Fix: sessiond: assert on empty payload when handling client out event
Observed issue
==============
When servicing a large number of tracer notifications and sending
notifications to clients, the session daemon occasionally hits
an assertion:
#4 0x00007fb224d7d116 in __assert_fail () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6
#5 0x000056038b2fe4d7 in client_flush_outgoing_queue (client=0x7fb21400c3b0) at notification-thread-events.cpp:3586
#6 0x000056038b2ff819 in handle_notification_thread_client_out (state=0x7fb221974090, socket=77) at notification-thread-events.cpp:4104
#7 0x000056038b2f3d77 in thread_notification (data=0x56038cc7fe90) at notification-thread.cpp:763
#8 0x000056038b30ca7d in launch_thread (data=0x56038cc7e220) at thread.cpp:66
#9 0x00007fb224dcf5c2 in start_thread () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6
#10 0x00007fb224e54584 in clone () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6
Cause
=====
A client "out" event can be received when no payload is left
to send under some circumstances.
Many threads can flush a client's outgoing queue and, if they
had to queue their message (socket was full), will use the
"communication update" command to signal the (e)poll thread
to monitor for space being made available in the socket.
Commands are sent over an internal pipe serviced by the same
thread as the client sockets.
When space is made available in the socket, there is a race
between the (e)poll thread and the other threads that may
wish to use the client's socket to flush its outgoing queue.
A non-(e)poll thread may attempt (and succeed) in flushing
the queue before the (e)poll thread gets a chance to service
the client's "out" event.
In this situation, the (e)poll thread processing the client
out event will see an empty payload: there is nothing to do.
Solution
========
The (e)poll thread can simply ignore the "client out" event
when an empty payload is seen.
There is also no need to update the transmission status as
the other thread has already enqueued a "communication
update" command to do so.
Known drawbacks
===============
None.
Signed-off-by: Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
Change-Id: I8a181bea1e37e8e14cc67b624b76d139b488eded
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