Module: BlockingSleep

Defined in:
lib/blocking_sleep.rb,
ext/blocking_sleep/blocking_sleep.c

Overview

BlockingSleep module provides a native blocking sleep that doesn’t release the GVL (Global VM Lock). This is useful for testing thread behavior and GVL interactions.

Constant Summary collapse

VERSION = 
"0.1.0"

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.sleep(seconds) ⇒ Object

Call native sleep() function without releasing GVL. This blocks the entire Ruby VM, useful for testing thread behavior.



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# File 'ext/blocking_sleep/blocking_sleep.c', line 8

static VALUE
blocking_sleep_sleep(VALUE self, VALUE seconds)
{
    unsigned int sleep_time;
    
    // Convert Ruby number to C unsigned int
    sleep_time = NUM2UINT(seconds);
    
    // Call native sleep() - this blocks without releasing GVL
    sleep(sleep_time);
    
    return Qnil;
}