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prompt(), alert() and confirm() block the JS thread on a read from stdin.
A process.on("SIGINT") listener installs its handler with SA_RESTART, so
the blocking read never returns EINTR. The signal is queued on the event
loop, which cannot turn while the read blocks, so the listener ran only
after the user typed a line, or never. An interactive CLI with a
graceful-shutdown handler could not be stopped with Ctrl+C or SIGTERM.
Wait for stdin with pselect(2) before each read from the fd. pselect is
not restarted, so it returns EINTR for every signal. On EINTR run the
queued JS signal listeners, then wait again. Block signals across the
queue check and the wait so a signal in that gap still interrupts the
wait.
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A process-directed signal can be taken by another thread while the JS thread has it blocked, and pselect reports a readable fd in preference to a pending signal, so the listener could still lose to the read. The signal handler now also writes one byte to a pipe, and the dialog polls that pipe next to stdin. This works whichever thread runs the handler and when input and a signal arrive together. Off the main thread (workers) the wait is a plain read as before. The stdin buffer is reborrowed per call so a listener that calls prompt() again does not alias it.
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All five concerns from the earlier rounds are addressed in this revision — the &mut BufferedStdin is no longer held across the JS callout, workers are gated out of the ring, the test no longer feeds stdin after the kill, the pselect/mask race is replaced by the self-pipe, and microtasks/nextTicks are drained after the listener (with a test). I found nothing further, but given this is async-signal-safe code with unsafe reentrancy across a JS callout, a human sign-off is still worth having.
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bun_sys::posix::pollretries EINTR internally, so a signal delivered to the JS thread mid-poll re-polls and sees the pipe byte rather than falling through to a blocking read.- Pipe-store ordering (
[0]read end before[1]write end) — a signal in the gap skips the pipe write but is still dequeued by the pre-pollrun_queued_from_js_thread, so no lost wakeup. blocking_wait_fdcreation is main-thread-only viafor_main_thread, so no concurrent double-create; the fds are process-lifetime and never freed, which is the intended shape.
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Overview
The PR makes prompt()/confirm()/alert() interruptible by JS signal listeners on Unix by adding a self-pipe that Bun__onPosixSignal writes to and the dialogs poll(2) alongside stdin. It touches src/jsc/PosixSignalHandle.rs (new blocking_wait_fd, run_queued_from_js_thread, for_main_thread, a static pipe, and a one-byte write(2) in the signal handler), src/runtime/webcore/prompt.rs (wait_for_stdin, take_byte, InterruptibleStdin), a small has_buffered() accessor in src/bun_core/output.rs, and four new concurrent tests in test/js/web/web-globals.test.js.
Security risks
None user-facing. The signal handler addition is a single async-signal-safe write(2) to a nonblocking, O_CLOEXEC pipe; the ring's single-consumer contract is preserved by the is_main_thread() gate. No new attack surface, no untrusted input parsing.
Level of scrutiny
High. This is exactly the kind of change REVIEW.md flags: async-signal-safe code inside a handler, cross-thread delivery, unsafe raw-pointer reborrows of a process-global static across a JS callout that can synchronously re-enter prompt(), and #[cfg(unix)]-gated code. Three prior review rounds each found real issues; the current revision addresses all of them, and this run's hunt reached dry_streak with no new findings. I additionally verified the EINTR path (poll retries internally), the pipe-store ordering window, and the single-caller pipe-creation path.
Other factors
Tests follow the harness conventions (spawn with -e, bunEnv/bunExe, test.concurrent, stdout/stderr asserted before exit code via a combined toEqual, Windows-skipped, no stdin write after kill so the base binary hangs and times out). The nextTick test covers the microtask-drain addition. The change is well-scoped and now internally consistent; deferring only because signal-handler / reentrancy code warrants a maintainer's eyes regardless of automated coverage.
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Review comments at @src/runtime/webcore/prompt.rs:
- Line 31: Recheck BufferedStdin::has_buffered() in the prompt flow after
PosixSignalHandle::run_queued_from_js_thread dispatches callbacks and before
polling, so a nested prompt’s buffered response is consumed without blocking.
Apply this check only to the buffered prompt path; keep alert() and confirm() on
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Beyond the inline findings, I checked the points raised on earlier pushes against this head: for_main_thread now gates on is_main_thread() so a Worker's prompt() never touches the main ring; InterruptibleStdin holds no &mut BufferedStdin across wait_for_stdin; the ring is drained after the pipe so a signal landing between the two leaves a spare byte rather than a missed one; and the pipe write end is stored last, so a signal that fires mid-setup is still picked up by the ring drain before the first poll.
Extended reasoning...
The change adds a self-pipe to the POSIX signal handler and a poll loop in the three blocking Web dialogs so JS signal listeners run while waiting on stdin; it touches no auth, crypto, or injection surface. Four confirmed findings are posted inline, so human review is already signalled; this note only records the earlier-raised concerns (worker ring access, aliased &mut, microtask drain, test stdin race) that the current head verifiably addresses, plus the pipe-setup ordering checked this run.
Findings marked 🟡 are optional suggestions and need no follow-up push.
- Re-check the stdin buffer after JS signal listeners run. A listener that calls prompt() reads ahead into the shared buffer, and the outer call must take its answer from there and not wait on the empty fd. - Keep both pipe ends above fd 2. With fd 0 closed, a plain pipe() took number 0 and the dialog polled the pipe as stdin. - The signal handler writes to the pipe only while a dialog waits, and it restores errno. A signal outside a dialog costs nothing more than before. - The dialog empties the pipe only when poll reports it readable, so a read from stdin costs one more syscall (poll), not two.
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.
Beyond the inline findings, I also checked that the earlier-round items now land in this push: the wait is gated to the main-thread VM (for_main_thread in src/jsc/PosixSignalHandle.rs), both pipe ends are moved above fd 2 with CLOEXEC/O_NONBLOCK and closed on the failure path, errno is saved/restored in the handler, and prompt() re-checks has_buffered() after listeners run. I also looked at a listener that throws during the wait — fireEventListeners reports it and the loop re-polls, same as a throwing listener on the base event loop — so that is not a new regression.
Extended reasoning...
The change adds a self-pipe to the POSIX signal handler and a poll loop to the three blocking Web dialogs, with eight new subprocess tests; it touches an async-signal-safe handler and process-global fds but no auth, crypto or injection surface. The hunt stopped at the finding cap rather than running dry, three findings are being posted inline and further verified ones are unposted, so approval is not on the table; this note only records what else was examined.
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🟡 nit (optional): with scripted stdin, a signal listener that calls prompt() inside alert() or confirm() leaves the outer dialog blocked although its answer is already in memory. take_byte at src/runtime/webcore/prompt.rs:53 passes || false as has_input, so after the inner prompt() pulls both lines into BufferedStdin the outer loop polls an empty fd forever. This extends the open case at src/runtime/webcore/prompt.rs:42, which the has_buffered check fixes for prompt() only. Fix: make alert and confirm either consult the shared buffer after listeners run (serve from BufferedStdin when has_buffered() is true) or state in the PR that the listener-calls-prompt case is prompt()-only.
Why this was flagged
Script: process.on("SIGINT", () => { prompt("inner?") }); const ok = confirm("sure?"); stdin is a pipe. confirm reaches take_byte (src/runtime/webcore/prompt.rs:158), which calls wait_for_stdin(global, || false) and blocks in poll. SIGINT lands, the listener runs and the inner prompt() blocks in its own wait. The driver writes "in\ny\n" in one write; the inner InterruptibleStdin::read_byte (prompt.rs:245) fills BufferedStdin with all 5 bytes (src/bun_core/output.rs:2677), consumes "in\n" and returns. Back in the outer loop (prompt.rs:31-38), has_input() is the constant false, poll finds fd 0 empty and blocks; the "y\n" the user typed sits in BufferedStdin.buf, which StdinReader::take_byte (output.rs:2731) never reads. On the base branch no listener ran inside confirm(), so no re-entrant read could move the answer into the buffer. The has_buffered check added for prompt() (prompt.rs:241-243) does not apply to the StdinReader path used by alert() and confirm().
Verification: nit — triggers when a signal listener calls prompt() while confirm()/alert() is waiting and scripted stdin delivers both answers in one write; the outer dialog then blocks forever while its answer sits in BufferedStdin. take_byte (src/runtime/webcore/prompt.rs:49-55) calls wait_for_stdin(global, || false). Not pre-existing: on the base branch no listener could run inside confirm()/alert().
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Not changed here. I documented it in the PR notes as a limit. alert() and confirm() read the fd directly and never look at the prompt() buffer, and that split exists on main without signals: with a\ny\n on a pipe, prompt() then confirm() gives {"p":"a","c":false} on main 367d939. A fix makes alert() and confirm() serve from that buffer first, which changes how they share stdin with prompt() in every case. That is a separate change.
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🟡 (optional) Signal listeners now run inside whatever AsyncLocalStorage or Bun.ModuleGraph context the dialog's caller was in, not the event-loop context they get on the base branch. run_queued_from_js_thread at src/jsc/PosixSignalHandle.rs:79 calls the listener while $asyncContext still holds the caller's frame, and nothing saves or resets it. So getStore() in the listener returns the caller's store, and a throw in it is routed to that graph's onError through currentModuleGraph. Fix: run the queued listeners (and the drain at :84) under the event-loop async context, the value drainMicrotasks resets to at ZigGlobalObject.cpp:3128, then restore the caller's frame.
Why this was flagged
Script: als.run(store, () => prompt("name?")) with process.on("SIGTERM", () => log(als.getStore())), or the same prompt() call made from a Bun.ModuleGraph script. SIGTERM during the wait reaches wait_for_stdin (src/runtime/webcore/prompt.rs:31) -> run_queued_from_js_thread -> PosixSignalTask::run_from_js_thread (src/jsc/PosixSignalHandle.rs:79) -> innerInvokeEventListeners, a plain JSC::call (src/jsc/bindings/webcore/EventEmitter.cpp:260) with no AsyncContextFrame wrapping. The listener reads $asyncContext field 0, which is still the caller's frame, so getStore() returns store. If the listener throws, Bun__ModuleGraph__handleUncaughtException (src/jsc/VirtualMachine.rs:2105) picks the graph via currentModuleGraph, which reads the same field, so the error goes to that graph's onError instead of the process-wide path. On base the listener ran as a PosixSignalTask with ContextId::NONE after a checkpoint had reset the frame to moduleGraphAsyncContextAtEventLoop (src/jsc/bindings/ZigGlobalObject.cpp:3127-3128), so getStore() was undefined and the throw went to the host. The reset in drainMicrotasks does not help here because vm.entryScope is set while prompt() is on the stack.
Verification: wait_for_stdin (src/runtime/webcore/prompt.rs:31) calls PosixSignalHandle::run_queued_from_js_thread -> innerInvokeEventListeners, a plain call(...) at src/jsc/bindings/webcore/EventEmitter.cpp:260 with no AsyncContextFrame. drain_microtasks_and_next_ticks only resets m_asyncContextData[0] if (!vm.entryScope) (ZigGlobalObject.cpp:3125-3128), and script is on the stack here.
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Not changed here. I documented it in the PR (Downsides and notes). The listener runs synchronously inside the dialog's caller, so it sees that caller's AsyncLocalStorage store and Bun.ModuleGraph context. A fix has to install the event-loop context around the listener call and restore the caller's frame, next to makeContextCurrent and noteEnteredFromEventLoop in ModuleGraph.cpp. I did not want to add that to this PR without a maintainer's decision on which context such a listener belongs to.
…L_IN An error on the pipe fd (POLLNVAL after user code closed it, POLLERR) made the wait loop spin and never read stdin. Only POLL_IN means a queued signal.
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A related case for the open question on this PR. Case. A Worker that is terminated while it waits in Measured on Linux x64 with a release build of main 367d939, in sets of 8 runs. The main thread calls
The last two rows show the general rule: a blocking read in a terminated Worker is not cancelled. Node has the same rule. Relation to this PR. The wait that this PR adds before each read ( Where it lands. Not in this PR now. The design of this PR still waits for a maintainer's answer, and I add no scope before that.
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const worker = new Worker(URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([`postMessage("ready"); postMessage(prompt("w?"));`])));
const ready = Promise.withResolvers();
worker.onmessage = () => ready.resolve();
await ready.promise;
await Bun.sleep(200); // let the Worker reach its read
worker.terminate();
const answer = prompt("m?");
console.log("RESULT:" + JSON.stringify(answer) + "DONE");
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Problem
prompt(),alert()andconfirm()block the JS thread on a read from stdin. Aprocess.on("SIGINT")orprocess.on("SIGTERM")listener does not run until a line arrives, so only SIGKILL ends the process.SA_RESTART(src/jsc/bindings/BunProcess.cpp), so theread(2)restarts. The handler only queues the signal for the event loop, which cannot turn.Fix
poll(2)s that pipe next to stdin before each read.test/js/web/web-globals.test.js. Five time out without the change.Background
pollwaits for both.pselectwith a signal mask. Another thread can take the signal, and a readable fd hides a pending one.Downsides
poll. With no listener nothing changes.prompt(), in its caller'sAsyncLocalStoragecontext. A listener that needs I/O still waits for the line.Notes
Repro on main, a pty driver that types
^Cand then sends SIGTERM:Before: the process is alive after 8 s and is killed with SIGKILL. If a line is typed after
^C, the code afterprompt()runs with it and the listener runs late or not at all. After: the listener runs during the wait and the process exits 130 or 143.Syscalls inside one dialog call, stdin a pipe that already holds the answer. "before" is a release build of main 367d939. "after" is a debug build of main 4b02e10 with this change. Listed with a small ptrace tool (
straceis not installed in the container).prompt(), no signal listenerwrite write read(0)=4confirm(), no signal listenerwrite write read(0)=1 read(0)=1prompt(),process.on("SIGINT")installedwrite write read(0)=4write write, pipe setup,poll read(0)=4confirm(), listener installedwrite write read(0)=1 read(0)=1write write, pipe setup,poll read(0)=1 poll read(0)=1writewriteThe pipe setup is
pipe2, 2 xfcntl(F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC), 2 xcloseand 4 xfcntlforO_NONBLOCK: 9 syscalls, once per process.How the wait works:
PosixSignalHandle::blocking_waitreturns a guard. While a guard lives, the handler writes one byte to the pipe for each queued signal. ASeqCstfence on both sides makes sure that a signal is either in the ring for the dialog's next drain, or its handler sees the guard.poll, empty the pipe if it reportsPOLLIN, repeat. Any other result on the pipe fd (no signal, or an error such asPOLLNVAL) ends the wait and the plain read takes over. The pipe is emptied before the ring, so a signal that lands in between leaves a spare byte and never a queued signal with no byte.O_CLOEXEC,O_NONBLOCKand above fd 2. With fd 0 closed, a plainpipe()returns number 0, and the dialog would poll the pipe as stdin.errno, because its writes can fail.prompt()reads through a 4 KiB buffer and waits only when the buffer is empty. It reborrows the global stdin buffer per call, so a listener that callsprompt()again does not alias a live&mut. A listener that callsprompt()can read the outer call's answer into that buffer, so the outer call checks the buffer again after the listeners run.fireEventListeners, so none reach the dialog.History of this PR: the first revision waited with
pselect(2)under a temporary full signal mask. Review and an aarch64 CI run showed two holes. A signal for the process can be taken by another thread while the JS thread has it blocked. Andpselectreports a readable fd in preference to a pending signal, so input that arrives with the signal still won. The self-pipe closes both.Review raised 12 concerns over the revisions. Ten are addressed in code: an aliased
&mutacross the JS callout, worker callers draining the main ring, the data-vs-signal race in the first test, cross-thread delivery, no microtask checkpoint after a listener, an outerprompt()stranded after a listener calledprompt(), a closed fd 0 taken by the pipe, no test with typed input while a listener is installed,errnonot restored in the handler, and a wait loop that could spin on an error of the pipe fd.Two are limits that this PR documents and does not change:
AsyncLocalStoragecontext (andBun.ModuleGraphcontext) of the code that called the dialog. From the event loop it runs outside of both. Soals.run(store, () => prompt())lets the listener readstore.prompt()whilealert()orconfirm()waits can read the outer dialog's answer into theprompt()buffer.alert()andconfirm()read the fd directly and do not look at that buffer. The same split exists on main without signals: witha\ny\non a pipe,prompt()thenconfirm()gives{"p":"a","c":false}.Tests run for this head (ee828e4) on a debug build of main 4b02e10 with this change:
test/js/web/web-globals.test.js, 31 pass, and the eight dialog tests 3 more times (5 more times on the previous head). On a release build of main 367d939, which does not have the change, five of the eight time out (the four signal tests and the nestedprompt()), and three pass (typed input with a listener, and the closed stdin).Scope: the three dialogs only. Other blocking stdin readers (
bun init,bun publish) do not change. Windows does not change (signals arrive through libuv there).no test proof · iteration 4 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/js/web/web-globals.test.js