Fix: relayd: compare viewer chunks by ID rather than address
Observed issue
==============
In "Fix: relayd: live: erroneous message timestamp observed from live
viewer", we observe that sometimes viewer streams unexpectedly end up
performing a viewer stream rotation at session destroy.
Cause
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This may happen in the following scenario:
1) Relay stream A is rotated to NULL.
2) viewer_get_next_index for viewer stream A:
2.1) observes a NULL rstream->trace_chunk, updates the viewer session
current trace chunk to NULL (viewer_session_set_trace_chunk_copy).
2.2) "Transition the viewer stream into the latest trace chunk
available." does not issue viewer_stream_rotate_to_trace_chunk, because
the condition (rstream->completed_rotation_count ==
vstream->last_seen_rotation_count + 1 && !rstream->trace_chunk)
evaluates to "true", and thus the entire if () evaluates to false.
3) check_index_status detects rstream->closed and
index_received_seqcount == index_sent_seqcount, thus replying HUP to
viewer, effectively releasing ownership of the viewer stream.
4) viewer_get_next_index for viewer stream B (not rotated to NULL yet):
4.1) observes a non-NULL rstream->trace_chunk, updates the viewer
session current trace chunk to *a new copy* of the non-NULL
rstream->trace_chunk (viewer_session_set_trace_chunk_copy).
4.2) the comparison (conn->viewer_session->current_trace_chunk !=
vstream->stream_file.trace_chunk) done by pointer don't match, because
the viewer session current trace chunk is a new copy.
Therefore, due to those stream close scenarios where the viewer session
can go back and forth between NULL and _different copies_ of the relay
chunk, we cannot use a comparison of chunks by address on the viewer
chunks.
Solution
========
Compare the viewer stream chunks by ID rather than address.
Known drawbacks
===============
The comparison is probably slightly slower, but I don't expect this to
be significant.
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Signed-off-by: Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
Change-Id: I05e4f97f26b2659c007726cc29d3edafa17bdb98
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