automatically wait for worker threads

closes #817

1 files changed, 63 insertions, 57 deletions

diff --git a/crates/thread_worker/src/lib.rs b/crates/thread_worker/src/lib.rs
index a522a0843d6..d67e44e3800 100644
--- a/crates/thread_worker/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/thread_worker/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,74 +2,80 @@
 
 use std::thread;
 
-use crossbeam_channel::{bounded, unbounded, Receiver, Sender, RecvError, SendError};
-use drop_bomb::DropBomb;
+use crossbeam_channel::{bounded, unbounded, Receiver, Sender};
 
-pub struct Worker<I, O> {
-    pub inp: Sender<I>,
-    pub out: Receiver<O>,
+/// Like `std::thread::JoinHandle<()>`, but joins thread in drop automatically.
+pub struct ScopedThread {
+    // Option for drop
+    inner: Option<thread::JoinHandle<()>>,
 }
 
-pub struct WorkerHandle {
-    name: &'static str,
-    thread: thread::JoinHandle<()>,
-    bomb: DropBomb,
-}
+impl Drop for ScopedThread {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let inner = self.inner.take().unwrap();
+        let name = inner.thread().name().unwrap().to_string();
+        log::info!("waiting for {} to finish...", name);
+        let res = inner.join();
+        log::info!(".. {} terminated with {}", name, if res.is_ok() { "ok" } else { "err" });
 
-pub fn spawn<I, O, F>(name: &'static str, buf: usize, f: F) -> (Worker<I, O>, WorkerHandle)
-where
-    F: FnOnce(Receiver<I>, Sender<O>) + Send + 'static,
-    I: Send + 'static,
-    O: Send + 'static,
-{
-    let (worker, inp_r, out_s) = worker_chan(buf);
-    let watcher = WorkerHandle::spawn(name, move || f(inp_r, out_s));
-    (worker, watcher)
-}
-
-impl<I, O> Worker<I, O> {
-    /// Stops the worker. Returns the message receiver to fetch results which
-    /// have become ready before the worker is stopped.
-    pub fn shutdown(self) -> Receiver<O> {
-        self.out
+        // escalate panic, but avoid aborting the process
+        match res {
+            Err(e) => {
+                if !thread::panicking() {
+                    panic!(e)
+                }
+            }
+            _ => (),
+        }
     }
+}
 
-    pub fn send(&self, item: I) -> Result<(), SendError<I>> {
-        self.inp.send(item)
-    }
-    pub fn recv(&self) -> Result<O, RecvError> {
-        self.out.recv()
+impl ScopedThread {
+    pub fn spawn(name: &'static str, f: impl FnOnce() + Send + 'static) -> ScopedThread {
+        let inner = thread::Builder::new().name(name.into()).spawn(f).unwrap();
+        ScopedThread { inner: Some(inner) }
     }
 }
 
-impl WorkerHandle {
-    fn spawn(name: &'static str, f: impl FnOnce() + Send + 'static) -> WorkerHandle {
-        let thread = thread::spawn(f);
-        WorkerHandle {
-            name,
-            thread,
-            bomb: DropBomb::new(format!("WorkerHandle {} was not shutdown", name)),
-        }
-    }
+/// A wrapper around event-processing thread with automatic shutdown semantics.
+pub struct Worker<I, O> {
+    // XXX: field order is significant here.
+    //
+    // In Rust, fields are dropped in the declaration order, and we rely on this
+    // here. We must close input first, so that the  `thread` (who holds the
+    // opposite side of the channel) noticed shutdown. Then, we must join the
+    // thread, but we must keep out alive so that the thread does not panic.
+    //
+    // Note that a potential problem here is that we might drop some messages
+    // from receiver on the floor. This is ok for rust-analyzer: we have only a
+    // single client, so, if we are shutting down, nobody is interested in the
+    // unfinished work anyway!
+    sender: Sender<I>,
+    _thread: ScopedThread,
+    receiver: Receiver<O>,
+}
 
-    pub fn shutdown(mut self) -> thread::Result<()> {
-        log::info!("waiting for {} to finish ...", self.name);
-        let name = self.name;
-        self.bomb.defuse();
-        let res = self.thread.join();
-        match &res {
-            Ok(()) => log::info!("... {} terminated with ok", name),
-            Err(_) => log::error!("... {} terminated with err", name),
-        }
-        res
+impl<I, O> Worker<I, O> {
+    pub fn spawn<F>(name: &'static str, buf: usize, f: F) -> Worker<I, O>
+    where
+        F: FnOnce(Receiver<I>, Sender<O>) + Send + 'static,
+        I: Send + 'static,
+        O: Send + 'static,
+    {
+        // Set up worker channels in a deadlock-avoiding way. If one sets both input
+        // and output buffers to a fixed size, a worker might get stuck.
+        let (sender, input_receiver) = bounded::<I>(buf);
+        let (output_sender, receiver) = unbounded::<O>();
+        let _thread = ScopedThread::spawn(name, move || f(input_receiver, output_sender));
+        Worker { sender, _thread, receiver }
     }
 }
 
-/// Sets up worker channels in a deadlock-avoiding way.
-/// If one sets both input and output buffers to a fixed size,
-/// a worker might get stuck.
-fn worker_chan<I, O>(buf: usize) -> (Worker<I, O>, Receiver<I>, Sender<O>) {
-    let (input_sender, input_receiver) = bounded::<I>(buf);
-    let (output_sender, output_receiver) = unbounded::<O>();
-    (Worker { inp: input_sender, out: output_receiver }, input_receiver, output_sender)
+impl<I, O> Worker<I, O> {
+    pub fn sender(&self) -> &Sender<I> {
+        &self.sender
+    }
+    pub fn receiver(&self) -> &Receiver<O> {
+        &self.receiver
+    }
 }