[ruby-core:25689] [Bug #2127] Fiber#resume - segfault inside C extension

Issue #2127 has been updated by Suraj Kurapati.


I found an answer to my question:

The trick is to always work with the Fiber inside the environment 
(a running thread?) provided by rb_protect().  If you try to do 
anything to the Fiber (other than #inspect) outside of rb_protect(),
a segfault occurs (see the NOTE comment in the example below).

Below is an updated example that shows the answer to my question.

Cheers.

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# cat main.c
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <ruby.h>

VALUE
my_fiber_body(VALUE arg)
{
    printf("Fiber: Entering fiber body\n");

    int i;
    for (i = 0; i < 5; i++)
    {
        printf("Fiber: going to yield=%d\n", i);

        VALUE count = INT2FIX(i);
        rb_fiber_yield(1, &count);
    }

    printf("Fiber: Exiting fiber body\n");

    return Qtrue;
}

VALUE
create_my_fiber(VALUE arg)
{
    VALUE fib = rb_fiber_new(my_fiber_body, arg), dump;

    printf("create_my_fiber: Created my fiber=");
    fflush(stdout);
    dump = rb_inspect(fib);
    rb_io_puts(1, &dump, rb_stdout);

    return fib;
}

VALUE
resume_my_fiber(VALUE fib)
{
    VALUE dump;

    printf("resume_my_fiber: Going to resume fiber=");
    fflush(stdout);
    dump = rb_inspect(fib);
    rb_io_puts(1, &dump, rb_stdout);

    if (RTEST(rb_fiber_alive_p(fib)))
    {
        VALUE result = rb_fiber_resume(fib, 0, 0);

        printf("resume_my_fiber: Fiber yielded value=");
        fflush(stdout);
        dump = rb_inspect(result);
        rb_io_puts(1, &dump, rb_stdout);

        return result;
    }
    else
    {
        printf("resume_my_fiber: Fiber is dead! cannot resume\n");
        return Qfalse;
    }
}

RUBY_GLOBAL_SETUP

int
main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    ruby_sysinit(&argc, &argv);
    {
        RUBY_INIT_STACK;
        ruby_init();

        VALUE fib = rb_protect(create_my_fiber, Qnil, 0);

        printf("Main: Outside rb_protect()\n");
        /*
            NOTE: I resume the fiber here (outside of rb_protect())
                  then a segfault occurs.  Is this because the
                  rb_protect() function provides a running thread?
        */

        printf("Main: Going to resume fiber many times...\n");

        VALUE count;
        do
        {
            count = rb_protect(resume_my_fiber, fib, 0);
        }
        while (RTEST(count));

        printf("Main: Goodbye!\n");
    }

    return ruby_cleanup(0);
}

###############################################################
# ./main.so
###############################################################

create_my_fiber: Created my fiber=#<Fiber:0x92d7414>
Main: Outside rb_protect()
Main: Going to resume fiber many times...
resume_my_fiber: Going to resume fiber=#<Fiber:0x92d7414>
Fiber: Entering fiber body
Fiber: going to yield=0
resume_my_fiber: Fiber yielded value=0
resume_my_fiber: Going to resume fiber=#<Fiber:0x92d7414>
Fiber: going to yield=1
resume_my_fiber: Fiber yielded value=1
resume_my_fiber: Going to resume fiber=#<Fiber:0x92d7414>
Fiber: going to yield=2
resume_my_fiber: Fiber yielded value=2
resume_my_fiber: Going to resume fiber=#<Fiber:0x92d7414>
Fiber: going to yield=3
resume_my_fiber: Fiber yielded value=3
resume_my_fiber: Going to resume fiber=#<Fiber:0x92d7414>
Fiber: going to yield=4
resume_my_fiber: Fiber yielded value=4
resume_my_fiber: Going to resume fiber=#<Fiber:0x92d7414>
Fiber: Exiting fiber body
resume_my_fiber: Fiber yielded value=true
resume_my_fiber: Going to resume fiber=#<Fiber:0x92d7414>
resume_my_fiber: Fiber is dead! cannot resume
Main: Goodbye!

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