fix: use platform-correct O_NONBLOCK for fcntl; fix PTY write and double-close

Commit `12a19ee`

Ian Tay · 2026-03-08 12:54:06 -0400 EDT

parent 35f56e6

fix: use platform-correct O_NONBLOCK for fcntl; fix PTY write and double-close

The hardcoded value 0o4000 is Linux-specific; on macOS O_NONBLOCK is 0x4.
posix.SOCK.NONBLOCK is for socket()/accept4(), not fcntl(F_SETFL) — it only
worked on Linux by coincidence where both constants share the same value.
On macOS, non-blocking mode was never actually set on the PTY, client
socket, or stdin.

Setting O_NONBLOCK correctly exposes two latent issues, also fixed here:

- PTY writes in handleInput/handleRun did `_ = try posix.write()`,
  discarding short-write counts and propagating WouldBlock as an error
  that crashed the daemon. Added ptyWriteAll() that polls on WouldBlock
  and retries short writes — same blocking semantics macOS had implicitly.

- ensureSession's errdefer + defer both closed server_sock_fd when
  daemonLoop errored, causing EBADF (posix.close treats this as
  unreachable → panic in safe builds). Restructured so spawnPty failure
  is handled by an explicit catch; the defer is the sole owner after.

Additionally, O_NONBLOCK is set on the open file description (shared with
the parent shell), so stdin's original flags must be restored on exit to
avoid leaving the parent shell's stdin in non-blocking mode.

1 files changed, +51, -16

M src/main.zig

+51, -16

......@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ fn zmxLogFn(
var sigwinch_received: std.atomic.Value(bool) = std.atomic.Value(bool).init(false);
var sigterm_received: std.atomic.Value(bool) = std.atomic.Value(bool).init(false);

// https://github.com/ziglang/zig/blob/738d2be9d6b6ef3ff3559130c05159ef53336224/lib/std/posix.zig#L3505
const O_NONBLOCK: usize = 1 << @bitOffsetOf(posix.O, "NONBLOCK");

pub fn main() !void {
    // use c_allocator to avoid "reached unreachable code" panic in DebugAllocator when forking
    const alloc = std.heap.c_allocator;

......@@ -334,7 +337,7 @@ const Daemon = struct {

        // make pty non-blocking
        const flags = try posix.fcntl(master_fd, posix.F.GETFL, 0);
        _ = try posix.fcntl(master_fd, posix.F.SETFL, flags | @as(u32, 0o4000));
        _ = try posix.fcntl(master_fd, posix.F.SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK);
        return master_fd;
    }

......@@ -372,12 +375,19 @@ const Daemon = struct {
                defer self.alloc.free(session_log_path);
                try log_system.init(self.alloc, session_log_path);

                errdefer {
                // If spawnPty fails, clean up here. Once it succeeds,
                // the inner block's defer takes ownership of cleanup to
                // avoid double-closing server_sock_fd on daemonLoop error.
                const pty_fd = self.spawnPty() catch |err| {
                    posix.close(server_sock_fd);
                    dir.deleteFile(self.session_name) catch {};
                }
                const pty_fd = try self.spawnPty();
                    return err;
                };

                defer {
                    self.handleKill();
                    self.deinit();
                    _ = posix.waitpid(self.pid, 0);
                    posix.close(pty_fd);
                    posix.close(server_sock_fd);
                    std.log.info("deleting socket file session_name={s}", .{self.session_name});

......@@ -385,10 +395,8 @@ const Daemon = struct {
                        std.log.warn("failed to delete socket file err={s}", .{@errorName(err)});
                    };
                }

                try daemonLoop(self, server_sock_fd, pty_fd);
                self.handleKill();
                _ = posix.waitpid(self.pid, 0);
                self.deinit();
                return .{ .created = true, .is_daemon = true };
            }
            posix.close(server_sock_fd);

......@@ -399,10 +407,33 @@ const Daemon = struct {
        return .{ .created = false, .is_daemon = false };
    }

    pub fn handleInput(self: *Daemon, pty_fd: i32, payload: []const u8) !void {
    /// Best-effort write to the (non-blocking) PTY fd. Retries short writes
    /// until complete, but on WouldBlock (kernel buffer full) gives up and
    /// drops the remainder — the daemon is single-threaded, so blocking here
    /// to wait for POLLOUT would deadlock against a shell that's itself
    /// blocked writing echo to a full PTY output buffer that we're not
    /// draining. Dropping is the same trade-off the old code made implicitly
    /// (short writes were silently truncated), just without the crash.
    fn ptyWrite(pty_fd: i32, data: []const u8) void {
        var remaining = data;
        while (remaining.len > 0) {
            const n = posix.write(pty_fd, remaining) catch |err| {
                if (err == error.WouldBlock) {
                    std.log.warn("pty write dropped {d}/{d} bytes (buffer full)", .{ remaining.len, data.len });
                } else {
                    std.log.warn("pty write failed, {d} bytes lost: {s}", .{ remaining.len, @errorName(err) });
                }
                return;
            };
            if (n == 0) return;
            remaining = remaining[n..];
        }
    }

    pub fn handleInput(self: *Daemon, pty_fd: i32, payload: []const u8) void {
        _ = self;
        if (payload.len > 0) {
            _ = try posix.write(pty_fd, payload);
            ptyWrite(pty_fd, payload);
        }
    }

......@@ -575,7 +606,7 @@ const Daemon = struct {
        self.is_task_mode = true;

        if (payload.len > 0) {
            _ = try posix.write(pty_fd, payload);
            ptyWrite(pty_fd, payload);
        }
        try ipc.appendMessage(self.alloc, &client.write_buf, .Ack, "");
        client.has_pending_output = true;

......@@ -1071,8 +1102,9 @@ fn clientLoop(client_sock_fd: i32) !void {
    setupSigwinchHandler();

    // Make socket non-blocking to avoid blocking on writes
    const sock_flags = try posix.fcntl(client_sock_fd, posix.F.GETFL, 0);
    _ = try posix.fcntl(client_sock_fd, posix.F.SETFL, sock_flags | posix.SOCK.NONBLOCK);
    var sock_flags = try posix.fcntl(client_sock_fd, posix.F.GETFL, 0);
    sock_flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
    _ = try posix.fcntl(client_sock_fd, posix.F.SETFL, sock_flags);

    // Buffer for outgoing socket writes
    var sock_write_buf = try std.ArrayList(u8).initCapacity(alloc, 4096);

......@@ -1093,9 +1125,12 @@ fn clientLoop(client_sock_fd: i32) !void {

    const stdin_fd = posix.STDIN_FILENO;

    // Make stdin non-blocking
    const flags = try posix.fcntl(stdin_fd, posix.F.GETFL, 0);
    _ = try posix.fcntl(stdin_fd, posix.F.SETFL, flags | posix.SOCK.NONBLOCK);
    // Make stdin non-blocking. O_NONBLOCK is set on the open file description,
    // which is shared with the parent shell; restore on exit to avoid
    // corrupting the parent's stdin.
    const stdin_orig_flags = try posix.fcntl(stdin_fd, posix.F.GETFL, 0);
    _ = try posix.fcntl(stdin_fd, posix.F.SETFL, stdin_orig_flags | O_NONBLOCK);
    defer _ = posix.fcntl(stdin_fd, posix.F.SETFL, stdin_orig_flags) catch {};

    while (true) {
        // Check for pending SIGWINCH

......@@ -1369,7 +1404,7 @@ fn daemonLoop(daemon: *Daemon, server_sock_fd: i32, pty_fd: i32) !void {

                while (client.read_buf.next()) |msg| {
                    switch (msg.header.tag) {
                        .Input => try daemon.handleInput(pty_fd, msg.payload),
                        .Input => daemon.handleInput(pty_fd, msg.payload),
                        .Init => try daemon.handleInit(client, pty_fd, &term, msg.payload),
                        .Resize => try daemon.handleResize(pty_fd, &term, msg.payload),
                        .Detach => {

...	...		@@ -372,12 +375,19 @@ const Daemon = struct {
372	375		defer self.alloc.free(session_log_path);
373	376		try log_system.init(self.alloc, session_log_path);
374	377
375		-	errdefer {
	378	+	// If spawnPty fails, clean up here. Once it succeeds,
	379	+	// the inner block's defer takes ownership of cleanup to
	380	+	// avoid double-closing server_sock_fd on daemonLoop error.
	381	+	const pty_fd = self.spawnPty() catch \|err\| {
376	382		posix.close(server_sock_fd);
377	383		dir.deleteFile(self.session_name) catch {};
378		-	}
379		-	const pty_fd = try self.spawnPty();
	384	+	return err;
	385	+	};
	386	+
380	387		defer {
	388	+	self.handleKill();
	389	+	self.deinit();
	390	+	_ = posix.waitpid(self.pid, 0);
381	391		posix.close(pty_fd);
382	392		posix.close(server_sock_fd);
383	393		std.log.info("deleting socket file session_name={s}", .{self.session_name});

...	...		@@ -399,10 +407,33 @@ const Daemon = struct {
399	407		return .{ .created = false, .is_daemon = false };
400	408		}
401	409
402		-	pub fn handleInput(self: *Daemon, pty_fd: i32, payload: []const u8) !void {
	410	+	/// Best-effort write to the (non-blocking) PTY fd. Retries short writes
	411	+	/// until complete, but on WouldBlock (kernel buffer full) gives up and
	412	+	/// drops the remainder — the daemon is single-threaded, so blocking here
	413	+	/// to wait for POLLOUT would deadlock against a shell that's itself
	414	+	/// blocked writing echo to a full PTY output buffer that we're not
	415	+	/// draining. Dropping is the same trade-off the old code made implicitly
	416	+	/// (short writes were silently truncated), just without the crash.
	417	+	fn ptyWrite(pty_fd: i32, data: []const u8) void {
	418	+	var remaining = data;
	419	+	while (remaining.len > 0) {
	420	+	const n = posix.write(pty_fd, remaining) catch \|err\| {
	421	+	if (err == error.WouldBlock) {
	422	+	std.log.warn("pty write dropped {d}/{d} bytes (buffer full)", .{ remaining.len, data.len });
	423	+	} else {
	424	+	std.log.warn("pty write failed, {d} bytes lost: {s}", .{ remaining.len, @errorName(err) });
	425	+	}
	426	+	return;
	427	+	};
	428	+	if (n == 0) return;
	429	+	remaining = remaining[n..];
	430	+	}
	431	+	}
	432	+
	433	+	pub fn handleInput(self: *Daemon, pty_fd: i32, payload: []const u8) void {
403	434		_ = self;
404	435		if (payload.len > 0) {
405		-	_ = try posix.write(pty_fd, payload);
	436	+	ptyWrite(pty_fd, payload);
406	437		}
407	438		}
408	439

...	...		@@ -575,7 +606,7 @@ const Daemon = struct {
575	606		self.is_task_mode = true;
576	607
577	608		if (payload.len > 0) {
578		-	_ = try posix.write(pty_fd, payload);
	609	+	ptyWrite(pty_fd, payload);
579	610		}
580	611		try ipc.appendMessage(self.alloc, &client.write_buf, .Ack, "");
581	612		client.has_pending_output = true;

...	...		@@ -1071,8 +1102,9 @@ fn clientLoop(client_sock_fd: i32) !void {
1071	1102		setupSigwinchHandler();
1072	1103
1073	1104		// Make socket non-blocking to avoid blocking on writes
1074		-	const sock_flags = try posix.fcntl(client_sock_fd, posix.F.GETFL, 0);
1075		-	_ = try posix.fcntl(client_sock_fd, posix.F.SETFL, sock_flags \| posix.SOCK.NONBLOCK);
	1105	+	var sock_flags = try posix.fcntl(client_sock_fd, posix.F.GETFL, 0);
	1106	+	sock_flags \|= O_NONBLOCK;
	1107	+	_ = try posix.fcntl(client_sock_fd, posix.F.SETFL, sock_flags);
1076	1108
1077	1109		// Buffer for outgoing socket writes
1078	1110		var sock_write_buf = try std.ArrayList(u8).initCapacity(alloc, 4096);

...	...		@@ -1093,9 +1125,12 @@ fn clientLoop(client_sock_fd: i32) !void {
1093	1125
1094	1126		const stdin_fd = posix.STDIN_FILENO;
1095	1127
1096		-	// Make stdin non-blocking
1097		-	const flags = try posix.fcntl(stdin_fd, posix.F.GETFL, 0);
1098		-	_ = try posix.fcntl(stdin_fd, posix.F.SETFL, flags \| posix.SOCK.NONBLOCK);
	1128	+	// Make stdin non-blocking. O_NONBLOCK is set on the open file description,
	1129	+	// which is shared with the parent shell; restore on exit to avoid
	1130	+	// corrupting the parent's stdin.
	1131	+	const stdin_orig_flags = try posix.fcntl(stdin_fd, posix.F.GETFL, 0);
	1132	+	_ = try posix.fcntl(stdin_fd, posix.F.SETFL, stdin_orig_flags \| O_NONBLOCK);
	1133	+	defer _ = posix.fcntl(stdin_fd, posix.F.SETFL, stdin_orig_flags) catch {};
1099	1134
1100	1135		while (true) {
1101	1136		// Check for pending SIGWINCH

...	...		@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ fn zmxLogFn(
33	33		var sigwinch_received: std.atomic.Value(bool) = std.atomic.Value(bool).init(false);
34	34		var sigterm_received: std.atomic.Value(bool) = std.atomic.Value(bool).init(false);
35	35
	36	+	// https://github.com/ziglang/zig/blob/738d2be9d6b6ef3ff3559130c05159ef53336224/lib/std/posix.zig#L3505
	37	+	const O_NONBLOCK: usize = 1 << @bitOffsetOf(posix.O, "NONBLOCK");
	38	+
36	39		pub fn main() !void {
37	40		// use c_allocator to avoid "reached unreachable code" panic in DebugAllocator when forking
38	41		const alloc = std.heap.c_allocator;

...	...		@@ -334,7 +337,7 @@ const Daemon = struct {
334	337
335	338		// make pty non-blocking
336	339		const flags = try posix.fcntl(master_fd, posix.F.GETFL, 0);
337		-	_ = try posix.fcntl(master_fd, posix.F.SETFL, flags \| @as(u32, 0o4000));
	340	+	_ = try posix.fcntl(master_fd, posix.F.SETFL, flags \| O_NONBLOCK);
338	341		return master_fd;
339	342		}
340	343

...	...		@@ -385,10 +395,8 @@ const Daemon = struct {
385	395		std.log.warn("failed to delete socket file err={s}", .{@errorName(err)});
386	396		};
387	397		}
	398	+
388	399		try daemonLoop(self, server_sock_fd, pty_fd);
389		-	self.handleKill();
390		-	_ = posix.waitpid(self.pid, 0);
391		-	self.deinit();
392	400		return .{ .created = true, .is_daemon = true };
393	401		}
394	402		posix.close(server_sock_fd);

...	...		@@ -1369,7 +1404,7 @@ fn daemonLoop(daemon: *Daemon, server_sock_fd: i32, pty_fd: i32) !void {
1369	1404
1370	1405		while (client.read_buf.next()) \|msg\| {
1371	1406		switch (msg.header.tag) {
1372		-	.Input => try daemon.handleInput(pty_fd, msg.payload),
	1407	+	.Input => daemon.handleInput(pty_fd, msg.payload),
1373	1408		.Init => try daemon.handleInit(client, pty_fd, &term, msg.payload),
1374	1409		.Resize => try daemon.handleResize(pty_fd, &term, msg.payload),
1375	1410		.Detach => {

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