gen_server: drop-guard drains live timers + debug_assert no leak (RFC 015 §4.7)

src/gen_server.rs

@@ -708,10 +708,30 @@ fn server_loop<G: GenServer>(
     mut infos: Vec<Receiver<G::Info>>,
 ) {
     // terminate() must run on every exit path (clean close, panic, stop), so it
-    // lives in this guard's Drop rather than after the loop.
-    struct Terminate<G: GenServer>(G);
+    // lives in this guard's Drop rather than after the loop. The guard also owns
+    // a registry handle so the *same* drop drains every live timer (RFC 015
+    // §4.7): once the loop is gone no periodic can re-arm anyway, but cancelling
+    // here keeps no armed substrate entry lingering past the server, and the
+    // assert pins the invariant.
+    struct Terminate<G: GenServer>(G, Arc<Mutex<TimerReg<G>>>);
     impl<G: GenServer> Drop for Terminate<G> {
         fn drop(&mut self) {
+            {
+                let mut reg = self.1.lock().unwrap();
+                for (_, sub) in reg.oneshots.drain() {
+                    cancel_timer(sub);
+                }
+                for (_, p) in reg.periodics.drain() {
+                    cancel_timer(p.live);
+                }
+                reg.rearm_tx = None;
+                // A fired-but-gone send already no-ops on the closed Sys channel;
+                // this guards the armed-but-unfired re-arming case specifically.
+                debug_assert!(
+                    reg.oneshots.is_empty() && reg.periodics.is_empty(),
+                    "an armed timer survived gen_server loop exit"
+                );
+            }
             self.0.terminate();
         }
     }
@@ -728,18 +748,18 @@ fn server_loop<G: GenServer>(
         }
     }
 
-    let mut guard = Terminate(state);
-
-    // The system intake arm: Watchers feed Monitors and (next chunk) armed
-    // timers feed fires to the loop through it. The ctx (and with it the loop's
-    // own sender) drops right after init — a state that didn't clone the
-    // Watcher closes the arm, the first select observes the closure, and the
-    // loop falls back to the plain-inbox park.
-    let (sys_tx, sys_rx) = channel::<Sys<G>>();
-    // Shared timer bookkeeping: the loop keeps one clone (to retire one-shots
-    // on fire, and to drain on exit); every TimerHandle the state stores holds
-    // another.
+    // Shared timer bookkeeping: the loop keeps one clone (to retire one-shots on
+    // fire, re-arm periodics, and read the idle window); the guard holds another
+    // to drain on exit; every TimerHandle the state stores holds more.
     let reg = Arc::new(Mutex::new(TimerReg::default()));
+    let mut guard = Terminate(state, reg.clone());
+
+    // The system intake arm: Watchers feed Monitors and armed timers feed fires
+    // to the loop through it. The ctx (and with it the loop's own sender) drops
+    // right after init — a state that cloned no Watcher/TimerHandle closes the
+    // arm, the first select observes the closure, and the loop falls back to the
+    // plain-inbox park.
+    let (sys_tx, sys_rx) = channel::<Sys<G>>();
     // Bind the ctx so the idle window set during init can be read back, then
     // drop it — that drops the loop's own Sys sender, so a state that cloned no
     // Watcher/TimerHandle lets the arm auto-close (the unused-ctx behaviour).

tests/gen_server.rs

@@ -646,3 +646,27 @@ fn traffic_resets_the_idle_window() {
     assert_eq!(*before_quiet.lock().unwrap(), 0, "steady traffic must suppress idle");
     assert!(*idles.lock().unwrap() >= 1, "idle fires once the inbox falls quiet");
 }
+
+// RFC 015 §4.7 — no armed timer survives loop exit. A server with a live
+// periodic is dropped; the loop's drop guard drains and cancels it (a surviving
+// re-arming timer would trip the in-Drop debug_assert), runs terminate, and no
+// further tick lands after exit.
+#[test]
+fn no_timer_survives_exit() {
+    let fired = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
+    let f_server = fired.clone();
+    let f_read = fired.clone();
+    run(move || {
+        let server = start(timed(f_server, Arc::new(Mutex::new(None))));
+        server.cast(TkCast::Tick(Duration::from_millis(15))).unwrap();
+        let _ = server.call(()).unwrap(); // sync: periodic armed
+        smarm::sleep(Duration::from_millis(45)); // a couple of ticks
+        let mon = smarm::monitor(server.pid());
+        drop(server); // inbox closes → loop exits → guard drains timers
+        // Clean Down ⇒ the loop returned without the no-leak assert aborting.
+        assert!(mon.rx.recv().is_ok());
+        let at_exit = f_read.lock().unwrap().len();
+        smarm::sleep(Duration::from_millis(90)); // would be several more ticks
+        assert_eq!(f_read.lock().unwrap().len(), at_exit, "no tick may fire after exit");
+    });
+}