Split ignoreException for destructors or interrupt-safe

src/libexpr/eval-cache.cc

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ struct AttrDb
                 state->txn->commit();
             state->txn.reset();
         } catch (...) {
-            ignoreException();
+            ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
         }
     }
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ struct AttrDb
         try {
             return fun();
         } catch (SQLiteError &) {
-            ignoreException();
+            ignoreExceptionExceptInterrupt();
             failed = true;
             return 0;
         }
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static std::shared_ptr<AttrDb> makeAttrDb(
     try {
         return std::make_shared<AttrDb>(cfg, fingerprint, symbols);
     } catch (SQLiteError &) {
-        ignoreException();
+        ignoreExceptionExceptInterrupt();
         return nullptr;
     }
 }

src/libmain/shared.cc

@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ RunPager::~RunPager()
         }
 #endif
     } catch (...) {
-        ignoreException();
+        ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
     }
 }
 

src/libstore/build/derivation-goal.cc

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ DerivationGoal::~DerivationGoal()
 {
     /* Careful: we should never ever throw an exception from a
        destructor. */
-    try { closeLogFile(); } catch (...) { ignoreException(); }
+    try { closeLogFile(); } catch (...) { ignoreExceptionInDestructor(); }
 }
 
 
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ void replaceValidPath(const Path & storePath, const Path & tmpPath)
             // attempt to recover
             movePath(oldPath, storePath);
         } catch (...) {
-            ignoreException();
+            ignoreExceptionExceptInterrupt();
         }
         throw;
     }

src/libstore/build/substitution-goal.cc

@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ void PathSubstitutionGoal::cleanup()
 
         outPipe.close();
     } catch (...) {
-        ignoreException();
+        ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
     }
 }
 

src/libstore/filetransfer.cc

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ struct curlFileTransfer : public FileTransfer
                 if (!done)
                     fail(FileTransferError(Interrupted, {}, "download of '%s' was interrupted", request.uri));
             } catch (...) {
-                ignoreException();
+                ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
             }
         }
 

src/libstore/gc.cc

@@ -958,8 +958,8 @@ void LocalStore::autoGC(bool sync)
 
             } catch (...) {
                 // FIXME: we could propagate the exception to the
-                // future, but we don't really care.
+                // future, but we don't really care. (what??)
-                ignoreException();
+                ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
             }
 
         }).detach();

src/libstore/local-store.cc

@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ LocalStore::~LocalStore()
             unlink(fnTempRoots.c_str());
         }
     } catch (...) {
-        ignoreException();
+        ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
     }
 }
 
@@ -1096,6 +1096,7 @@ void LocalStore::addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & source,
     if (checkSigs && pathInfoIsUntrusted(info))
         throw Error("cannot add path '%s' because it lacks a signature by a trusted key", printStorePath(info.path));
 
+    {
         /* In case we are not interested in reading the NAR: discard it. */
         bool narRead = false;
         Finally cleanup = [&]() {
@@ -1104,7 +1105,8 @@ void LocalStore::addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & source,
                 try {
                     parseDump(sink, source);
                 } catch (...) {
-                ignoreException();
+                    // TODO: should Interrupted be handled here?
+                    ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
                 }
             }
         };
@@ -1200,6 +1202,10 @@ void LocalStore::addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, Source & source,
         }
     }
 
+    // In case `cleanup` ignored an `Interrupted` exception
+    checkInterrupt();
+}
+
 
 StorePath LocalStore::addToStoreFromDump(
     Source & source0,

src/libstore/optimise-store.cc

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct MakeReadOnly
             /* This will make the path read-only. */
             if (path != "") canonicaliseTimestampAndPermissions(path);
         } catch (...) {
-            ignoreException();
+            ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
         }
     }
 };

src/libstore/pathlocks.cc

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ PathLocks::~PathLocks()
     try {
         unlock();
     } catch (...) {
-        ignoreException();
+        ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
     }
 }
 

src/libstore/remote-fs-accessor.cc

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ref<SourceAccessor> RemoteFSAccessor::addToCache(std::string_view hashPart, std:
             /* FIXME: do this asynchronously. */
             writeFile(makeCacheFile(hashPart, "nar"), nar);
         } catch (...) {
-            ignoreException();
+            ignoreExceptionExceptInterrupt();
         }
     }
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ref<SourceAccessor> RemoteFSAccessor::addToCache(std::string_view hashPart, std:
             nlohmann::json j = listNar(narAccessor, CanonPath::root, true);
             writeFile(makeCacheFile(hashPart, "ls"), j.dump());
         } catch (...) {
-            ignoreException();
+            ignoreExceptionExceptInterrupt();
         }
     }
 

src/libstore/sqlite.cc

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ SQLite::~SQLite()
         if (db && sqlite3_close(db) != SQLITE_OK)
             SQLiteError::throw_(db, "closing database");
     } catch (...) {
-        ignoreException();
+        ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
     }
 }
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ SQLiteStmt::~SQLiteStmt()
         if (stmt && sqlite3_finalize(stmt) != SQLITE_OK)
             SQLiteError::throw_(db, "finalizing statement '%s'", sql);
     } catch (...) {
-        ignoreException();
+        ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
     }
 }
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ SQLiteTxn::~SQLiteTxn()
         if (active && sqlite3_exec(db, "rollback;", 0, 0, 0) != SQLITE_OK)
             SQLiteError::throw_(db, "aborting transaction");
     } catch (...) {
-        ignoreException();
+        ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
     }
 }
 

src/libstore/store-api.cc

@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ std::map<StorePath, StorePath> copyPaths(
         // not be within our control to change that, and we might still want
         // to at least copy the output paths.
         if (e.missingFeature == Xp::CaDerivations)
-            ignoreException();
+            ignoreExceptionExceptInterrupt();
         else
             throw;
     }

src/libstore/unix/build/hook-instance.cc

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ HookInstance::~HookInstance()
         toHook.writeSide = -1;
         if (pid != -1) pid.kill();
     } catch (...) {
-        ignoreException();
+        ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
     }
 }
 

src/libstore/unix/build/local-derivation-goal.cc

@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ LocalDerivationGoal::~LocalDerivationGoal()
 {
     /* Careful: we should never ever throw an exception from a
        destructor. */
-    try { deleteTmpDir(false); } catch (...) { ignoreException(); }
+    try { deleteTmpDir(false); } catch (...) { ignoreExceptionInDestructor(); }
-    try { killChild(); } catch (...) { ignoreException(); }
+    try { killChild(); } catch (...) { ignoreExceptionInDestructor(); }
-    try { stopDaemon(); } catch (...) { ignoreException(); }
+    try { stopDaemon(); } catch (...) { ignoreExceptionInDestructor(); }
 }
 
 
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ void LocalDerivationGoal::startDaemon()
                         NotTrusted, daemon::Recursive);
                     debug("terminated daemon connection");
                 } catch (SystemError &) {
-                    ignoreException();
+                    ignoreExceptionExceptInterrupt();
                 }
             });
 

src/libstore/worker-protocol-connection.cc

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ WorkerProto::BasicClientConnection::~BasicClientConnection()
     try {
         to.flush();
     } catch (...) {
-        ignoreException();
+        ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
     }
 }
 

src/libutil/current-process.cc

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ unsigned int getMaxCPU()
         auto period = cpuMaxParts[1];
         if (quota != "max")
                 return std::ceil(std::stoi(quota) / std::stof(period));
-    } catch (Error &) { ignoreException(lvlDebug); }
+    } catch (Error &) { ignoreExceptionInDestructor(lvlDebug); }
     #endif
 
     return 0;

src/libutil/file-descriptor.cc

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "signals.hh"
 #include "finally.hh"
 #include "serialise.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ AutoCloseFD::~AutoCloseFD()
     try {
         close();
     } catch (...) {
-        ignoreException();
+        ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
     }
 }
 

src/libutil/file-system.cc

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "signals.hh"
 #include "finally.hh"
 #include "serialise.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
 
 #include <atomic>
 #include <cerrno>
@@ -517,7 +518,7 @@ AutoDelete::~AutoDelete()
             }
         }
     } catch (...) {
-        ignoreException();
+        ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
     }
 }
 

src/libutil/logging.cc

@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ Activity::~Activity()
     try {
         logger.stopActivity(id);
     } catch (...) {
-        ignoreException();
+        ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
     }
 }
 

src/libutil/serialise.cc

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "serialise.hh"
 #include "signals.hh"
+#include "util.hh"
 
 #include <cstring>
 #include <cerrno>
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ void BufferedSink::flush()
 
 FdSink::~FdSink()
 {
-    try { flush(); } catch (...) { ignoreException(); }
+    try { flush(); } catch (...) { ignoreExceptionInDestructor(); }
 }
 
 

src/libutil/serialise.hh

@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ struct FramedSource : Source
                 }
             }
         } catch (...) {
-            ignoreException();
+            ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
         }
     }
 
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ struct FramedSink : nix::BufferedSink
             to << 0;
             to.flush();
         } catch (...) {
-            ignoreException();
+            ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
         }
     }
 

src/libutil/thread-pool.cc

@@ -111,9 +111,8 @@ void ThreadPool::doWork(bool mainThread)
                         try {
                             std::rethrow_exception(exc);
                         } catch (std::exception & e) {
-                            if (!dynamic_cast<Interrupted*>(&e) &&
+                            if (!dynamic_cast<ThreadPoolShutDown*>(&e))
-                                !dynamic_cast<ThreadPoolShutDown*>(&e))
+                                ignoreExceptionExceptInterrupt();
-                                ignoreException();
                         } catch (...) {
                         }
                     }

src/libutil/unix/signals.cc

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void unix::triggerInterrupt()
             try {
                 callback();
             } catch (...) {
-                ignoreException();
+                ignoreExceptionInDestructor();
             }
         }
     }

src/libutil/util.cc

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "util.hh"
 #include "fmt.hh"
 #include "file-path.hh"
+#include "signals.hh"
 
 #include <array>
 #include <cctype>
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ std::string shellEscape(const std::string_view s)
 }
 
 
-void ignoreException(Verbosity lvl)
+void ignoreExceptionInDestructor(Verbosity lvl)
 {
     /* Make sure no exceptions leave this function.
        printError() also throws when remote is closed. */
@@ -195,6 +196,17 @@ void ignoreException(Verbosity lvl)
     } catch (...) { }
 }
 
+void ignoreExceptionExceptInterrupt(Verbosity lvl)
+{
+    try {
+        throw;
+    } catch (const Interrupted & e) {
+        throw;
+    } catch (std::exception & e) {
+        printMsg(lvl, "error (ignored): %1%", e.what());
+    }
+}
+
 
 constexpr char base64Chars[] = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
 

src/libutil/util.hh

@@ -156,9 +156,26 @@ std::string toLower(std::string s);
 std::string shellEscape(const std::string_view s);
 
 
-/* Exception handling in destructors: print an error message, then
+/**
-   ignore the exception. */
+ * Exception handling in destructors: print an error message, then
-void ignoreException(Verbosity lvl = lvlError);
+ * ignore the exception.
+ *
+ * If you're not in a destructor, you usually want to use `ignoreExceptionExceptInterrupt()`.
+ *
+ * This function might also be used in callbacks whose caller may not handle exceptions,
+ * but ideally we propagate the exception using an exception_ptr in such cases.
+ * See e.g. `PackBuilderContext`
+ */
+void ignoreExceptionInDestructor(Verbosity lvl = lvlError);
+
+/**
+ * Not destructor-safe.
+ * Print an error message, then ignore the exception.
+ * If the exception is an `Interrupted` exception, rethrow it.
+ *
+ * This may be used in a few places where Interrupt can't happen, but that's ok.
+ */
+void ignoreExceptionExceptInterrupt(Verbosity lvl = lvlError);
 
 
 

src/nix/develop.cc

@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ struct CmdDevelop : Common, MixEnvironment
                 throw Error("package 'nixpkgs#bashInteractive' does not provide a 'bin/bash'");
 
         } catch (Error &) {
-            ignoreException();
+            ignoreExceptionExceptInterrupt();
         }
 
         // Override SHELL with the one chosen for this environment.

src/nix/flake.cc

@@ -372,9 +372,11 @@ struct CmdFlakeCheck : FlakeCommand
         auto reportError = [&](const Error & e) {
             try {
                 throw e;
+            } catch (Interrupted & e) {
+                throw;
             } catch (Error & e) {
                 if (settings.keepGoing) {
-                    ignoreException();
+                    ignoreExceptionExceptInterrupt();
                     hasErrors = true;
                 }
                 else