[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-2142?page=comments#action_12457478 ] Daniel John Debrunner commented on DERBY-2142: ----------------------------------------------
Thanks Asif for the suggested change and detailed analysis. I think you are correct in that it would make sense to re-order the code as you have shown, though possibly some investigation should be made to see if clearing currentConnectionHandle before notifyClose() breaks any assumptions during the notification of the close. Since the listeners can get a handed to the PooledConnection or XAConnection & XAResource we would just have to ensure that any method they can call on those interfaces behaves correctly. I also think in addition synchronization should be added, probably by making closingConnection() a synchronized method. > NullPointerException while using XAConnection/PooledConnection in a heavily > contended multithreaded scenario > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: DERBY-2142 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-2142 > Project: Derby > Issue Type: Bug > Components: JDBC > Affects Versions: 10.2.1.6, 10.1.3.1, 10.1.2.1, 10.1.1.0, 10.0.2.1, > 10.0.2.0 > Environment: The issue can appear in any environment as the bug is in > the source code . The bug has been verified in Suse Linux env. > Reporter: Asif H. Shahid > Priority: Critical > > We are using the Derby's Transactional DataSource class ( > org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedXADataSource ) to create a pool of > XAConnections in our application. > Whenever a thread in a JTA transaction requests for a SQLConnection , we > retrieve an XAConnection from the pool. From the XAConnection , we register > the XAResource with the TransactionManager & return a java.sql.Connection to > the application. > A class implementing the ConnectionEventListener is registered with the > XAConnection to get callback connectionClosed ( ) when the thead closes the > java.sql.Connection. In this callback, we invoke XAResource.end & return the > XAConnection to our pool so that other threads can use it. > We have encountered NullPointerException , when performing operation on > java.sql.Connection. > The stacktrace is as follows > at > org.apache.derby.jdbc.XAStatementControl.<init>(XAStatementControl.java:71) > at > org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbedXAConnection.wrapStatement(EmbedXAConnection.java:162) > at > org.apache.derby.iapi.jdbc.BrokeredConnection.createStatement(Unknown > Source) > at > com.gemstone.gemfire.internal.datasource.ConnectionPoolingTest$1.run(ConnectionPoolingTest.java:174) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) > I have done some debugging on source code of db-derby-10.2.1.6-src & have > following explanation of the bug & a suggested fix. However, I want to > confirm that it is genuinely a bug & not a problem in our understanding of > the Datasource spec behaviour. > Reason for the bug:- > The class EmbedPooledConnection.java stores in the field > currentConnectionHandle ( of class BrokeredConnection) a reference of the > java.sql.Connection object , being returned to the application, > Now ,whenever the client closes the java.sql.Connection , the code flow is > EmbedPooledConnection.close() --> EmbedPooledConnection.notifyClose(). > In the function EmbedPooledConnection.notifyClose(), it notifies my listener > ( javax.sql.ConnectionEventListener) ) where I return the XAConnection to the > pool ( after deregistering the XAResource). > The last line of EmbedPooledConnection.close() makes the > currentConnectionHandle field as null. > The issue here is that javax.sql.ConnectionEventListener.connectionClosed is > invoked before making the currentConenctionHandle field as null. Thus > XAConnection is returned to the pool , ready for pickup by a new thread. This > new thread obtains a java.sql.Connection whose reference gets assigned to the > currentConnectionHandle field, meanwhile the previous thread completes the > EmbedPooledConnection.close making the newly assigned > currentConnectionHandle as null. > Thus a previous thread's close makes a field null of an XAConnection, which > has been assigned to a new thread. > The bug is easily reproducible in a multi threaded scenario ( 20 threads or > so) with a pool size of around 4 XAConnections so that there is heavy > contention on XAConnection. > The fix is to rearrange the code of EmbedPooledConenction.java 's > closingConnection () as > bug : > public boolean closingConnection() { > notifyClose(); > currentConnectionHandle = null; > return false; > } > bug fix : > public boolean closingConnection() { > currentConnectionHandle = null; > notifyClose(); > return false; > } -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
