Automatically name forked processes based on callers

Author: vinistock

lib/ruby_lsp/ruby_lsp_rails/server.rb

@@ -529,6 +529,25 @@ def database_supports_indexing?(model)
   end
 end
 
+# Patch fork to name processes based on the caller's file path. This is useful for figuring out what is creating more
+# child processes from the runtime server, so that we can optimize and more easily debug orphaned processes
+# @requires_ancestor: Kernel
+module ForkHook
+  #: (*untyped) -> Integer?
+  def _fork(*args)
+    pid = super
+
+    if pid == 0
+      fork_caller = caller_locations(1, 1)&.first
+      Process.setproctitle("ruby-lsp-rails: #{fork_caller.path}") if fork_caller
+    end
+
+    pid
+  end
+
+  Process.singleton_class.prepend(self)
+end
+
 if ARGV.first == "start"
   RubyLsp::Rails::Server.new(capabilities: JSON.parse(ARGV[1], symbolize_names: true)).start
 end

test/ruby_lsp_rails/server_test.rb

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ class ServerTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   setup do
     @stdout = StringIO.new
     @stderr = StringIO.new
+    RubyLsp::Rails::ServerAddon.instance_variable_set(:@server_addon_classes, [])
+    RubyLsp::Rails::ServerAddon.instance_variable_set(:@server_addons, {})
     @server = RubyLsp::Rails::Server.new(stdout: @stdout, stderr: @stderr, override_default_output_device: false)
   end
 
@@ -268,6 +270,84 @@ def print_it!
     $> = original_stdout
   end
 
+  test "forked processes are named based on caller" do
+    skip("Fork is not supported on Windows") if Gem.win_platform?
+
+    addon_path = File.expand_path("my_addon.rb")
+    File.write(addon_path, <<~RUBY)
+      class MyServerAddon < RubyLsp::Rails::ServerAddon
+        def name
+          "MyAddon"
+        end
+
+        def execute(request, params)
+          parent_process_title = `ps -p \#{Process.pid} -o comm=`.lines.last.strip
+          file = "process_name.txt"
+          pid = fork do
+            # We can't directly send a message in these tests because we're using a StringIO as stdout instead of the
+            # actual pipe, which means that the child process doesn't have access to the same object
+            process_title = `ps -p \#{Process.pid} -o comm=`.lines.last.strip
+            File.write(file, process_title)
+          end
+
+          Process.wait(pid)
+
+          parent_process_title_changed = `ps -p \#{Process.pid} -o comm=`.lines.last.strip != parent_process_title
+          send_message({ process_name: File.read(file), changed_parent_title: parent_process_title_changed })
+          File.delete(file)
+        end
+      end
+    RUBY
+
+    begin
+      @server.execute("server_addon/register", server_addon_path: addon_path)
+      @server.execute("server_addon/delegate", server_addon_name: "MyAddon", request_name: "dsl")
+      assert_equal(response, { process_name: "ruby-lsp-rails: #{addon_path}", changed_parent_title: false })
+    ensure
+      FileUtils.rm(addon_path)
+    end
+  end
+
+  test "forked processes with no block are named based on caller" do
+    skip("Fork is not supported on Windows") if Gem.win_platform?
+
+    addon_path = File.expand_path("my_other_addon.rb")
+    File.write(addon_path, <<~RUBY)
+      class MyOtherServerAddon < RubyLsp::Rails::ServerAddon
+        def name
+          "MyOtherAddon"
+        end
+
+        def execute(request, params)
+          parent_process_title = `ps -p \#{Process.pid} -o comm=`.lines.last.strip
+          file = "other_process_name.txt"
+          pid = fork
+
+          if pid
+            Process.wait(pid)
+            parent_process_title_changed = `ps -p \#{Process.pid} -o comm=`.lines.last.strip != parent_process_title
+            send_message({ process_name: File.read(file), changed_parent_title: parent_process_title_changed })
+            File.delete(file)
+          else
+            process_title = `ps -p \#{Process.pid} -o comm=`.lines.last.strip
+            File.write(file, process_title)
+
+            # Exit from the child process or else we're stuck in the infinite loop of the server
+            exit!
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    RUBY
+
+    begin
+      @server.execute("server_addon/register", server_addon_path: addon_path)
+      @server.execute("server_addon/delegate", server_addon_name: "MyOtherAddon", request_name: "dsl")
+      assert_equal(response, { process_name: "ruby-lsp-rails: #{addon_path}", changed_parent_title: false })
+    ensure
+      FileUtils.rm(addon_path)
+    end
+  end
+
   private
 
   def response