[PATCH v2] Fix fiber_join() hang in case fiber_cancel() was called

Serge Petrenko sergepetrenko at tarantool.org
Tue Feb 5 18:01:11 MSK 2019


In case a fiber joining another fiber gets cancelled, it stays suspended
forever and never finishes joining. This happens because fiber_cancel()
wakes the fiber and removes it from all execution queues.
Fix this by handling possible cancellation in fiber_join().

Closes #3948
---
Changes in v2:
  - rewrote the test completely.
  - instead of continuing to join if the fiber
    is cancelled make the fiber to be joined
    non-joinable and exit. This solution was
    discussed verbally.
  - revert comment changes for fiber_yield().
    It really isn't a cancellation point.

 src/fiber.c             | 25 ++++++++++++++++---------
 src/lua/fiber.c         | 11 ++++++++++-
 test/app/fiber.result   | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 test/app/fiber.test.lua | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/fiber.c b/src/fiber.c
index 6f3d0ab78..7e9a3d38d 100644
--- a/src/fiber.c
+++ b/src/fiber.c
@@ -396,18 +396,25 @@ fiber_join(struct fiber *fiber)
 
 		do {
 			fiber_yield();
+			if (fiber_is_cancelled())
+				break;
 		} while (! fiber_is_dead(fiber));
 	}
-
-	/* Move exception to the caller */
-	int ret = fiber->f_ret;
-	if (ret != 0) {
-		assert(!diag_is_empty(&fiber->diag));
-		diag_move(&fiber->diag, &fiber()->diag);
+	if (! fiber_is_dead(fiber)) {
+		fiber_set_joinable(fiber, false);
+		diag_set(FiberIsCancelled);
+		return -1;
+	} else {
+		/* Move exception to the caller */
+		int ret = fiber->f_ret;
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			assert(!diag_is_empty(&fiber->diag));
+			diag_move(&fiber->diag, &fiber()->diag);
+		}
+		/* The fiber is already dead. */
+		fiber_recycle(fiber);
+		return ret;
 	}
-	/* The fiber is already dead. */
-	fiber_recycle(fiber);
-	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/lua/fiber.c b/src/lua/fiber.c
index 8b17d6475..c655c5258 100644
--- a/src/lua/fiber.c
+++ b/src/lua/fiber.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <fiber.h>
 #include "lua/utils.h"
 #include "backtrace.h"
+#include "exception.h"
 
 #include <lua.h>
 #include <lauxlib.h>
@@ -676,10 +677,18 @@ lbox_fiber_join(struct lua_State *L)
 {
 	struct fiber *fiber = lbox_checkfiber(L, 1);
 	struct lua_State *child_L = fiber->storage.lua.stack;
-	fiber_join(fiber);
+	int f_ret = fiber_join(fiber);
 	struct error *e = NULL;
 	int num_ret = 0;
 	int coro_ref = 0;
+
+	if (f_ret != 0 && diag_last_error(&fiber()->diag)->type ==
+	    &type_FiberIsCancelled) {
+		/* The fiber was cancelled before we joined. */
+		luaL_testcancel(L);
+	}
+	luaL_testcancel(L);
+
 	if (child_L != NULL) {
 		coro_ref = lua_tointeger(child_L, -1);
 		lua_pop(child_L, 1);
diff --git a/test/app/fiber.result b/test/app/fiber.result
index ab7c1941b..f73d32671 100644
--- a/test/app/fiber.result
+++ b/test/app/fiber.result
@@ -1411,6 +1411,39 @@ l = nil
 l1 = nil
 ---
 ...
+-- gh-3948 fiber.join() blocks if fiber is cancelled.
+function another_func() fiber.yield() end
+---
+...
+test_run:cmd("setopt delimiter ';'")
+---
+- true
+...
+function func()
+    local fib = fiber.create(another_func)
+    fib:set_joinable(true)
+    fib:join()
+end;
+---
+...
+f = fiber.create(func)
+f:cancel()
+while f:status() ~= 'dead' do fiber.sleep(0.01) end;
+---
+...
+test_run:cmd("setopt delimiter ''");
+---
+- true
+...
+f = nil
+---
+...
+func = nil
+---
+...
+another_func = nil
+---
+...
 -- cleanup
 test_run:cmd("clear filter")
 ---
diff --git a/test/app/fiber.test.lua b/test/app/fiber.test.lua
index 2762047e4..98bb8f3e1 100644
--- a/test/app/fiber.test.lua
+++ b/test/app/fiber.test.lua
@@ -602,6 +602,23 @@ f = nil
 l = nil
 l1 = nil
 
+-- gh-3948 fiber.join() blocks if fiber is cancelled.
+function another_func() fiber.yield() end
+test_run:cmd("setopt delimiter ';'")
+function func()
+    local fib = fiber.create(another_func)
+    fib:set_joinable(true)
+    fib:join()
+end;
+f = fiber.create(func)
+f:cancel()
+while f:status() ~= 'dead' do fiber.sleep(0.01) end;
+
+test_run:cmd("setopt delimiter ''");
+f = nil
+func = nil
+another_func = nil
+
 -- cleanup
 test_run:cmd("clear filter")
 
-- 
2.17.2 (Apple Git-113)




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