runtime: delay exiting while panic is running deferred functions

Try to avoid a race between the main goroutine exiting and a panic
occurring. Don't try too hard, to avoid hanging.

Updates #3934
Fixes #20018

Change-Id: I57a02b6d795d2a61f1cadd137ce097145280ece7
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/41052
Reviewed-by: Austin Clements <austin@google.com>

src/runtime/crash_test.go

@@ -568,3 +568,32 @@ func TestPanicInlined(t *testing.T) {
 	pt := new(point)
 	pt.negate()
 }
+
+// Test for issues #3934 and #20018.
+// We want to delay exiting until a panic print is complete.
+func TestPanicRace(t *testing.T) {
+	testenv.MustHaveGoRun(t)
+
+	exe, err := buildTestProg(t, "testprog")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	got, err := testEnv(exec.Command(exe, "PanicRace")).CombinedOutput()
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("program exited successfully, should have failed")
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("%s\n", got)
+
+	wants := []string{
+		"panic: crash",
+		"PanicRace",
+		"created by ",
+	}
+	for _, want := range wants {
+		if !bytes.Contains(got, []byte(want)) {
+			t.Errorf("did not find expected string %q", want)
+		}
+	}
+}

src/runtime/panic.go

@@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ func gopanic(e interface{}) {
 	p.link = gp._panic
 	gp._panic = (*_panic)(noescape(unsafe.Pointer(&p)))
 
+	atomic.Xadd(&runningPanicDefers, 1)
+
 	for {
 		d := gp._defer
 		if d == nil {
@@ -504,6 +506,8 @@ func gopanic(e interface{}) {
 		sp := unsafe.Pointer(d.sp) // must be pointer so it gets adjusted during stack copy
 		freedefer(d)
 		if p.recovered {
+			atomic.Xadd(&runningPanicDefers, -1)
+
 			gp._panic = p.link
 			// Aborted panics are marked but remain on the g.panic list.
 			// Remove them from the list.
@@ -527,6 +531,11 @@ func gopanic(e interface{}) {
 	// and String methods to prepare the panic strings before startpanic.
 	preprintpanics(gp._panic)
 	startpanic()
+
+	// startpanic set panicking, which will block main from exiting,
+	// so now OK to decrement runningPanicDefers.
+	atomic.Xadd(&runningPanicDefers, -1)
+
 	printpanics(gp._panic)
 	dopanic(0)       // should not return
 	*(*int)(nil) = 0 // not reached
@@ -597,7 +606,17 @@ func throw(s string) {
 	*(*int)(nil) = 0 // not reached
 }
 
-//uint32 runtime·panicking;
+// runningPanicDefers is non-zero while running deferred functions for panic.
+// runningPanicDefers is incremented and decremented atomically.
+// This is used to try hard to get a panic stack trace out when exiting.
+var runningPanicDefers uint32
+
+// panicking is non-zero when crashing the program for an unrecovered panic.
+// panicking is incremented and decremented atomically.
+var panicking uint32
+
+// paniclk is held while printing the panic information and stack trace,
+// so that two concurrent panics don't overlap their output.
 var paniclk mutex
 
 // Unwind the stack after a deferred function calls recover

src/runtime/proc.go

@@ -190,8 +190,17 @@ func main() {
 	// Make racy client program work: if panicking on
 	// another goroutine at the same time as main returns,
 	// let the other goroutine finish printing the panic trace.
-	// Once it does, it will exit. See issue 3934.
+	// Once it does, it will exit. See issues 3934 and 20018.
-	if panicking != 0 {
+	if atomic.Load(&runningPanicDefers) != 0 {
+		// Running deferred functions should not take long.
+		for c := 0; c < 1000; c++ {
+			if atomic.Load(&runningPanicDefers) == 0 {
+				break
+			}
+			Gosched()
+		}
+	}
+	if atomic.Load(&panicking) != 0 {
 		gopark(nil, nil, "panicwait", traceEvGoStop, 1)
 	}
 

src/runtime/runtime2.go

@@ -720,7 +720,6 @@ var (
 	allm        *m
 	allp        [_MaxGomaxprocs + 1]*p
 	gomaxprocs  int32
-	panicking   uint32
 	ncpu        int32
 	forcegc     forcegcstate
 	sched       schedt

src/runtime/testdata/testprog/panicrace.go

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"runtime"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	register("PanicRace", PanicRace)
+}
+
+func PanicRace() {
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer func() {
+			wg.Done()
+			runtime.Gosched()
+		}()
+		panic("crash")
+	}()
+	wg.Wait()
+}