Fix cross-lock race in libev reactor thread exit check - #981
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… 3.14t hang) _run_loop() read self._live_conns under self._lock, but connection_created()/connection_destroyed() write it under _conn_set_lock. Under the GIL this is harmless (writer's critical section always completes before another thread can run), but on free-threaded builds the reactor thread can observe a stale snapshot, decide to exit while a new connection was just registered, and never wake up again to service it - a permanent, silent hang. Read the flag under the same lock the writers use.
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Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The change can still let the reactor stop while a connection is active, which may stall I/O and leave shutdown waiting indefinitely. This high-impact availability issue should be fixed before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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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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| # _live_conns is written under _conn_set_lock; read it under | ||
| # the same lock so this exit decision can't race a concurrent | ||
| # connection_created() (safe under the GIL, not free-threaded). | ||
| with self._conn_set_lock: | ||
| live_conns = bool(self._live_conns) | ||
| if not self._shutdown and live_conns: |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Keep the connection lock through the exit decision.
After line 108 releases _conn_set_lock, connection_created() can add a connection before line 109 evaluates live_conns. The loop can then set _started = False and exit using the stale snapshot. Hold the lock through the predicate and state transition, or coordinate both operations atomically.
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In `@cassandra/io/libevreactor.py` around lines 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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Summary
LibevLoop._live_connsis written under_conn_set_lock(inconnection_created()/connection_destroyed()) but the exit-check in_run_loop()reads it under a different lock,self._lock. Under the GIL this mismatch was harmless; under free-threaded Python (3.14t) it's a real lost-wakeup race: the reactor thread can read a stale/torn view of_live_connsand exit while connections are still live, permanently stalling I/O for anything waiting on that reactor (e.g.Cluster.shutdown()hangs forever inexecutor.shutdown(wait=True))._live_connsunder_conn_set_lock, the same lock that guards its writes, before making the exit decision.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, including an honest note that a synthetic stress harness (necessarily mocking thelibevwrapperC extension) did not manage to reproduce the hang in 800 trials — this is a fix for a genuine lock-discipline bug found by code inspection, not a confirmed fix for a reproduced failure.executor.shutdown()being last inCluster.shutdown()teardown order) — same general area, different mechanism.Test plan
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