Bug #4939: Signal handling does not working if single grave accent ( ` ) initiated command was issued before Signal.trap

• Status: Third Party's Issue
• Assignee: nahi (Hiroshi Nakamura)
• Target version: -
• ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2p180 (2011-02-18 revision 30909) [i686-linux]

[senotrusov (Stanislav Senotrusov)]

If grave accent ( ) shell command (whoami` in the following case) is called BEFORE Signal.trap,
the signals will not be handled, and ruby default handling behavior also did not work.

Basically, when I press Ctrl+C or send kill -TERM nothing happens - the process continues to run (or sleep(60) in that case).

This whoami call prevents the following signal handlers from working

Just comment this line and signal handling will be ok

STDOUT.write whoami

STDOUT.puts "Press Ctrl+C"

Signal.trap(:INT) { STDOUT.write "GOT INT\n"; exit! }
Signal.trap(:TERM) { STDOUT.write "GOT TERM\n"; exit! }

sleep 60

[nahi (Hiroshi Nakamura)]

• Project changed from Ruby 1.8 to Ruby master
• Category changed from core to core
• Status changed from Open to Feedback
• Assignee set to nahi (Hiroshi Nakamura)

[nahi (Hiroshi Nakamura)]

Looks similar to #4777. Would you please see that issue and try the resolution? (Updating Linux Kernel to 2.6.38.4 or later)

[senotrusov (Stanislav Senotrusov)]

Thank you for pointing #4777. I've just read it and found it similar.

As it #4777 in my case when I sent CONT signal, the previously ignored TERM is handled well.

I'm running test case on Ubuntu 11.04 (Linux foo 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux) and think the 2.6.38.4 you suggested is older than my kernel (don't know really how to relate -8 and .4 in version)

Now I've try to upgrade to the 2.6.39 kernel as Peter Sanford mentioning in #7 comment on issue #4777.

And, I think I've observed issue #4608 with 100% CPU load, but did not isolate then well.

[senotrusov (Stanislav Senotrusov)]

The problem disappears after upgrade to Linux foo 2.6.39-0-generic #5~20110427-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 27 17:41:08 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux using kernel-ppa.

I've suggest it's not a Ruby bug.

Thank you.

[kosaki (Motohiro KOSAKI)]

• Status changed from Feedback to Third Party's Issue

I've suggest it's not a Ruby bug.

Then, closed. ;-)