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Park STW threads even if global STOP_BIT is cleared - #8784
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 10 included reviews per hour; 6 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe bytecode-loop stop check now includes the current thread's stop request. A regression test verifies that a stopped subinterpreter worker remains parked while another thread changes the global stop bit. ChangesPer-thread stop enforcement
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In `@crates/vm/src/vm/interpreter.rs`:
- Around line 1781-1789: Add a test-only handshake around the flicker thread and
the stop request: after the worker’s stop_requested flag is set, wait for the
flicker to complete and acknowledge a set_stop_bit/clear_stop_bit cycle before
invoking stop_the_world. Update the flicker closure and request-site
synchronization without placing the wait after the blocking stop_the_world call.
- Around line 1789-1807: The stop-the-world regression test must bound all
potentially blocking operations. Run stop_the_world in a helper thread and await
it with recv_timeout, replace the initial and resumed progress loops with
deadline-based waits, release the world before asserting, then stop and join the
flicker and worker threads to guarantee cleanup on failure.
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| let flicker = std::thread::spawn(move || { | ||
| while flip_flag.load(Ordering::Acquire) { | ||
| crate::signal::set_stop_bit(); | ||
| crate::signal::clear_stop_bit(); | ||
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| main.enter(|_vm| { | ||
| sub_state.stop_the_world.stop_the_world(&sub_state); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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Synchronize the flicker with the stop request.
The flicker thread has no acknowledgement. If it performs only a cycle before stop_the_world sets stop_requested, a regression that relies only on STOP_BIT can park the worker and let the test pass without exercising a clear after the request.
Add a test-only handshake at the request site. After the worker's stop_requested flag is set, require the flicker to perform and acknowledge a set_stop_bit/clear_stop_bit cycle before the stop sequence continues. Do not place the wait after the blocking stop_the_world call.
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In `@crates/vm/src/vm/interpreter.rs` around lines 1781 - 1789, Add a test-only
handshake around the flicker thread and the stop request: after the worker’s
stop_requested flag is set, wait for the flicker to complete and acknowledge a
set_stop_bit/clear_stop_bit cycle before invoking stop_the_world. Update the
flicker closure and request-site synchronization without placing the wait after
the blocking stop_the_world call.
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| sub_state.stop_the_world.stop_the_world(&sub_state); | ||
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| let parked_at = progress.load(Ordering::Acquire); | ||
| std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50)); | ||
| assert_eq!( | ||
| progress.load(Ordering::Acquire), | ||
| parked_at, | ||
| "subinterpreter thread kept running after STOP_BIT was cleared" | ||
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| sub_state.stop_the_world.start_the_world(&sub_state); | ||
| }); | ||
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| flip.store(false, Ordering::Release); | ||
| flicker.join().expect("stop-bit flicker panicked"); | ||
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| let resumed_from = progress.load(Ordering::Acquire); | ||
| while progress.load(Ordering::Acquire) == resumed_from { | ||
| std::thread::yield_now(); |
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Bound the blocking test operations.
stop_the_world can block indefinitely at line 1789 when the regression occurs. The initial and resumed-progress loops can also wait indefinitely. Run the stop operation in a helper thread with recv_timeout, and use deadlines for both progress waits. Release the world before asserting, then stop and join the flicker and worker threads so a failure does not strand cleanup.
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In `@crates/vm/src/vm/interpreter.rs` around lines 1789 - 1807, The stop-the-world
regression test must bound all potentially blocking operations. Run
stop_the_world in a helper thread and await it with recv_timeout, replace the
initial and resumed progress loops with deadline-based waits, release the world
before asserting, then stop and join the flicker and worker threads to guarantee
cleanup on failure.
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STOP_BIT is process-wide, but each interpreter's start_the_world clears it. Parallel tests then skip check_signals and never park. Assisted-by: Grok:4.6
Stop from a helper thread with recv_timeout, and give the progress waits a deadline, matching the other STW tests. Assisted-by: Grok:4.6
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Summary
CI rust tests on ubuntu hang in
stop_the_world_parks_threads_of_another_interpreter(seen on #8774, which only bumps actionlint). The job is cancelled after the test has been running for minutes.STOP_BITlives in the process-wide eval-breaker word. Each interpreter'sstart_the_worldclears that bit.eval_breaker_trippedthen only looked at the global word, so a worker whosestop_requestedwas still set never enteredcheck_signalsand never parked.stop_the_worldwaited forever. Parallel cargo tests make this easy to hit: one test starts the world and clears the bit while another is still stopping.The bytecode loop now checks the per-thread
stop_requestedflag first. A regression test flickersSTOP_BITwhile a subinterpreter is stopped.Assisted-by: Grok:4.6
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