SIGALRM syscall interruptions

[JakubVanek]

Hi,

I'm thinking about how to solve the problem with timers interrupting running syscalls.

• Implement syscall restarting: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk11u/blob/d46b56eb81b07b452141c7dcd078d33fc8e49d63/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.inline.hpp#L84
  • ➕ Minimal changes to the code surrounding the syscall.
  • ➖ Has to be followed in user code as well.
• Make SIGALRM restart the syscalls automatically: SA_RESTART
  • ➕ Small change just in the related code.
  • ➖ Not all syscalls are restartable (https://stackoverflow.com/a/48553220).
  • added in 7a65eca
• Provide an alternative implementation based on threads
  • ➕ Removes (most?) interruptions due to signals, so changes to syscall code are not necessary.
  • ➖ Callbacks need to be aware that they're executing in a different thread context (locking/atomic is necessary).
  • ➖ Memory overhead of threads (however I have no data to determine the actual impact).
  • ➖ Scheduling/CPU overhead of threads (ditto).

Best regards,

Jakub

[a3f]

SA_RESTART is a good default, I think.