fix(terminal): preserve per-thread spawn signal masks by steipete · Pull Request #44591 · oven-sh/bun

steipete · 2026-10-05T08:55:26Z

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Use pthread_sigmask to save, set and restore the calling thread's signal mask around terminal spawns. Darwin's sigprocmask changes process mask state, so overlapping Worker spawns can save another spawn's temporary all-blocked mask and restore it as permanent state. Later terminal children then ignore Ctrl-C.

The change covers the parent's block/restore pair and the child's pre-exec mask. Linux already implements the old calls per thread. Related #38926 resets inherited masks, but retains sigprocmask around spawning and does not address this concurrent-spawn race.

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Built release binaries on macOS arm64 from upstream main 9bd19c98eacc01530a4e7609bc427abffa87d77e and this branch. The paired-Worker regression fails on main when the terminal SIGINT watchdog expires. It passes on the branch after all 16 terminal interrupts are delivered. The complete terminal-spawn file passes 17 tests, 2 platform skips, 0 failures.

bun scripts/build.ts --profile=release --lto=off test --expose-internals test/js/bun/terminal/terminal-spawn.test.ts

Both builds used the same local SDK signpost-warning compatibility patch, excluded from this diff. Formatting and independent review through P2 pass. This regression exercises Bun.Terminal and POSIX thread masks; Node has no equivalent Terminal API, so no Node API parity claim is made.

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posix_spawn_bun now uses pthread_sigmask to block and restore signal masks. A POSIX integration test runs concurrent Worker terminals and checks child handling of SIGINT.

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Spawn signal-mask handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Signal-mask handling and terminal test `src/jsc/bindings/bun-spawn.cpp`, `test/js/bun/terminal/terminal-spawn.test.ts`	`posix_spawn_bun` uses `pthread_sigmask` to block signals and restore the child and caller masks. The integration test runs concurrent terminal subprocesses, sends `SIGINT` to each child, and checks completion and exit status.

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Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 7ecde

Remove the fixed test watchdog before merging so slower machines do not fail an otherwise healthy terminal test.

Architecture risk: Low · up to 7ecde

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Changed systems: src, test

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observed — src (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
observed — test (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

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observed — Modified behavior in src/jsc/bindings/bun-spawn.cpp: The initial signal-mask update changes from sigprocmask to pthread_sigmask, blocking signals on the calling thread and saving that thread’s prior mask.
observed — Modified behavior in src/jsc/bindings/bun-spawn.cpp: The child now restores its signal mask with pthread_sigmask instead of sigprocmask.
observed — Modified behavior in src/jsc/bindings/bun-spawn.cpp: The parent now restores its original signal mask with pthread_sigmask instead of sigprocmask.
observed — Modified behavior in test/js/bun/terminal/terminal-spawn.test.ts: Adds a Windows-skipped integration test that runs two Workers through eight coordinated terminal subprocess rounds. Each child traps SIGINT, and its terminal callback sends \x03 after READY; the worker awaits the signal marker and child exit, closes the terminal, and reports completion. A 4-second watchdog kills tracked child PIDs and fails the subprocess if it expires; the outer test checks the completion output, empty stderr, and zero exit status.

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coderabbitai · 2026-10-05T09:00:21Z

+        const watchdog = setTimeout(() => {
+          for (const pid of pids) { try { process.kill(pid, "SIGKILL"); } catch {} }
+          console.error("terminal SIGINT watchdog expired");
+          process.exit(1);
+        }, 4000);


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Remove the four-second test watchdog.

If 16 healthy terminal interrupts take more than four seconds on a loaded runner, the watchdog kills the children and fails the test. Let the test runner enforce its timeout. Keep child cleanup on failure without using an elapsed-time deadline. As per coding guidelines, “Do not set a timeout on tests. Bun already has timeouts.”

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Use pthread_sigmask when saving, setting and restoring the spawn mask so concurrent terminal spawns cannot restore another thread’s temporary mask. Cover paired Worker terminal interrupts.

steipete · 2026-10-24T07:13:05Z

Rebased onto current main. The signal-mask calls use pthread_sigmask while retaining the newer Linux SIGSYS exemption and the child-mask restore after close_range(). The macOS canary still fails the concurrent-Worker regression; the rebased Linux debug/ASAN build passes it. I have not rebuilt this revision on macOS.

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robobun mentioned this pull request Oct 18, 2026

Clear the inherited signal mask at startup and exec children with an empty one #38926

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fix(terminal): preserve per-thread spawn signal masks

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Use pthread_sigmask when saving, setting and restoring the spawn mask so concurrent terminal spawns cannot restore another thread’s temporary mask. Cover paired Worker terminal interrupts.

steipete force-pushed the claude/terminal-thread-signal-masks branch from 7ecde32 to 47af020 Compare October 24, 2026 07:12

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