defmodule Handler do @moduledoc """ A helper for running functions that might take too long, or use too much memory. Handler will run these functions in their own process and "take care of" problematic processes. """ alias Handler.{OOM, ProcessExit, Timeout} @type opts :: keyword() @type exception :: OOM.t() | ProcessExit.t() | Timeout.t() @doc """ Run a potentially dangerous function in a safe way. ## Examples iex> Handler.run(fn -> 1 + 1 end) 2 iex> Handler.run(fn -> :timer.sleep(200) end, max_ms: 10) {:error, %Handler.Timeout{message: "Took more than 10ms to complete"}} iex> Handler.run(fn -> Enum.map(1..10_000, & &1*100) end, max_heap_bytes: 4096) {:error, %Handler.OOM{message: "Process tried to use more than 4096 bytes of memory"}} iex> Handler.run(fn -> Process.exit(self(), :i_am_ded) end) {:error, %Handler.ProcessExit{message: "Process exited with :i_am_ded", reason: :i_am_ded}} """ def run(fun, opts \\ []) do max_ms = max_ms(opts) max_heap_bytes = max_heap_bytes(opts) old_trap_exit = Process.flag(:trap_exit, true) result = fun |> kickoff_fun(max_heap_bytes) |> await_results(max_ms, max_heap_bytes) Process.flag(:trap_exit, old_trap_exit) result end @doc false def bytes_to_words(max_bytes) when is_integer(max_bytes) do div(max_bytes, :erlang.system_info(:wordsize)) end @doc false def max_heap_bytes(opts) do Keyword.get(opts, :max_heap_bytes, 10 * 1024 * 1024) end @doc false def max_ms(opts) do Keyword.get(opts, :max_ms, 60_000) end defp await_results(%Task{ref: ref, pid: pid} = task, max_ms, max_heap_bytes) do receive do {^ref, result} -> Process.demonitor(ref, [:flush]) result {:DOWN, ^ref, :process, ^pid, :killed} -> Process.demonitor(ref, [:flush]) message = "Process tried to use more than #{max_heap_bytes} bytes of memory" {:error, OOM.exception(message: message)} {:DOWN, ^ref, :process, ^pid, {header, _stacktrace} = reason} -> Process.demonitor(ref, [:flush]) message = "Process exited with #{inspect(header)}" {:error, ProcessExit.exception(message: message, reason: reason)} {:DOWN, ^ref, :process, ^pid, reason} -> Process.demonitor(ref, [:flush]) message = "Process exited with #{inspect(reason)}" {:error, ProcessExit.exception(message: message, reason: reason)} after max_ms -> Process.demonitor(ref, [:flush]) Task.shutdown(task, :brutal_kill) message = "Took more than #{max_ms}ms to complete" {:error, Timeout.exception(message: message)} end end defp kickoff_fun(fun, max_heap_bytes) do Task.async(fn -> Process.flag(:max_heap_size, bytes_to_words(max_heap_bytes)) fun.() end) end end