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Title: asyncio: Race condition in signal handling on FreeBSD
Type: Stage:
Components: asyncio, Tests Versions: Python 3.4
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: giampaolo.rodola, gvanrossum, pitrou, python-dev, vstinner, yselivanov
Priority: normal Keywords: buildbot

Created on 2014-06-02 22:35 by vstinner, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (21)
msg219647 - (view) Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-06-02 22:35
http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/AMD64%20FreeBSD%209.0%203.4/builds/191/steps/test/logs/stdio

[  8/389] test_asyncio
Timeout (1:00:00)!
Thread 0x0000000801407400 (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/selectors.py", line 494 in select
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py", line 795 in _run_once
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py", line 184 in run_forever
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py", line 203 in run_until_complete
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_streams.py", line 617 in test_read_all_from_pipe_reader
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/unittest/case.py", line 577 in run
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/unittest/case.py", line 625 in __call__
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/unittest/suite.py", line 125 in run
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/unittest/suite.py", line 87 in __call__
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/unittest/suite.py", line 125 in run
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/unittest/suite.py", line 87 in __call__
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/unittest/suite.py", line 125 in run
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/unittest/suite.py", line 87 in __call__
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/unittest/runner.py", line 168 in run
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/test/support/__init__.py", line 1724 in _run_suite
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/test/support/__init__.py", line 1758 in run_unittest
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/test/test_asyncio/__init__.py", line 29 in test_main
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/test/regrtest.py", line 1278 in runtest_inner
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/test/regrtest.py", line 967 in runtest
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/test/regrtest.py", line 763 in main
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/test/regrtest.py", line 1562 in main_in_temp_cwd
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/test/__main__.py", line 3 in <module>
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/runpy.py", line 85 in _run_code
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/3.4.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/runpy.py", line 170 in _run_module_as_main
msg219650 - (view) Author: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-06-02 23:05
Maybe see Tulip issue 168? That test was added to support that. Maybe the fix doesn't work for this platform?
msg221954 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2014-06-30 10:33
New changeset 69d474dab479 by Victor Stinner in branch 'default':
Issue #21645: asyncio: add a watchdog in test_read_all_from_pipe_reader() for
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/69d474dab479
msg223049 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2014-07-14 19:31
New changeset a0e6a370755f by Victor Stinner in branch 'default':
Issue #21645: Add debug code to analyze a failure on FreeBSD 9
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a0e6a370755f
msg223052 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2014-07-14 20:04
New changeset dbf991650441 by Victor Stinner in branch 'default':
Issue #21645: test_asyncio, log debug trace into sys.__stderr__, not in
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/dbf991650441
msg223053 - (view) Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-07-14 20:05
Buildbot where the issue occurs:
http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/AMD64%20FreeBSD%209.0%203.x/
msg223145 - (view) Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-07-15 20:29
I created a new repository just for this issue:
http://hg.python.org/sandbox/issue21645

I added a lot of debug. It looks like a race condition: the SIGCHLD signal is handled in a thread B (a C thread, not a Python), whereas the asyncio event loop is running in a thread A (the main thread, a Python thread).

Debug of the test which blocks:
---

PIPE: (7, 8)
threads [<_MainThread(MainThread, started 34384933888)>]
[pid 78351] _run_once: thread=34384933888
Execute <Handle Task._step() created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py:74>
[pid 78351] _run_once: thread=34384933888
Execute <Handle StreamReaderProtocol.connection_made(<_UnixReadPipeTransport fd=7 polling>) created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py:287>
Execute <Handle Future._set_result_unless_cancelled(None) created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py:290>
[pid 78351] _run_once: thread=34384933888
Execute <Handle Task._wakeup(<Future finished result=None>) created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/futures.py:239>
Read pipe 7 connected: (<_UnixReadPipeTransport fd=7 polling>, <asyncio.streams.StreamReaderProtocol object at 0x806e257a8>)
[pid 78351] _run_once: thread=34384933888
Execute <Handle _raise_stop_error(<Task finished coro=<BaseEventLoop.connect_read_pipe() done, defined at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py:767> created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py:258 result=(<_UnixReadPipeTransport fd=7 polling>, <asyncio.streams.StreamReaderProtocol object at 0x806e257a8>)>) at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py:95 created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/futures.py:239>
Execute <Handle _raise_stop_error(<Task finished coro=<BaseEventLoop.connect_read_pipe() done, defined at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py:767> created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py:258 result=(<_UnixReadPipeTransport fd=7 polling>, <asyncio.streams.StreamReaderProtocol object at 0x806e257a8>)>) at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py:95 created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/futures.py:239>: FAIL! _StopError()
add_signal_handler(Signals.SIGCHLD, <bound method SafeChildWatcher._sig_chld of <asyncio.unix_events.SafeChildWatcher object at 0x806e25810>>, ())
PY signal.signal(Signals.SIGCHLD)
[pid 78351] _run_once: thread=34384933888
Execute <Handle Task._step() created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py:74>
execute program '/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/python'
process '/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/python' created: pid 78390
execute program '/usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/python': <_UnixSubprocessTransport pid=78390>
[pid 78351] _run_once: thread=34384933888
Execute <Handle SubprocessStreamProtocol.connection_made(<_UnixSubprocessTransport pid=78390>) created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/base_subprocess.py:121>
[pid 78351] _run_once: thread=34384933888
Execute <Handle Task._wakeup(<Future finished result=None>) created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/futures.py:239>
[pid 78351] _run_once: thread=34384933888
Execute <Handle _raise_stop_error(<Task finished coro=<create_subprocess_exec() done, defined at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/subprocess.py:208> created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py:258 result=<Process 78390>>) at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py:95 created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/futures.py:239>
Execute <Handle _raise_stop_error(<Task finished coro=<create_subprocess_exec() done, defined at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/subprocess.py:208> created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py:258 result=<Process 78390>>) at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py:95 created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/futures.py:239>: FAIL! _StopError()
[pid 78351] _run_once: thread=34384933888
Execute <Handle Task._step() created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py:74>
[pid 78351] _run_once: thread=34384933888
select(None)
(1) import
(2) dump traceback
select(None) -> [(SelectorKey(fileobj=7, fd=7, events=1, data=(<Handle _UnixReadPipeTransport._read_ready() created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py:183>, None)), 1)]
poll took 25.964 ms: [(SelectorKey(fileobj=7, fd=7, events=1, data=(<Handle _UnixReadPipeTransport._read_ready() created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py:183>, None)), 1)]
Execute <Handle _UnixReadPipeTransport._read_ready() created at /usr/home/buildbot/buildarea/custom.krah-freebsd/build/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py:183>
[pid 78351] _run_once: thread=34384933888
select(None)
(3) write into 8
(4) close 8
(5) exit
[pid=78351] main_thread=34384933888
[78351] C signal.signal(20)
[78351] C signal_handler: sig_num=20, thread=34468857856
C signal_handler: trip signal (tripped=0)
[78351] trip_signal(20)
trip_signal(20); write()
select(None) -> [(SelectorKey(fileobj=5, fd=5, events=1, data=(<Handle BaseSelectorEventLoop._read_from_self()>, None)), 1)]
poll took 4.902 ms: [(SelectorKey(fileobj=5, fd=5, events=1, data=(<Handle BaseSelectorEventLoop._read_from_self()>, None)), 1)]
Execute <Handle BaseSelectorEventLoop._read_from_self()>
[thread=34384933888] _read_from_self
_read_from_self -> b'\x14'
[thread=34384933888] _read_from_self
_read_from_self -> blocking, stop
[pid 78351] _run_once: thread=34384933888
select(None)
trip_signal(20); write() -> 1
[78351] Py_AddPendingCall(checksignals_witharg), thread=34468857856
---
msg223146 - (view) Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-07-15 20:29
I'm running tests on the buildbot "AMD64 FreeBSD 9.0 custom":
http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/AMD64%20FreeBSD%209.0%20custom/builds/27/steps/test/logs/stdio
msg223148 - (view) Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-07-15 20:54
(1) the thread B gets the SIGCHLD signal: it writes a byte into the "self" pipe of the event loop

   C signal_handler: sig_num=20, thread=34468857856
   trip_signal(20): write()

(2) in the main thread, the event loop is awaken by the write in the pipe... but there is nothing to do

   _read_from_self -> b'\x14', thread=34384933888

(3) the thread B schedules the callback

   Py_AddPendingCall(checksignals_witharg), thread=34468857856

(I modified the output a little bit for readability.)

IMO the problem is that asyncio relies on two events:

* signal number written in the "self" pipe of the event loop
* callback scheduled by the C handler

A solution would be to schedule the callback in the event loop. Since Python 3.3, the C signal handler writes the signal number, which should be enough to find and schedule the Python callback.
msg223184 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2014-07-16 08:24
New changeset 1ff9ce2204ee by Victor Stinner in branch 'default':
Issue #21645, #21985: Remove debug code
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1ff9ce2204ee
msg223227 - (view) Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-07-16 15:53
"A solution would be to schedule the callback in the event loop. Since Python 3.3, the C signal handler writes the signal number, which should be enough to find and schedule the Python callback."

I wrote a patch implementing this idea to fix the issue:
https://code.google.com/p/tulip/issues/detail?id=192
msg223321 - (view) Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-07-17 08:30
I ran test_asyncio on my own FreeBSD VM, with the sandbox/issue21645 repository and I got a new (different) error on signal handling: RuntimeError('reentrant call inside') when writing into sys.stderr. To be fair: this bug was introduced by my changes in this repository adding debug traces ("logger.error("handle signal %s" % sig)").

IMO the Py_AddPendingCall() function in Python is dangerous: the callback should be "signal-safe" but this concept is not defined Python. In the C language, there is a strict list of allowed functions, in Python it's unclear: the reentrant call is just an example. It's probably easy to deadlock if you call the "wrong" function".

Py_AddPendingCall() injects arbitrary Python code between *any* other Python bytecode, it's like the evil greenlet with greenthreads.

That's why I consider that it would be safer to call _handle_signal() from the event loop, not using Py_AddPendingCall():
https://code.google.com/p/tulip/issues/detail?id=192

Output of the new bug on FreeBSD:
-----------
[1085] C signal_handler: sig_num=20, thread=34380739584
C signal_handler: trip signal (tripped=0)
[1085] trip_signal(20)
trip_signal(20); write()
trip_signal(20); write() -> 1
[1085] Py_AddPendingCall(checksignals_witharg), thread=34380739584
--- Logging error ---
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/logging/__init__.py", line 980, in emit
    stream.write(self.terminator)
RuntimeError: reentrant call inside <_io.BufferedWriter name='<stderr>'>

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/logging/__init__.py", line 980, in emit
    stream.write(self.terminator)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/asyncio/unix_events.py", line 95, in _handle_signal
    logger.error("handle signal %s" % sig)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/logging/__init__.py", line 1302, in error
    self._log(ERROR, msg, args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/logging/__init__.py", line 1408, in _log
    self.handle(record)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/logging/__init__.py", line 1418, in handle
    self.callHandlers(record)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/logging/__init__.py", line 1480, in callHandlers
    hdlr.handle(record)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/logging/__init__.py", line 852, in handle
    self.emit(record)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/logging/__init__.py", line 983, in emit
    self.handleError(record)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/logging/__init__.py", line 904, in handleError
    sys.stderr.write('--- Logging error ---\n')
RuntimeError: reentrant call inside <_io.BufferedWriter name='<stderr>'>
Call stack:
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/runpy.py", line 170, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", mod_spec)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/test/__main__.py", line 3, in <module>
    regrtest.main_in_temp_cwd()
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/test/regrtest.py", line 1562, in main_in_temp_cwd
    main()
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/test/regrtest.py", line 763, in main
    match_tests=ns.match_tests)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/test/regrtest.py", line 978, in runtest
    display_failure=not verbose)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/test/regrtest.py", line 1278, in runtest_inner
    test_runner()
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/test/test_asyncio/__init__.py", line 29, in test_main
    run_unittest(suite())
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/test/support/__init__.py", line 1758, in run_unittest
    _run_suite(suite)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/test/support/__init__.py", line 1724, in _run_suite
    result = runner.run(suite)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/unittest/runner.py", line 168, in run
    test(result)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/unittest/suite.py", line 87, in __call__
    return self.run(*args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/unittest/suite.py", line 125, in run
    test(result)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/unittest/suite.py", line 87, in __call__
    return self.run(*args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/unittest/suite.py", line 125, in run
    test(result)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/unittest/suite.py", line 87, in __call__
    return self.run(*args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/unittest/suite.py", line 125, in run
    test(result)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/unittest/case.py", line 625, in __call__
    return self.run(*args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/unittest/case.py", line 577, in run
    testMethod()
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_streams.py", line 647, in test_read_all_from_pipe_reader
    self.loop.run_until_complete(proc.wait())
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py", line 265, in run_until_complete
    self.run_forever()
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py", line 238, in run_forever
    self._run_once()
  File "/usr/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py", line 984, in _run_once
    logger.error("[pid %s] _run_once: thread=%s" % (os.getpid(), threading.get_ident()))
Message: '[pid 1085] _run_once: thread=34380739584'
-----------
msg223326 - (view) Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-07-17 09:26
IMO we must handle signals correctly when there are more than one thread. On Linux, it looks like the C signal handler is always called from the main thread. On FreeBSD, it looks like the C signal handler can be called in any thread, C thread, Python thread holding the GIL, Python thread not holding the GIL.

I found why test_read_all_from_pipe_reader() is running with more than one thread.

I reproduced the issue on my FreeBSD VM. run_test_server() and run_test_unix_server() functions of test_utils create Python threads, these functions are used in the test_asyncio.

The problem is that the PyThreadState_DeleteCurrent() function (called from t_bootstrap() of _threadmodule.c) may yield the CPU to another thread. Other Python threads are running when the line "MUTEX_UNLOCK(gil_mutex);" is executed in the drop_gil() function, before drop_gil() exits.

t_bootstrap() -> PyThreadState_DeleteCurrent() -> PyEval_ReleaseLock() -> drop_gil(NULL)

It means that Python threads are not deleted immediatly, but may be deleted "later".
msg223340 - (view) Author: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-07-17 15:13
I did my meditation. I now understand the race:

- main thread is blocked in select() (or poll() etc.)
- C-level signal handler is called in thread B and writes a byte to self-pipe
- kernel immediately switches threads
- main thread wakes up, reads data from self-pipe, goes back to block
- C-level signal handles calls Py_AddPendingCall() to schedule Python-level signal handler
- however the main thread is already back asleep

The intention if the code was that the Py_AddPendingCall() would complete before the thread switch. Perhaps a CPython fix could be to call it before writing a byte to the pipe??? But that would require someone else to meditate more on the C code.

I think your patch to Tulip is fine. I wouldn't worry about missing a signal when things are busy -- AFAIK the child process reaper will reap multiple processes.
msg223343 - (view) Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-07-17 16:04
> The intention if the code was that the Py_AddPendingCall() would complete before the thread switch.

In fact I also expected Py_AddPendingCall() to be called *before* writing the signal number into the "wakeup fd". I guess that before nobody was relying on the "wakeup fd" *and* and the callback.

> Perhaps a CPython fix could be to call it before writing a byte to the pipe??? But that would require someone else to meditate more on the C code.

It doesn't work for Tulip which targets Python 3.3.

Oh... I just saw that Python 2.7 calls Py_AddPendingCall() and *then* writes "\0" into wakeup fd... So Python 2.7 does not have the issue!

But yes, we may change the C signal handler in Python 3.5 because it makes more sense to call Py_AddPendingCall() to avoid this specific race condition.

> I think your patch to Tulip is fine.

Good :) I will test it on FreeBSD. If it fixes the issue, I will apply it. We will see if it makes all buildbots happy.

> I wouldn't worry about missing a signal when things are busy -- AFAIK the child process reaper will reap multiple processes.

Well, Py_AddPendingCall() also has a limit which is smaller and it does *not* warn when signals are dropped :-(

--

I don't know if it can be useful, but there is also the signal.pthread_sigmask() which can be used to "queue" pending signals. Unblocking signals will flush the queue. It might help to mitigate burst of signals in a short window.... I don't know if signal.pthread_sigmask() has a longer queue than Python. And it may be tricky to decide when and where the signals should be blocked and unblocked.

If a signal is blocked and the process gets the signal more than once, the signal is only raised once when the signal is unblocked. I don't know if it is an issue or not if asyncio only calls the signal handler once in this case.
msg223346 - (view) Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-07-17 16:17
> I don't know if it can be useful, but there is also the signal.pthread_sigmask() which can be used to "queue" pending signals. (...)

Oh, I didn't remember that I opened the issue #12060 to discuss "real time signals". The summary is that the wakeup fd should be used... Which is nice because it is the choice made by asyncio ;-)

FYI I also opened the issue #21998: "asyncio: a new self-pipe should be created in the child process after fork" which is somehow related to this issue.
msg223350 - (view) Author: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-07-17 17:43
The more esoteric system calls you use the more you end up debugging it on
esoteric platforms. :-(

On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 9:17 AM, STINNER Victor <report@bugs.python.org>
wrote:

>
> STINNER Victor added the comment:
>
> > I don't know if it can be useful, but there is also the
> signal.pthread_sigmask() which can be used to "queue" pending signals. (...)
>
> Oh, I didn't remember that I opened the issue #12060 to discuss "real time
> signals". The summary is that the wakeup fd should be used... Which is nice
> because it is the choice made by asyncio ;-)
>
> FYI I also opened the issue #21998: "asyncio: a new self-pipe should be
> created in the child process after fork" which is somehow related to this
> issue.
>
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msg223369 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2014-07-17 20:49
New changeset c4f053f1b47f by Victor Stinner in branch '3.4':
Python issue #21645, Tulip issue 192: Rewrite signal handling
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c4f053f1b47f

New changeset 2176496951a4 by Victor Stinner in branch 'default':
(Merge 3.4) Python issue #21645, Tulip issue 192: Rewrite signal handling
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2176496951a4
msg223372 - (view) Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-07-17 21:01
I commited the patch into Tulip (c149370c8027), Python 3.4 (c4f053f1b47f), Python 3.5 (2176496951a4).

I'm now waiting for the buildbot.
msg223423 - (view) Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-07-18 17:25
The test suite passed on FreeBSD 9 buildbot (3.4, 3.5 and my custom builds). I consider that the bug is now fixed.
msg227503 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2014-09-25 03:42
New changeset fe456770b454 by Yury Selivanov in branch 'default':
asyncio: Reverting 69d474dab479 as issue #21645 is now closed and debug is no longer needed
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/fe456770b454
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2014-07-16 08:35:09vstinnersettitle: Race condition in signal handling on FreeBSD -> asyncio: Race condition in signal handling on FreeBSD
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