Fix cross-lock race in libev reactor thread exit check - #981
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Priority: ➖ Normal Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Shutdown can miss connections while their lifecycle state is changing, leaving watchers or sockets unprocessed. Synchronize cleanup with the lifecycle lock before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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104-109: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winAdd a deterministic regression test.
The patch changes a shutdown race but adds no test. Synchronize the test around the snapshot, call
connection_created(), and verify that_run_loopdoes not terminate with a live connection.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@cassandra/io/libevreactor.py`:
- Around line 104-109: Update the reactor loop’s exit decision around
_conn_set_lock so reading _live_conns, evaluating _shutdown, and transitioning
_started remain atomic with respect to connection_created(). Keep the lock held
through the predicate and state transition, preventing exit based on a stale
live-connections snapshot.
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In `@cassandra/io/libevreactor.py`:
- Around line 104-109: Add a deterministic regression test for the _run_loop
shutdown decision: synchronize execution around the _live_conns snapshot, invoke
connection_created() before the decision completes, and assert that _run_loop
remains running while a live connection exists.
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161-161: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winAdd a
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… 3.14t hang) LibevLoop._live_conns is written under a lock in connection_created()/connection_destroyed(), while _run_loop()'s exit check decides whether to stop the reactor thread. An earlier version of this fix moved the _live_conns read onto the same lock the writers used, but the started/shutdown flags were still read and set under a separate lock afterward -- leaving a gap where connection_created() could still register a connection between the read and the state transition. CI on that version reproduced the exact hang this fix is meant to eliminate. Fix: merge _lock and the former _conn_set_lock into a single lock that guards both _live_conns/_new_conns/_closed_conns *and* the _started/_shutdown transitions read in the exit check. This makes the exit decision and connection registration mutually exclusive rather than just reading from a shared lock: a concurrent connection_created() either finishes before the exit check's critical section (its connection is visible in _live_conns, so the reactor keeps running) or finishes after _started is set to False inside that same critical section (so the subsequent maybe_start() call, which always follows connection_created(), sees _started == False and starts a fresh thread). There is no interleaving in which the new connection is invisible to both checks, closing the race rather than narrowing it. The two locks didn't need to stay separate: _run_loop() already nested "with self._lock: with self._conn_set_lock:", and connection_created()/connection_destroyed()/_loop_will_run() never call anything that reacquires _lock, so merging them introduces no reentrancy or ordering issue. Also add a regression test (LibevLoopRaceTest) that forces the exact interleaving from issue scylladb#980 deterministically: it pauses the reactor thread's exit-check via an instrumented lock right after it starts deciding, then tries to register a connection from another thread. The test asserts connection_created() cannot complete until the reactor's decision is committed, and that maybe_start() correctly restarts the reactor if the connection lands just after. Verified this test fails (reliably, not flakily) against the git history's prior attempt at this fix and passes against this one. Fixes scylladb#980. Signed-off-by: Yaniv Michael Kaul <yaniv.kaul@scylladb.com>
_cleanup() and _loop_will_run() still read/write these fields without _lock. Verified: copy-on-write set semantics rule out torn reads, and both sites self-heal (notify()+retry, or next loop tick) rather than risking the permanent hang this PR fixes for _run_loop's exit check. Lower severity, but flagging for a follow-up. No open PR covers these. Signed-off-by: Yaniv Michael Kaul <yaniv.kaul@scylladb.com>
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132-142: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftSynchronize
_cleanup()with the lifecycle lock.
Connection.close()callsconnection_destroyed(), which replaces_new_conns,_live_conns, and_closed_connsunderself._lock._cleanup()reads those attributes after stopping_preparerwithout that lock. During the three assignments, it can omit a connection from the union; the loop can then exit without stopping its watchers or closing its socket. Guard_shutdownand the connection snapshot with the same lifecycle protocol. Copy-on-write does not make this multi-set handoff atomic.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@cassandra/io/libevreactor.py`:
- Around line 132-142: Update _cleanup() to use self._lock when setting
_shutdown and taking the snapshot of _new_conns, _live_conns, and _closed_conns.
Perform the snapshot only after stopping _preparer while holding the lifecycle
lock, and preserve the existing early return and cleanup behavior.
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LibevLoop._live_connsis mutated inconnection_created()/connection_destroyed(), and_run_loop()'s exit check decides whether to stop the reactor thread based on it and on the_started/_shutdownflags._live_connsread onto the same lock the writers used, but the_started/_shutdownstate was still read and set under a separate lock right after — leaving a gap whereconnection_created()could still register a connection between the read and the state transition. CI on that version reproduced the exact hang this fix is meant to eliminate (job hit the 6-hour timeout)._lockand the former_conn_set_lockinto a single lock guarding both_live_conns/_new_conns/_closed_connsand the_started/_shutdowntransitions read by the exit check. That makes the exit decision and connection registration mutually exclusive: a concurrentconnection_created()either completes before the exit check's critical section (its connection is visible in_live_conns, so the loop restarts) or completes after_startedis set toFalseinside that same critical section (so themaybe_start()call that always followsconnection_created()sees_started == Falseand spins up a fresh thread). There is no interleaving where the new connection is invisible to both checks — this closes the race rather than narrowing it._run_loop()already nestedwith self._lock: with self._conn_set_lock:, and none ofconnection_created()/connection_destroyed()/_loop_will_run()call anything that reacquires_lock, so merging introduces no reentrancy/ordering issue.Context
3.14tintegration test lane). See Silent permanent hang under free-threaded Python 3.14t: cross-lock race in LibevLoop._run_loop reading _live_conns #980 for the full root-cause writeup.executor.shutdown()teardown order) — same general area, different mechanism.Test plan
LibevLoopRaceTest(tests/unit/io/test_libevreactor.py) with an adversarial regression test that deterministically forces the interleaving from Silent permanent hang under free-threaded Python 3.14t: cross-lock race in LibevLoop._run_loop reading _live_conns #980: it pauses the reactor thread's exit-check via an instrumented lock right after the reactor begins deciding, then registers a connection from another thread, and assertsconnection_created()cannot complete until the reactor's decision is committed (and thatmaybe_start()correctly restarts the reactor when the connection lands just after).python -m pytest tests/unit/io/ tests/unit/test_connection.py: all pass.python -m pytest tests/unit/: all pass (one unrelated pre-existing collection error intests/unit/column_encryptiondue to the optionalcryptographypackage not being installed in this environment; unrelated to this change).3.14tfree-threaded lane).Fixes #980.
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