Exit the process a short time after entering our ctrl-c handler

Author: saethlin

compiler/rustc_driver_impl/src/lib.rs

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ use std::process::{self, Command, Stdio};
 use std::str;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock};
-use std::time::{Instant, SystemTime};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant, SystemTime};
 use time::OffsetDateTime;
 use tracing::trace;
 
@@ -1502,14 +1502,13 @@ pub fn init_logger(early_dcx: &EarlyDiagCtxt, cfg: rustc_log::LoggerConfig) {
 pub fn install_ctrlc_handler() {
     #[cfg(not(target_family = "wasm"))]
     ctrlc::set_handler(move || {
-        // Indicate that we have been signaled to stop. If we were already signaled, exit
-        // immediately. In our interpreter loop we try to consult this value often, but if for
-        // whatever reason we don't get to that check or the cleanup we do upon finding that
-        // this bool has become true takes a long time, the exit here will promptly exit the
-        // process on the second Ctrl-C.
-        if CTRL_C_RECEIVED.swap(true, Ordering::Relaxed) {
-            std::process::exit(1);
-        }
+        // Indicate that we have been signaled to stop, then give the rest of the compiler a bit of
+        // time to check CTRL_C_RECEIVED and run its own shutdown logic, but after a short amount
+        // of time exit the process. This sleep+exit ensures that even if nobody is checking
+        // CTRL_C_RECEIVED, the compiler exits reasonably promptly.
+        CTRL_C_RECEIVED.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
+        std::process::exit(1);
     })
     .expect("Unable to install ctrlc handler");
 }