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vortex_io/runtime/
handle.rs

1// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
2// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright the Vortex contributors
3
4use std::any::Any;
5use std::panic::AssertUnwindSafe;
6use std::pin::Pin;
7use std::sync::Arc;
8use std::sync::Weak;
9use std::task::Context;
10use std::task::Poll;
11use std::task::ready;
12
13use futures::FutureExt;
14use tracing::Instrument;
15use vortex_error::vortex_panic;
16
17use crate::runtime::AbortHandleRef;
18use crate::runtime::Executor;
19
20/// A handle to an active Vortex runtime.
21///
22/// Users should obtain a handle from one of the Vortex runtime's and use it to spawn new async
23/// tasks, blocking I/O tasks, CPU-heavy tasks, or to open files for reading or writing.
24///
25/// Note that a [`Handle`] is a weak reference to the underlying runtime. If the associated
26/// runtime has been dropped, then any requests to spawn new tasks will panic.
27#[derive(Clone)]
28pub struct Handle {
29    runtime: Weak<dyn Executor>,
30}
31
32impl Handle {
33    pub fn new(runtime: Weak<dyn Executor>) -> Self {
34        Self { runtime }
35    }
36
37    fn runtime(&self) -> Arc<dyn Executor> {
38        self.runtime.upgrade().unwrap_or_else(|| {
39            vortex_panic!("Attempted to use a Handle after its runtime was dropped")
40        })
41    }
42
43    /// Returns a handle to the current runtime, if such a reasonable choice exists.
44    ///
45    /// For example, if called from within a Tokio context this will return a
46    /// `TokioRuntime` handle.
47    pub fn find() -> Option<Self> {
48        #[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
49        {
50            use tokio::runtime::Handle as TokioHandle;
51
52            use crate::runtime::tokio::TokioRuntime;
53            if TokioHandle::try_current().is_ok() {
54                return Some(TokioRuntime::current());
55            }
56        }
57
58        None
59    }
60
61    /// Spawn a new future onto the runtime.
62    ///
63    /// These futures are expected to not perform expensive CPU work and instead simply schedule
64    /// either CPU tasks or I/O tasks. See [`Handle::spawn_cpu`] for spawning CPU-bound work.
65    ///
66    /// See [`Task`] for details on cancelling or detaching the spawned task.
67    pub fn spawn<Fut, R>(&self, f: Fut) -> Task<R>
68    where
69        Fut: Future<Output = R> + Send + 'static,
70        R: Send + 'static,
71    {
72        let (send, recv) = oneshot::channel();
73        // Instrument with a dedicated, named span on its own target rather than
74        // re-entering `Span::current()`. `Instrumented::poll` enters and exits the
75        // span on every poll, so re-entering the caller's span makes its cost scale
76        // with poll count. A distinct target lets subscribers opt these spans in or
77        // out via filtering; when filtered out the span is disabled and enter/exit
78        // are no-ops, which keeps frequently-polled spawned futures cheap.
79        let span = tracing::trace_span!(target: "vortex_io::spawn", "spawn");
80        let abort_handle = self.runtime().spawn(
81            async move {
82                // Catch a panic so it can be re-raised on the joining side (see `Task::poll`)
83                // rather than being lost, matching `tokio::JoinError` / `smol::Task` semantics.
84                let output = AssertUnwindSafe(f).catch_unwind().await;
85                // Task::detach allows the receiver to be dropped, so we ignore send errors.
86                drop(send.send(output));
87            }
88            .instrument(span)
89            .boxed(),
90        );
91        Task {
92            recv: recv.into_future(),
93            abort_handle: Some(abort_handle),
94        }
95    }
96
97    /// A helper function to avoid manually cloning the handle when spawning nested tasks.
98    pub fn spawn_nested<F, Fut, R>(&self, f: F) -> Task<R>
99    where
100        F: FnOnce(Handle) -> Fut,
101        Fut: Future<Output = R> + Send + 'static,
102        R: Send + 'static,
103    {
104        self.spawn(f(Handle::new(Weak::clone(&self.runtime))))
105    }
106
107    /// Spawn a new I/O future onto the runtime.
108    ///
109    /// See [`Executor::spawn_io`] for more details about how this future is expected to run.
110    // See [`Task`] for details on cancelling or detaching the spawned task.
111    pub fn spawn_io<Fut, R>(&self, f: Fut) -> Task<R>
112    where
113        Fut: Future<Output = R> + Send + 'static,
114        R: Send + 'static,
115    {
116        let (send, recv) = oneshot::channel();
117        // See `spawn` above: a dedicated target rather than `Span::current()` so
118        // subscribers can filter these spans in or out. I/O futures are polled
119        // frequently, so disabling the span (the default for an unconfigured
120        // target) avoids per-poll enter/exit cost.
121        let span = tracing::trace_span!(target: "vortex_io::spawn_io", "spawn_io");
122        let abort_handle = self.runtime().spawn_io(
123            async move {
124                // See `spawn`: catch a panic so it re-raises on the joining side.
125                let output = AssertUnwindSafe(f).catch_unwind().await;
126                // Task::detach allows the receiver to be dropped, so we ignore send errors.
127                drop(send.send(output));
128            }
129            .instrument(span)
130            .boxed(),
131        );
132        Task {
133            recv: recv.into_future(),
134            abort_handle: Some(abort_handle),
135        }
136    }
137
138    /// Spawn a CPU-bound task for execution on the runtime.
139    ///
140    /// Note that many runtimes will interleave this work on the same async runtime. See the
141    /// documentation for each runtime implementation for details.
142    ///
143    /// See [`Task`] for details on cancelling or detaching the spawned work, although note that
144    /// once started, CPU work cannot be cancelled.
145    pub fn spawn_cpu<F, R>(&self, f: F) -> Task<R>
146    where
147        // Unlike scheduling futures, the CPU task should have a static lifetime because it
148        // doesn't need to access to handle to spawn more work.
149        F: FnOnce() -> R + Send + 'static,
150        R: Send + 'static,
151    {
152        let (send, recv) = oneshot::channel();
153        let span = tracing::Span::current();
154        let abort_handle = self.runtime().spawn_cpu(Box::new(move || {
155            let _guard = span.enter();
156            // Optimistically avoid the work if the result won't be used.
157            if !send.is_closed() {
158                // Catch a panic so it re-raises on the joining side (see `Task::poll`).
159                let output = std::panic::catch_unwind(AssertUnwindSafe(f));
160                // Task::detach allows the receiver to be dropped, so we ignore send errors.
161                drop(send.send(output));
162            }
163        }));
164        Task {
165            recv: recv.into_future(),
166            abort_handle: Some(abort_handle),
167        }
168    }
169
170    /// Spawn a blocking I/O task for execution on the runtime.
171    pub fn spawn_blocking<F, R>(&self, f: F) -> Task<R>
172    where
173        F: FnOnce() -> R + Send + 'static,
174        R: Send + 'static,
175    {
176        let (send, recv) = oneshot::channel();
177        let span = tracing::Span::current();
178        let abort_handle = self.runtime().spawn_blocking_io(Box::new(move || {
179            let _guard = span.enter();
180            // Optimistically avoid the work if the result won't be used.
181            if !send.is_closed() {
182                // Catch a panic so it re-raises on the joining side (see `Task::poll`).
183                let output = std::panic::catch_unwind(AssertUnwindSafe(f));
184                // Task::detach allows the receiver to be dropped, so we ignore send errors.
185                drop(send.send(output));
186            }
187        }));
188        Task {
189            recv: recv.into_future(),
190            abort_handle: Some(abort_handle),
191        }
192    }
193}
194
195/// The value carried from a spawned task back to its [`Task`] handle: either the task's output,
196/// or the panic payload if the task panicked, so it can be re-raised on the joining side.
197type TaskOutput<T> = Result<T, Box<dyn Any + Send>>;
198
199/// The terminal outcome of joining a spawned [`Task`] with [`Task::poll_join`], without
200/// re-raising a panic.
201pub enum JoinOutcome<T> {
202    /// The task ran to completion and produced this value.
203    Completed(T),
204    /// The task panicked. Carries the original panic payload, ready to be re-raised with
205    /// [`std::panic::resume_unwind`].
206    Panicked(Box<dyn Any + Send>),
207    /// The runtime dropped the task's future before it completed, for example because the task
208    /// was aborted or the runtime shut down. No value or panic payload is available.
209    Aborted,
210}
211
212/// A handle to a spawned Task.
213///
214/// If this handle is dropped, the task is cancelled where possible. In order to allow the task to
215/// continue running in the background, call [`Task::detach`].
216#[must_use = "When a Task is dropped without being awaited, it is cancelled"]
217pub struct Task<T> {
218    recv: oneshot::AsyncReceiver<TaskOutput<T>>,
219    abort_handle: Option<AbortHandleRef>,
220}
221
222impl<T> Task<T> {
223    /// Detach the task, allowing it to continue running in the background after being dropped.
224    /// This is only possible if the underlying runtime has a 'static lifetime.
225    pub fn detach(mut self) {
226        drop(self.abort_handle.take());
227    }
228
229    /// Poll the task to completion, reporting the terminal state as a [`JoinOutcome`] instead of
230    /// re-raising a panic or panicking on abort.
231    ///
232    /// This lets a caller distinguish a task panic (which it may re-raise via
233    /// [`std::panic::resume_unwind`]) from the runtime dropping the task before it completed — for
234    /// example a runtime shutting down while work is in flight — which is benign. The [`Future`]
235    /// implementation, by contrast, re-raises a panic and itself panics on abort.
236    pub fn poll_join(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<JoinOutcome<T>> {
237        match ready!(self.recv.poll_unpin(cx)) {
238            Ok(Ok(output)) => Poll::Ready(JoinOutcome::Completed(output)),
239            Ok(Err(panic)) => Poll::Ready(JoinOutcome::Panicked(panic)),
240            // The result channel closed without delivering a value: the runtime dropped the task's
241            // future before it completed (for example the task was aborted or the runtime shut
242            // down).
243            Err(_recv_err) => Poll::Ready(JoinOutcome::Aborted),
244        }
245    }
246}
247
248impl<T> Future for Task<T> {
249    type Output = T;
250
251    #[expect(clippy::panic)]
252    fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
253        match ready!(self.get_mut().poll_join(cx)) {
254            JoinOutcome::Completed(output) => Poll::Ready(output),
255            // The task panicked: re-raise the original panic on the joining side, preserving its
256            // message and payload rather than collapsing it into a generic error.
257            JoinOutcome::Panicked(panic) => std::panic::resume_unwind(panic),
258            JoinOutcome::Aborted => {
259                // The runtime dropped the task's future before it completed. If the caller aborted
260                // this task by dropping it, they wouldn't be able to poll it anymore, so we
261                // consider a closed channel a runtime programming error and panic.
262
263                // NOTE(ngates): we don't use vortex_panic to avoid printing a useless backtrace.
264                panic!("Runtime dropped task without completing it")
265            }
266        }
267    }
268}
269
270impl<T> Drop for Task<T> {
271    fn drop(&mut self) {
272        // Optimistically abort the task if it's still running.
273        if let Some(handle) = self.abort_handle.take() {
274            handle.abort();
275        }
276    }
277}
278
279#[cfg(test)]
280mod tests {
281    use futures::task::noop_waker;
282
283    use super::*;
284
285    // A task whose result channel closed without a value — the runtime dropped its future before
286    // it sent a result — must report `Aborted`, so callers can treat a benign teardown as a
287    // recoverable stop rather than a propagated panic.
288    #[test]
289    fn poll_join_reports_aborted_when_channel_closed_without_value() {
290        let (send, recv) = oneshot::channel::<TaskOutput<()>>();
291        // Simulate the runtime dropping the task's future before it sent a result.
292        drop(send);
293
294        let mut task = Task::<()> {
295            recv: recv.into_future(),
296            abort_handle: None,
297        };
298
299        let waker = noop_waker();
300        let mut cx = Context::from_waker(&waker);
301        assert!(matches!(
302            task.poll_join(&mut cx),
303            Poll::Ready(JoinOutcome::Aborted)
304        ));
305    }
306
307    // A completed task reports its value through `poll_join` rather than re-raising or panicking.
308    #[test]
309    fn poll_join_reports_completed_value() {
310        let (send, recv) = oneshot::channel::<TaskOutput<u32>>();
311        // Ignore the send result: the payload type is not `Debug`, and the receiver is alive.
312        drop(send.send(Ok(7)));
313
314        let mut task = Task::<u32> {
315            recv: recv.into_future(),
316            abort_handle: None,
317        };
318
319        let waker = noop_waker();
320        let mut cx = Context::from_waker(&waker);
321        assert!(matches!(
322            task.poll_join(&mut cx),
323            Poll::Ready(JoinOutcome::Completed(7))
324        ));
325    }
326}