internal: Bring back JodChild into flychecking for cancellation

crates/flycheck/src/lib.rs

@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 //! another compatible command (f.x. clippy) in a background thread and provide
 //! LSP diagnostics based on the output of the command.
 
-use std::{fmt, io, process::Command, time::Duration};
+use std::{
+    fmt, io,
+    process::{ChildStderr, ChildStdout, Command, Stdio},
+    time::Duration,
+};
 
 use crossbeam_channel::{never, select, unbounded, Receiver, Sender};
 use paths::AbsPathBuf;
 use serde::Deserialize;
-use stdx::process::streaming_output;
+use stdx::{process::streaming_output, JodChild};
 
 pub use cargo_metadata::diagnostic::{
     Applicability, Diagnostic, DiagnosticCode, DiagnosticLevel, DiagnosticSpan,
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ struct FlycheckActor {
     sender: Box<dyn Fn(Message) + Send>,
     config: FlycheckConfig,
     workspace_root: AbsPathBuf,
-    /// WatchThread exists to wrap around the communication needed to be able to
+    /// CargoHandle exists to wrap around the communication needed to be able to
     /// run `cargo check` without blocking. Currently the Rust standard library
     /// doesn't provide a way to read sub-process output without blocking, so we
     /// have to wrap sub-processes output handling in a thread and pass messages
@@ -153,14 +157,24 @@ impl FlycheckActor {
         while let Some(event) = self.next_event(&inbox) {
             match event {
                 Event::Restart(Restart) => {
+                    // Drop and cancel the previously spawned process
+                    self.cargo_handle.take();
                     while let Ok(Restart) = inbox.recv_timeout(Duration::from_millis(50)) {}
 
                     self.cancel_check_process();
 
                     let command = self.check_command();
-                    tracing::info!("restart flycheck {:?}", command);
-                    self.cargo_handle = Some(CargoHandle::spawn(command));
-                    self.progress(Progress::DidStart);
+                    let command_f = format!("restart flycheck {command:?}");
+                    match CargoHandle::spawn(command) {
+                        Ok(cargo_handle) => {
+                            tracing::info!("{}", command_f);
+                            self.cargo_handle = Some(cargo_handle);
+                            self.progress(Progress::DidStart);
+                        }
+                        Err(e) => {
+                            tracing::error!("{command_f} failed: {e:?}",);
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
                 Event::CheckEvent(None) => {
                     // Watcher finished, replace it with a never channel to
@@ -249,37 +263,58 @@ impl FlycheckActor {
     }
 }
 
+/// A handle to a cargo process used for fly-checking.
 struct CargoHandle {
-    thread: jod_thread::JoinHandle<io::Result<()>>,
+    /// The handle to the actual cargo process. As we cannot cancel directly from with
+    /// a read syscall dropping and therefor terminating the process is our best option.
+    child: JodChild,
+    thread: jod_thread::JoinHandle<io::Result<(bool, String)>>,
     receiver: Receiver<CargoMessage>,
 }
 
 impl CargoHandle {
-    fn spawn(command: Command) -> CargoHandle {
+    fn spawn(mut command: Command) -> std::io::Result<CargoHandle> {
+        command.stdout(Stdio::piped()).stderr(Stdio::piped()).stdin(Stdio::null());
+        let mut child = JodChild::spawn(command)?;
+
+        let stdout = child.stdout.take().unwrap();
+        let stderr = child.stderr.take().unwrap();
+
         let (sender, receiver) = unbounded();
-        let actor = CargoActor::new(sender);
+        let actor = CargoActor::new(sender, stdout, stderr);
         let thread = jod_thread::Builder::new()
             .name("CargoHandle".to_owned())
-            .spawn(move || actor.run(command))
+            .spawn(move || actor.run())
             .expect("failed to spawn thread");
-        CargoHandle { thread, receiver }
+        Ok(CargoHandle { child, thread, receiver })
     }
 
     fn join(self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        self.thread.join()
+        let exit_status = self.child.wait()?;
+        let (read_at_least_one_message, error) = self.thread.join()?;
+        if read_at_least_one_message || exit_status.success() {
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, format!(
+                "Cargo watcher failed, the command produced no valid metadata (exit code: {:?}):\n{}",
+                exit_status, error
+            )))
+        }
     }
 }
 
 struct CargoActor {
     sender: Sender<CargoMessage>,
+    stdout: ChildStdout,
+    stderr: ChildStderr,
 }
 
 impl CargoActor {
-    fn new(sender: Sender<CargoMessage>) -> CargoActor {
-        CargoActor { sender }
+    fn new(sender: Sender<CargoMessage>, stdout: ChildStdout, stderr: ChildStderr) -> CargoActor {
+        CargoActor { sender, stdout, stderr }
     }
 
-    fn run(self, command: Command) -> io::Result<()> {
+    fn run(self) -> io::Result<(bool, String)> {
         // We manually read a line at a time, instead of using serde's
         // stream deserializers, because the deserializer cannot recover
         // from an error, resulting in it getting stuck, because we try to
@@ -292,7 +327,8 @@ impl CargoActor {
         let mut error = String::new();
         let mut read_at_least_one_message = false;
         let output = streaming_output(
-            command,
+            self.stdout,
+            self.stderr,
             &mut |line| {
                 read_at_least_one_message = true;
 
@@ -325,14 +361,7 @@ impl CargoActor {
             },
         );
         match output {
-            Ok(_) if read_at_least_one_message => Ok(()),
-            Ok(output) if output.status.success() => Ok(()),
-            Ok(output)  => {
-                Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, format!(
-                    "Cargo watcher failed, the command produced no valid metadata (exit code: {:?}):\n{}",
-                    output.status, error
-                )))
-            }
+            Ok(_) => Ok((read_at_least_one_message, error)),
             Err(e) => Err(io::Error::new(e.kind(), format!("{:?}: {}", e, error))),
         }
     }

crates/project-model/src/build_scripts.rs

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl WorkspaceBuildScripts {
         };
 
         tracing::info!("Running build scripts: {:?}", cmd);
-        let output = stdx::process::streaming_output(
+        let output = stdx::process::spawn_with_streaming_output(
             cmd,
             &mut |line| {
                 // Copy-pasted from existing cargo_metadata. It seems like we

crates/stdx/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! Missing batteries for standard libraries.
 use std::iter;
+use std::process::Command;
 use std::{cmp::Ordering, ops, time::Instant};
 
 mod macros;
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ pub fn defer<F: FnOnce()>(f: F) -> impl Drop {
     D(Some(f))
 }
 
+/// A [`std::process::Child`] wrapper that will kill the child on drop.
 #[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), repr(transparent))]
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct JodChild(pub std::process::Child);
@@ -157,6 +159,16 @@ impl Drop for JodChild {
 }
 
 impl JodChild {
+    pub fn spawn(mut command: Command) -> std::io::Result<Self> {
+        command.spawn().map(Self)
+    }
+
+    pub fn wait(self) -> std::io::Result<std::process::ExitStatus> {
+        let mut inner = self.into_inner();
+        let _ = inner.kill();
+        inner.wait()
+    }
+
     pub fn into_inner(self) -> std::process::Child {
         if cfg!(target_arch = "wasm32") {
             panic!("no processes on wasm");

crates/stdx/src/process.rs

@@ -5,54 +5,66 @@
 
 use std::{
     io,
-    process::{Command, Output, Stdio},
+    process::{ChildStderr, ChildStdout, Command, Output, Stdio},
 };
 
+use crate::JodChild;
+
 pub fn streaming_output(
+    out: ChildStdout,
+    err: ChildStderr,
+    on_stdout_line: &mut dyn FnMut(&str),
+    on_stderr_line: &mut dyn FnMut(&str),
+) -> io::Result<(Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)> {
+    let mut stdout = Vec::new();
+    let mut stderr = Vec::new();
+
+    imp::read2(out, err, &mut |is_out, data, eof| {
+        let idx = if eof {
+            data.len()
+        } else {
+            match data.iter().rposition(|b| *b == b'\n') {
+                Some(i) => i + 1,
+                None => return,
+            }
+        };
+        {
+            // scope for new_lines
+            let new_lines = {
+                let dst = if is_out { &mut stdout } else { &mut stderr };
+                let start = dst.len();
+                let data = data.drain(..idx);
+                dst.extend(data);
+                &dst[start..]
+            };
+            for line in String::from_utf8_lossy(new_lines).lines() {
+                if is_out {
+                    on_stdout_line(line);
+                } else {
+                    on_stderr_line(line);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    })?;
+
+    Ok((stdout, stderr))
+}
+
+pub fn spawn_with_streaming_output(
     mut cmd: Command,
     on_stdout_line: &mut dyn FnMut(&str),
     on_stderr_line: &mut dyn FnMut(&str),
 ) -> io::Result<Output> {
-    let mut stdout = Vec::new();
-    let mut stderr = Vec::new();
-
     let cmd = cmd.stdout(Stdio::piped()).stderr(Stdio::piped()).stdin(Stdio::null());
 
-    let status = {
-        let mut child = cmd.spawn()?;
-        let out = child.stdout.take().unwrap();
-        let err = child.stderr.take().unwrap();
-        imp::read2(out, err, &mut |is_out, data, eof| {
-            let idx = if eof {
-                data.len()
-            } else {
-                match data.iter().rposition(|b| *b == b'\n') {
-                    Some(i) => i + 1,
-                    None => return,
-                }
-            };
-            {
-                // scope for new_lines
-                let new_lines = {
-                    let dst = if is_out { &mut stdout } else { &mut stderr };
-                    let start = dst.len();
-                    let data = data.drain(..idx);
-                    dst.extend(data);
-                    &dst[start..]
-                };
-                for line in String::from_utf8_lossy(new_lines).lines() {
-                    if is_out {
-                        on_stdout_line(line);
-                    } else {
-                        on_stderr_line(line);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        })?;
-        let _ = child.kill();
-        child.wait()?
-    };
-
+    let mut child = JodChild(cmd.spawn()?);
+    let (stdout, stderr) = streaming_output(
+        child.stdout.take().unwrap(),
+        child.stderr.take().unwrap(),
+        on_stdout_line,
+        on_stderr_line,
+    )?;
+    let status = child.wait()?;
     Ok(Output { status, stdout, stderr })
 }