[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (JGRP-1396) NAKACK2: merge NakReceiverWindow and Retransmitter

[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JGRP-1396?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.... ] Bela Ban commented on JGRP-1396: -------------------------------- Here's another problem: we want to advance 'low' when removing a message (and nulling it). This happens at the receivers when discard_delivered_msgs is true. But there is a problem with the following scenario (threads T1 and T2): - HD=9 - T1 calls add(10). 10 already exists - T2 calls remove() with nullify=true - T1 reads HD, value is 9, continues (would terminate if HD was 10) - T2 checks that element at index HD+1 is not null - T2 gets element at index HD+1 - T2 increments HD to 10 and nulls the element at index 10 - T1 does a CAS(null, 10) and succeeds because T2 just nulled the element ==> We now deliver the message at index 10 TWICE (or multiple times) ! SOLUTION: - Interleave the reads and writes of T1 and T2 such that this outcome is impossible: - remove(): #1 write HD #2 null element - add(seqno) [with nullify=true]: #1 read HD (return if seqno <= HD) #2 read element (return if element != null) #3 read HD (again!) (return if seqno <= HD) #4 CAS(null, element): if true: pass message up, else: discard There is no sequence of add() and remove() with the above solution that ends up with an incorrect delivery ! -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.jboss.org/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira