
However, if there is a context switch between submitRequest() and cnxn.incrOutstandingRequests(), so that Processor thread completes cnxn.sendResponse() call before I/O thread switches back, then enableRecv() will happen before disableRecv(), and enableRecv() will fail the CAS ops, while disableRecv() will succeed, resulting in a deadlock: un-throttle is needed for letting in requests, and sendResponse is needed to trigger un-throttle, but sendResponse() requires an incoming message. From that point on, ZK server will no longer select the affected client socket for read, leading to the observed client-side failure in the subject.
If you would like to reproduce this than setting the globalOutstandingLimit down to 1 makes this reproducible easier as throttling starts with less requests.
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