From: Eric Wong <normalperson@...> Date: 2013-07-23T20:09:07+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:56126] Re: [ruby-trunk - Bug #8669][Open] outbuf can be "temporarily" locked forever in IO#read "Glass_saga (Masaki Matsushita)" <glass.saga@gmail.com> wrote: > Backport: 1.9.3: UNKNOWN, 2.0.0: UNKNOWN I can confirm the issue under 1.9.3-p448 and 2.0.0-p247 > Following code make outbuf "temporarily" locked forever. > It is needed to ensure rb_str_unlocktmp(). Nasty bug. I might've hit this soon in new project I'm working on(!) > I have attached two patches. > One fixes io_fread(), another does io_getpartial() and rb_io_sysread(). > May I commit these changes? Untested, but looks correct. Thanks.