[PATCH] utils: Handle errors in worker threads.

[Christopher Baines]

Previously, if an error occurred, the worker fiber simply never sends a
reply. In the case of HTTP requests to Cuirass, where an exception occurs when
performing a database query, the fiber handling the request blocks as it never
gets a response. I think that this has the potential to cause the process to
hit file descriptor limits, as the connections are never responded to.

This is fixed by responding with the details of the exception, and then
throwing it within the fiber that made the call.

* src/cuirass/utils.scm (make-worker-thread-channel): Catch exceptions when
calling proc.
(call-with-worker-thread): Handle receiving exceptions from the worker thread.
---
 src/cuirass/utils.scm | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cuirass/utils.scm b/src/cuirass/utils.scm
index f3ba18d..4d59fec 100644
--- a/src/cuirass/utils.scm
+++ b/src/cuirass/utils.scm
@@ -114,7 +114,13 @@ arguments of the worker thread procedure."
                 (let loop ()
                   (match (get-message channel)
                     (((? channel? reply) . (? procedure? proc))
-                     (put-message reply (apply proc args))))
+                     (put-message reply
+                                  (catch
+                                    #t
+                                    (lambda ()
+                                      (apply proc args))
+                                    (lambda (key . args)
+                                      (cons* 'worker-thread-error key 
args))))))
                   (loop)))))))
        (iota parallelism))
       channel)))
@@ -127,7 +133,10 @@ If already in the worker thread, call PROC immediately."
         (apply proc args)
         (let ((reply (make-channel)))
           (put-message channel (cons reply proc))
-          (get-message reply)))))
+          (match (get-message reply)
+            (('worker-thread-error key args ...)
+             (apply throw key args))
+            (result result))))))
 
 (define-syntax-rule (with-worker-thread channel (vars ...) exp ...)
   "Evaluate EXP... in the worker thread corresponding to CHANNEL.
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