February 2025 - ruby-core - ml.ruby-lang.org

[ruby-core:119041] [Ruby master Bug#20714] Handle optional dependencies in `bundled_gems.rb`
by Earlopain (A S) 23 Jun '25

23 Jun '25

Issue #20714 has been reported by Earlopain (A S). ---------------------------------------- Bug #20714: Handle optional dependencies in `bundled_gems.rb` https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20714 * Author: Earlopain (A S) * Status: Open * ruby -v: 3.3.5 * Backport: 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- I've encountered a few places around bundled gems where the library doesn't care if the gem is available, but will still provide some functionallity if it is. The way to accomplish that right now seems to be by setting `$VERBOSE = nil` and resetting it later again to not bother the user with the warning about the gem. However, this has the effect of silencing the warning about other gems as well, that may not be prepared about the bundling. From `ruby/reline` for example: https://github.com/ruby/reline/blob/c90f08f7e308d2f1cdd7cfaf9939fe45ce546fd… Or the `logging` gem: https://github.com/TwP/logging/blob/df41715364f7eb8c65098cd3c3316677ef1f378… I propose to simply delay the warning to the next require. GitHub PR at ... -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:120465] [Ruby master Bug#20998] rb_str_locktmp() changes flags of frozen strings and string literals
by Eregon (Benoit Daloze) 17 Jun '25

17 Jun '25

Issue #20998 has been reported by Eregon (Benoit Daloze). ---------------------------------------- Bug #20998: rb_str_locktmp() changes flags of frozen strings and string literals https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20998 * Author: Eregon (Benoit Daloze) * Status: Open * ruby -v: ruby 3.4.1 (2024-12-25 revision 48d4efcb85) +PRISM [x86_64-linux] * Backport: 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN, 3.4: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- ```ruby # frozen_string_literal: true # BOILERPLATE START require 'tmpdir' require 'rbconfig' def inline_c_extension(c_code) Dir.mktmpdir('inline_c_extension') do |dir| File.write("#{dir}/cext.c", c_code) File.write("#{dir}/extconf.rb", <<~RUBY) require 'mkmf' create_makefile('cext') RUBY out = IO.popen([RbConfig.ruby, 'extconf.rb'], chdir: dir, &:read) raise "ruby extconf.rb failed: #{$?.inspect}\n#{out}" unless $?.success? out = IO.popen(['make'], chdir: dir, &:read) raise "make failed: #{$?.inspect}\n#{out}" unless $?.success? require "#{dir}/cext.#{RbConfig::CONFIG['DLEXT']}" end end inline_c_extension <<~C #include "ruby.h" static VALUE foo(VALUE self, VALUE str) { rb_str_locktmp(str); return str; } void Init_cext(void) { VALUE c = rb_define_class("Foo", rb_cObject); rb_define_singleton_method(c, "foo", foo, 1); } C # BOILERPLATE END a = "str" # imagine a million line of codes in between b = "str" Foo.foo(a) b << "." # can't modify string; temporarily locked (RuntimeError) # What? Who "locked" that immutable frozen string literal? # It should be: can't modify frozen String: "str" (FrozenError) ``` Same problem with: ```ruby Foo.foo("abc") # imagine a million line of codes in between Foo.foo("abc") # emporal locking already locked string (RuntimeError) ``` Related: https://github.com/oracle/truffleruby/issues/3752 It seems a clear bug to mutate a frozen string (with visible side effects), even more so for shared frozen string literals. I think rb_str_locktmp() should raise (a FrozenError, as it's effectively attempting to mutate it, same as calling `rb_str_modify()`) if called on a frozen string, because it makes little sense, I think "locking a string" only makes sense for mutable strings. The alternative would be to noop on frozen strings for rb_str_locktmp() and rb_str_unlocktmp(), I think that's susprising, and potentially hiding more bugs, e.g. if one by mistake tries to mutate the RSTRING_PTR() or so. Any attempt to mutate a frozen string should fail, so might as well fail early. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:117684] [Ruby master Bug#20452] Ruby 3.3 on Alpine Linux results in a relatively shallow SystemStackError exception
by Earlopain (A S) 17 Jun '25

17 Jun '25

Issue #20452 has been reported by Earlopain (A S). ---------------------------------------- Bug #20452: Ruby 3.3 on Alpine Linux results in a relatively shallow SystemStackError exception https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20452 * Author: Earlopain (A S) * Status: Open * ruby -v: 3.3.1 * Backport: 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- This is a redo of https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14387, reported against a non-eol version. The same issue still applies on recent rubies, though I personally only have tested 3.3 and 3.2: ```rb n = 100000 res = {} 1.upto(n).to_a.inject(res) do |r, i| r[i] = {} end def f(x) x.each_value { |v| f(v) } end f(res) ``` The patch from https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14387#note-13 still works, though as per https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14387#note-16 it can't be accepted as is. With the patch applied: ``` (irb):8:in `block in f': stack level too deep (SystemStackError) from (irb):8:in `each_value' from (irb):8:in `f' from (irb):8:in `block in f' from (irb):8:in `each_value' from (irb):8:in `f' from (irb):8:in `block in f' from (irb):8:in `each_value' from (irb):8:in `f' ... 11549 levels... from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/irb-1.11.0/exe/irb:9:in `<top (required)>' from /usr/local/bin/irb:25:in `load' from /usr/local/bin/irb:25:in `<main>' ``` Without the patch: ``` (irb):8:in `each_value': stack level too deep (SystemStackError) from (irb):8:in `f' from (irb):8:in `block in f' from (irb):8:in `each_value' from (irb):8:in `f' from (irb):8:in `block in f' from (irb):8:in `each_value' from (irb):8:in `f' from (irb):8:in `block in f' ... 286 levels... from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/irb-1.11.0/exe/irb:9:in `<top (required)>' from /usr/local/bin/irb:25:in `load' from /usr/local/bin/irb:25:in `<main>' ``` To reproduce, I have removed lines 102-105 from https://github.com/docker-library/ruby/blob/f5753434bb23041dd9913bb7b650e7b…. Check out the previous ticket for more information, there are a few conversations about possible solutions. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:120738] [Ruby master Bug#21048] [Prism] rescue in modifier form with condition behaves differently
by Earlopain (Earlopain _) 14 Jun '25

14 Jun '25

Issue #21048 has been reported by Earlopain (Earlopain _). ---------------------------------------- Bug #21048: [Prism] rescue in modifier form with condition behaves differently https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21048 * Author: Earlopain (Earlopain _) * Status: Open * ruby -v: 3.4.1 * Backport: 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN, 3.4: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- With the following code there is a discrepancy in how prism and parse.y consider precedence: ```rb $called = false def foo $called = true end foo rescue nil if false puts "Called: #{$called}" ``` Prism interprets it as `(foo rescue nil) if false`, not calling the method. `parse.y` does `foo rescue (nil if false)` since at least Ruby 2.0 ```sh $ ruby -v ruby 3.5.0dev (2025-01-19T12:44:20Z master f27ed98eff) +PRISM [x86_64-linux] $ ruby code.rb Called: true $ ruby --parser=parse.y code.rb Called: false ``` -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:118577] [Ruby master Bug#20631] Build failure with Xcode 16 beta and macOS 15 (Sequoia) Beta
by hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA) 11 Jun '25

11 Jun '25

Issue #20631 has been reported by hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA). ---------------------------------------- Bug #20631: Build failure with Xcode 16 beta and macOS 15 (Sequoia) Beta https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20631 * Author: hsbt (Hiroshi SHIBATA) * Status: Open * Backport: 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- I found some issues with Xcode 16 beta and macOS 15 (Sequoia) Beta. `TestRubyOptions` and `TestVMDump` are failed with them. full log: https://gist.github.com/hsbt/378fe2ba47e734f2562ba9a154e1795b I'm not sure why macOS require `sudo` command for that. ---- And I and @katei also found the regression of https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18912#note-15. ``` >> pid = fork { p File.realpath "/" } >> Process.waitpid(pid) objc[82573]: +[NSPlaceholderMutableString initialize] may have been in progress in another thread when fork() was called. objc[82573]: +[NSPlaceholderMutableString initialize] may have been in progress in another thread when fork() was called. We cannot safely call it or ignore it in the fork() child process. Crashing instead. Set a breakpoint on objc_initializeAfterForkError to debug. => 82573 ``` -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:118412] [Ruby master Misc#20600] @ruby-lang.org has been migrated to Cloudflare
by shugo (Shugo Maeda) 10 Jun '25

10 Jun '25

Issue #20600 has been reported by shugo (Shugo Maeda). ---------------------------------------- Misc #20600: @ruby-lang.org has been migrated to Cloudflare https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20600 * Author: shugo (Shugo Maeda) * Status: Open ---------------------------------------- @ruby-lang.org has been migrated to Cloudflare, because ruby-lang.org was migrated from Google Domains to Squarespace, and Squarespace's e-mail forwarding doesn't work with custom MX records including subdomains:( I and Shibata-san are adding e-mail routing rules on Cloudflare, so if you have an e-mail address on ruby-lang.org, please verify the e-mail routing address when receiving an email from Cloudflare. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:119683] [Ruby master Feature#20861] Add an environment variable for tuning the default thread quantum
by tenderlovemaking (Aaron Patterson) 08 Jun '25

08 Jun '25

Issue #20861 has been reported by tenderlovemaking (Aaron Patterson). ---------------------------------------- Feature #20861: Add an environment variable for tuning the default thread quantum https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20861 * Author: tenderlovemaking (Aaron Patterson) * Status: Open ---------------------------------------- The default thread quantum is currently [hard coded at 100ms](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/c7708d22c33040a74ea7ac683bf7407d37…. This can impact multithreaded systems that are trying to process Ruby level CPU bound work at the same time as IO work. I would like to add an environment variable `RUBY_THREAD_DEFAULT_QUANTUM_MS` that allows users to specify the default thread quantum (in milliseconds) via an environment variable. It defaults to our current default of 100ms. I've submitted the patch [here](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/11981). Here is a Ruby program to demonstrate the problem: ```ruby def measure x = Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC) yield Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC) - x end def fib(n) if n < 2 n else fib(n-2) + fib(n-1) end end # find fib that takes ~500ms fib_i = 50.times.find { |i| measure { fib(i) } >= 0.05 } sleep_i = measure { fib(fib_i) } threads = [ Thread.new { 100.times { sleep(sleep_i) # sometimes stalled waiting for fib's quantum to finish } puts "done 1" }, Thread.new { 100.times { fib(fib_i) }; puts "done 2" }, ] # We expect the total time to be about 100 * sleep_i (~5 seconds) because # theoretically the sleep thread could be done nearly completely in parallel to # the fib thread. # # But because the `sleep` thread is iterating over the sleep call, it must wait # for the `fib` thread to complete its quantum, before it can start the next iteration. # # This means each sleep iteration could take up to `sleep_i + 100ms` # # We're calling that stalled time "waste" total = measure { threads.each(&:join) } waste = total - (sleep_i * 100) p TOTAL: total, WASTE: waste ``` The program has two threads. One thread is using CPU time by computing `fib` in a loop. The other thread is simulating IO time by calling `sleep` in a loop. When the `sleep` call completes, it can stall, waiting for the quantum in the fib thread to expire. That means that each iteration on sleep can actually take `sleep time + thread quantum`, or in this case ~600ms when we expected it to only take ~500ms. Ideally, the above program would take `500ms * 100` since all `sleep` calls should be able to execute in parallel with the `fib` calls. Of course this isn't true because the sleep thread must acquire the GVL before it can continue the next iteration, so there will always be _some_ overhead. This feature is for allowing people to tune that overhead. If we run this program with the default quantum the output looks like this: ``` $ ./miniruby -v fibtest.rb ruby 3.4.0dev (2024-11-01T14:49:50Z quantum-computing c7708d22c3) +PRISM [arm64-darwin24] done 2 done 1 {TOTAL: 12.672821999993175, WASTE: 4.960721996147186} ``` The output shows that our program spent about 5 seconds stalled, waiting to acquire the GVL. With this patch we can lower the default quantum, and the output is like this: ``` $ RUBY_THREAD_DEFAULT_QUANTUM_MS=10 ./miniruby -v fibtest.rb ruby 3.4.0dev (2024-11-01T22:06:35Z quantum-computing 087500643d) +PRISM [arm64-darwin24] done 2 done 1 {TOTAL: 8.898526000091806, WASTE: 1.4168260043952614} ``` Specifying the ENV to change the quantum to 10ms lowered our waste in the program to ~1.4 seconds. It's common for web applications to do mixed CPU and IO bound tasks in threads (see the Puma webserver), so it would be great if there was a way to customize the thread quantum depending on your application's workload. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:115981] [Ruby master Bug#20105] Introduce `IO::Stream` or something similar.
by ioquatix (Samuel Williams) 07 Jun '25

07 Jun '25

Issue #20105 has been reported by ioquatix (Samuel Williams). ---------------------------------------- Bug #20105: Introduce `IO::Stream` or something similar. https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20105 * Author: ioquatix (Samuel Williams) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: ioquatix (Samuel Williams) * Backport: 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- Ruby's IO class has a general model for streaming IO, including some hidden classes like `IO::generic_readable` and `IO::generic_writable`. As Ruby's core IO classes evolve, gems like `openssl` (see `OpenSSL::Buffering`) need to be updated to support changes to the interface. As it stands, there are changes in `IO` which are not copied to `OpenSSL::Buffering`. I'd like to propose we introduce some shared interface for streams that is used by `IO`, `Socket`, and `OpenSSL` to start with. The general interface would be similar to `IO` and allow code like `OpenSSL` to avoid re-implementing the `IO` interface. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:121182] [Ruby master Bug#21158] Ractor using 'receive_if' sits in busy wait when there are skipped messages in the incoming queue
by NeilW (Neil Wilson) 06 Jun '25

06 Jun '25

Issue #21158 has been reported by NeilW (Neil Wilson). ---------------------------------------- Bug #21158: Ractor using 'receive_if' sits in busy wait when there are skipped messages in the incoming queue https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21158 * Author: NeilW (Neil Wilson) * Status: Open * ruby -v: ruby 3.4.2 (2025-02-15 revision d2930f8e7a) +PRISM [x86_64-linux] * Backport: 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN, 3.4: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- When using the conditional receive example from the Ractor documentation (either as a script, or within irb) <pre> r = Ractor.new do val = Ractor.receive_if{|msg| msg.is_a?(Array)} puts "Received successfully: #{val}" end r.send(1) r.send('test') </pre> ruby will sit in busy wait, pegging the processor at 100%, until it gets a message that matches the condition. Within irb it will often stop the REPL responding. The same problem occurs on ruby 3.02, 3.3.7 and 3.4.1 -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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[ruby-core:120859] [Ruby master Bug#21108] C-c (SIGINT) crashes ruby when looping Ractors are not taken?
by osyoyu (Daisuke Aritomo) 06 Jun '25

06 Jun '25

Issue #21108 has been reported by osyoyu (Daisuke Aritomo). ---------------------------------------- Bug #21108: C-c (SIGINT) crashes ruby when looping Ractors are not taken? https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21108 * Author: osyoyu (Daisuke Aritomo) * Status: Open * ruby -v: ruby 3.5.0dev (2025-01-27T08:19:32Z master c3c7300b89) +PRISM [x86_64-linux] * Backport: 3.1: UNKNOWN, 3.2: UNKNOWN, 3.3: UNKNOWN, 3.4: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- Hitting C-c causes ruby to crash under these circumstances. ## Repro Hit C-c while the program is running. ```ruby r1 = Ractor.new do ary = [] loop do Ractor.receive Ractor.yield ary.push(1) end end r2 = Ractor.new(r1) do |r1| loop do |i| r1.send(nil) r1.take end end # r1.take # `take`ing r1 will fix this issue r2.take ``` ### Expected The process quits. ### Actual An `[BUG] unreachable` occurs. The rb_bug() is called inside `ractor_try_yield`. https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/ace39a3ed40cc32ff8d48893173413a7e05b8316/… ``` wrap.rb:1: warning: Ractor is experimental, and the behavior may change in future versions of Ruby! Also there are many implementation issues. <internal:ractor>:644: [BUG] unreachable ruby 3.5.0dev (2025-01-27T08:19:32Z master c3c7300b89) +PRISM [x86_64-linux] -- Control frame information ----------------------------------------------- c:0005 p:0003 s:0022 e:000021 METHOD <internal:ractor>:644 c:0004 p:0014 s:0015 e:000014 BLOCK wrap.rb:5 c:0003 p:0017 s:0012 e:000011 METHOD <internal:kernel>:168 c:0002 p:0008 s:0007 e:000006 BLOCK wrap.rb:3 [FINISH] c:0001 p:---- s:0003 e:000002 DUMMY [FINISH] -- Ruby level backtrace information ---------------------------------------- wrap.rb:3:in 'block in <main>' <internal:kernel>:168:in 'loop' wrap.rb:5:in 'block (2 levels) in <main>' <internal:ractor>:644:in 'yield' -- Threading information --------------------------------------------------- Total ractor count: 2 Ruby thread count for this ractor: 1 -- C level backtrace information ------------------------------------------- ruby(0x639a516dc55a) [0x639a516dc55a] [0x639a512af8dd] [0x639a512a3a31] [0x639a513876a1] [0x639a513877a6] [0x639a5149b0b3] [0x639a51487565] [0x639a514317db] [0x639a51433e71] [0x639a51434295] ``` See full log at: https://gist.github.com/osyoyu/2ae4fe3e41c139703bab5c321a81dda5 -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/

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