ruby/lib/timeout.rb
Masafumi Koba 81e06e7004 [ruby/timeout] Improve Timeout.timeout documentation formatting and typos
This commit makes a few minor improvements to the documentation of the `Timeout.timeout` method.
The changes include fixing typos and enhancing formatting for better readability.

We can see the latest version of the documentation here:
https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/Timeout.html#method-c-timeout

Also, we can verify this change locally by running:

```shell
rdoc
open doc/Timeout.html
```

https://github.com/ruby/timeout/commit/53ee559e15
2026-01-17 14:05:07 +00:00

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# frozen_string_literal: true
# Timeout long-running blocks
#
# == Synopsis
#
# require 'timeout'
# status = Timeout.timeout(5) {
# # Something that should be interrupted if it takes more than 5 seconds...
# }
#
# == Description
#
# Timeout provides a way to auto-terminate a potentially long-running
# operation if it hasn't finished in a fixed amount of time.
#
# == Copyright
#
# Copyright:: (C) 2000 Network Applied Communication Laboratory, Inc.
# Copyright:: (C) 2000 Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
module Timeout
# The version
VERSION = "0.6.0"
# Internal exception raised to when a timeout is triggered.
class ExitException < Exception
def exception(*) # :nodoc:
self
end
end
# Raised by Timeout.timeout when the block times out.
class Error < RuntimeError
def self.handle_timeout(message) # :nodoc:
exc = ExitException.new(message)
begin
yield exc
rescue ExitException => e
raise new(message) if exc.equal?(e)
raise
end
end
end
# :stopdoc:
# We keep a private reference so that time mocking libraries won't break Timeout.
GET_TIME = Process.method(:clock_gettime)
if defined?(Ractor.make_shareable)
# Ractor.make_shareable(Method) only works on Ruby 4+
Ractor.make_shareable(GET_TIME) rescue nil
end
private_constant :GET_TIME
class State
def initialize
@condvar = ConditionVariable.new
@queue = Queue.new
@queue_mutex = Mutex.new
@timeout_thread = nil
@timeout_thread_mutex = Mutex.new
end
if defined?(Ractor.store_if_absent) && defined?(Ractor.shareable?) && Ractor.shareable?(GET_TIME)
# Ractor support if
# 1. Ractor.store_if_absent is available
# 2. Method object can be shareable (4.0~)
def self.instance
Ractor.store_if_absent :timeout_gem_state do
State.new
end
end
else
GLOBAL_STATE = State.new
def self.instance
GLOBAL_STATE
end
end
def create_timeout_thread
# Threads unexpectedly inherit the interrupt mask: https://github.com/ruby/timeout/issues/41
# So reset the interrupt mask to the default one for the timeout thread
Thread.handle_interrupt(Object => :immediate) do
watcher = Thread.new do
requests = []
while true
until @queue.empty? and !requests.empty? # wait to have at least one request
req = @queue.pop
requests << req unless req.done?
end
closest_deadline = requests.min_by(&:deadline).deadline
now = 0.0
@queue_mutex.synchronize do
while (now = GET_TIME.call(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC)) < closest_deadline and @queue.empty?
@condvar.wait(@queue_mutex, closest_deadline - now)
end
end
requests.each do |req|
req.interrupt if req.expired?(now)
end
requests.reject!(&:done?)
end
end
if !watcher.group.enclosed? && (!defined?(Ractor.main?) || Ractor.main?)
ThreadGroup::Default.add(watcher)
end
watcher.name = "Timeout stdlib thread"
watcher.thread_variable_set(:"\0__detached_thread__", true)
watcher
end
end
def ensure_timeout_thread_created
unless @timeout_thread&.alive?
# If the Mutex is already owned we are in a signal handler.
# In that case, just return and let the main thread create the Timeout thread.
return if @timeout_thread_mutex.owned?
Sync.synchronize @timeout_thread_mutex do
unless @timeout_thread&.alive?
@timeout_thread = create_timeout_thread
end
end
end
end
def add_request(request)
Sync.synchronize @queue_mutex do
@queue << request
@condvar.signal
end
end
end
private_constant :State
class Request
attr_reader :deadline
def initialize(thread, timeout, exception_class, message)
@thread = thread
@deadline = GET_TIME.call(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC) + timeout
@exception_class = exception_class
@message = message
@mutex = Mutex.new
@done = false # protected by @mutex
end
# Only called by the timeout thread, so does not need Sync.synchronize
def done?
@mutex.synchronize do
@done
end
end
def expired?(now)
now >= @deadline
end
# Only called by the timeout thread, so does not need Sync.synchronize
def interrupt
@mutex.synchronize do
unless @done
@thread.raise @exception_class, @message
@done = true
end
end
end
def finished
Sync.synchronize @mutex do
@done = true
end
end
end
private_constant :Request
module Sync
# Calls mutex.synchronize(&block) but if that fails on CRuby due to being in a trap handler,
# run mutex.synchronize(&block) in a separate Thread instead.
def self.synchronize(mutex, &block)
begin
mutex.synchronize(&block)
rescue ThreadError => e
raise e unless e.message == "can't be called from trap context"
# Workaround CRuby issue https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/19473
# which raises on Mutex#synchronize in trap handler.
# It's expensive to create a Thread just for this,
# but better than failing.
Thread.new {
mutex.synchronize(&block)
}.join
end
end
end
private_constant :Sync
# :startdoc:
# Perform an operation in a block, raising an exception if it takes longer than
# +sec+ seconds to complete.
#
# +sec+:: Number of seconds to wait for the block to terminate. Any non-negative number
# or nil may be used, including Floats to specify fractional seconds. A
# value of 0 or +nil+ will execute the block without any timeout.
# Any negative number will raise an ArgumentError.
# +klass+:: Exception Class to raise if the block fails to terminate
# in +sec+ seconds. Omitting will use the default, Timeout::Error.
# +message+:: Error message to raise with Exception Class.
# Omitting will use the default, <tt>"execution expired"</tt>.
#
# Returns the result of the block *if* the block completed before
# +sec+ seconds, otherwise raises an exception, based on the value of +klass+.
#
# The exception raised to terminate the given block is the given +klass+, or
# Timeout::ExitException if +klass+ is not given. The reason for that behavior
# is that Timeout::Error inherits from RuntimeError and might be caught unexpectedly by +rescue+.
# Timeout::ExitException inherits from Exception so it will only be rescued by <tt>rescue Exception</tt>.
# Note that the Timeout::ExitException is translated to a Timeout::Error once it reaches the Timeout.timeout call,
# so outside that call it will be a Timeout::Error.
#
# In general, be aware that the code block may rescue the exception, and in such a case not respect the timeout.
# Also, the block can use +ensure+ to prevent the handling of the exception.
# For those reasons, this method cannot be relied on to enforce timeouts for untrusted blocks.
#
# If a scheduler is defined, it will be used to handle the timeout by invoking
# Fiber::Scheduler#timeout_after.
#
# Note that this is both a method of module Timeout, so you can <tt>include
# Timeout</tt> into your classes so they have a #timeout method, as well as
# a module method, so you can call it directly as Timeout.timeout().
#
# ==== Ensuring the exception does not fire inside ensure blocks
#
# When using Timeout.timeout, it can be desirable to ensure the timeout exception does not fire inside an +ensure+ block.
# The simplest and best way to do so is to put the Timeout.timeout call inside the body of the +begin+/+ensure+/+end+:
#
# begin
# Timeout.timeout(sec) { some_long_operation }
# ensure
# cleanup # safe, cannot be interrupted by timeout
# end
#
# If that is not feasible, e.g. if there are +ensure+ blocks inside +some_long_operation+,
# they need to not be interrupted by timeout, and it's not possible to move these ensure blocks outside,
# one can use Thread.handle_interrupt to delay the timeout exception like so:
#
# Thread.handle_interrupt(Timeout::Error => :never) {
# Timeout.timeout(sec, Timeout::Error) do
# setup # timeout cannot happen here, no matter how long it takes
# Thread.handle_interrupt(Timeout::Error => :immediate) {
# some_long_operation # timeout can happen here
# }
# ensure
# cleanup # timeout cannot happen here, no matter how long it takes
# end
# }
#
# An important thing to note is the need to pass an exception +klass+ to Timeout.timeout,
# otherwise it does not work. Specifically, using <tt>Thread.handle_interrupt(Timeout::ExitException => ...)</tt>
# is unsupported and causes subtle errors like raising the wrong exception outside the block, do not use that.
#
# Note that Thread.handle_interrupt is somewhat dangerous because if setup or cleanup hangs
# then the current thread will hang too and the timeout will never fire.
# Also note the block might run for longer than +sec+ seconds:
# e.g. +some_long_operation+ executes for +sec+ seconds + whatever time cleanup takes.
#
# If you want the timeout to only happen on blocking operations, one can use +:on_blocking+
# instead of +:immediate+. However, that means if the block uses no blocking operations after +sec+ seconds,
# the block will not be interrupted.
def self.timeout(sec, klass = nil, message = nil, &block) #:yield: +sec+
return yield(sec) if sec == nil or sec.zero?
raise ArgumentError, "Timeout sec must be a non-negative number" if 0 > sec
message ||= "execution expired"
if Fiber.respond_to?(:current_scheduler) && (scheduler = Fiber.current_scheduler)&.respond_to?(:timeout_after)
return scheduler.timeout_after(sec, klass || Error, message, &block)
end
state = State.instance
state.ensure_timeout_thread_created
perform = Proc.new do |exc|
request = Request.new(Thread.current, sec, exc, message)
state.add_request(request)
begin
return yield(sec)
ensure
request.finished
end
end
if klass
perform.call(klass)
else
Error.handle_timeout(message, &perform)
end
end
private def timeout(*args, &block)
Timeout.timeout(*args, &block)
end
end