From: Yehuda Katz Date: 2011-11-22T04:47:36+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:41178] [ruby-trunk - Feature #5654] Introduce global lock to avoid concurrent require Issue #5654 has been updated by Yehuda Katz. The main caveat I can think of is that starting a reactor or other server loop inside a `require` will no longer work. I would argue that the benefits of much more deterministic require outweigh the costs of losing the ability to do this. ---------------------------------------- Feature #5654: Introduce global lock to avoid concurrent require http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5654 Author: Hiroshi Nakamura Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: core Target version: 2.0.0 =begin Current implementation of "require" has locks for each file (expanded name from required feature) and serializes file loading from Threads. The first Thread acquires the lock for the file and starts loading. The second Thread waits for acquiring the lock, and when the first Thread release the lock, it acquires the lock, then returns immediately. This can cause deadlock by cross-require from Threads. And code that does not properly use "require" could meet several problems; * constants can be defined before they're ready for use * classes can be modified while they're being used * global state can be initialized at the same time it's in use Proposal: introduce global (per VM) lock to avoid concurrent file loading by "require" so that only one Thread can call "require" at the same time. I don't have pros/cons list at this moment. Let's discuss it, too. Derived from a discussion at #5621 (thread-safe autoload) =end -- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org