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Bug #20414

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`Fiber#raise` should recurse to `resumed_fiber` rather than failing.

Added by ioquatix (Samuel Williams) 7 months ago. Updated 4 months ago.

Status:
Closed
Target version:
-
[ruby-core:117458]

Description

The following program will fail with FiberError, and is difficult to properly clean up:

root_fiber = Fiber.current

f1 = Fiber.new do
  root_fiber.transfer
end

f2 = Fiber.new do
  f1.resume
end

f2.transfer

f2.raise("error") # => `raise': attempt to transfer to a resuming fiber (FiberError)

This program deliberately set's up a scenario where f2 is resuming f1. Trying to raise an exception on f2 is impossible, because the only way control flow can return to it, is when f1 yields or exits.

We can avoid this problem, by raising the exception on f1, and we can do this automatically using the following logic:

static VALUE
fiber_raise(rb_fiber_t *fiber, VALUE exception)
{
    // Add this recursive step:
    if (fiber->resuming_fiber) {
        return fiber_raise(fiber->resuming_fiber, exception);
    }

    // Existing code ...
    else if (FIBER_SUSPENDED_P(fiber) && !fiber->yielding) {
        return fiber_transfer_kw(fiber, -1, &exception, RB_NO_KEYWORDS);
    }
    else {
        return fiber_resume_kw(fiber, -1, &exception, RB_NO_KEYWORDS);
    }
}

This makes Fiber#raise much more robust and useful for the purpose of stopping fibers, without knowing exactly what they are doing.


Related issues 2 (1 open1 closed)

Related to Ruby master - Feature #20102: Introduce `Fiber#resuming?`Closedioquatix (Samuel Williams)Actions
Related to Ruby master - Bug #20089: Fiber#kill transfers to root fiberAssignedioquatix (Samuel Williams)Actions
Actions #2

Updated by ioquatix (Samuel Williams) 7 months ago

Actions #3

Updated by ioquatix (Samuel Williams) 7 months ago

  • Description updated (diff)

Updated by ioquatix (Samuel Williams) 7 months ago

With the proposed change, the following program:

root_fiber = Fiber.current

f1 = Fiber.new do
  puts "f1 enter"
  root_fiber.transfer
  puts "f1 exit"
ensure
  puts "f1 ensure"
end

f2 = Fiber.new do
  puts "f2 enter"
  f1.resume
  puts "f2 exit"
ensure
  puts "f2 ensure"
end

f2.transfer

begin
  puts "raise"
  f2.raise(Interrupt)
rescue Interrupt => e
  puts "rescue Interrupt"
end

... generates the following output:

f2 enter
f1 enter
raise
f1 ensure
f2 ensure
rescue Interrupt
Actions #5

Updated by ioquatix (Samuel Williams) 7 months ago

  • Related to Bug #20089: Fiber#kill transfers to root fiber added

Updated by matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) 7 months ago

I see no problem in the proposal. I agree.

Matz.

Updated by ioquatix (Samuel Williams) 7 months ago

Thanks @matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto).

To clarify, there are two issues are we addressing.

(1) Improve consistency of Thread.current.raise and Fiber.current.raise.
(2) Follow resuming_fiber when raising exceptions.

They overlap, so are addressed by the same PR.

Updated by ioquatix (Samuel Williams) 7 months ago

  • Status changed from Open to Closed
  • Backport changed from 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN to 3.1: REQUIRED, 3.2: REQUIRED, 3.3: REQUIRED

Updated by k0kubun (Takashi Kokubun) 5 months ago

  • Backport changed from 3.1: REQUIRED, 3.2: REQUIRED, 3.3: REQUIRED to 3.1: REQUIRED, 3.2: REQUIRED, 3.3: DONE

Updated by nagachika (Tomoyuki Chikanaga) 4 months ago

I think this change seems somewhat like a spec change. Could this change potentially reveal latent errors in the application and affect its operation?

Additionally, regardless of the case, I believe the ruby_version_is guard in rubyspec will need to be updated if we backport it to stable branches.

Updated by nagachika (Tomoyuki Chikanaga) 4 months ago

  • Backport changed from 3.1: REQUIRED, 3.2: REQUIRED, 3.3: DONE to 3.1: REQUIRED, 3.2: DONE, 3.3: DONE

Updated by nagachika (Tomoyuki Chikanaga) 4 months ago

  • Backport changed from 3.1: REQUIRED, 3.2: DONE, 3.3: DONE to 3.1: REQUIRED, 3.2: REQUIRED, 3.3: DONE

Sorry, I accidentally changed a different ticket.

Actions #13

Updated by nagachika (Tomoyuki Chikanaga) 4 months ago

  • Backport changed from 3.1: REQUIRED, 3.2: REQUIRED, 3.3: DONE to 3.1: REQUIRED, 3.2: WONTFIX, 3.3: DONE
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