[PATCH v3] Cygwin: pty: Do not transfer input to nat-pipe while masked

Takashi Yano <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Jul 2026 12:57:48 +0900
Newsgroups gmane.os.cygwin.patches
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On the command "cat | non-cygwin-app", `cat` sometimes fails to read
key input. This happens when `cat` starts to read input before `non-
cygwin-app` configures pseudo console. This is because pipe state is
switched to nat-pipe when pseudo console is configured.

This patch prevent the pipe state from changing to nat-pipe state if
some cygwin process is reading input from the cyg-pipe.

Fixes: f20641789427 ("Cygwin: pty: Reduce unecessary input transfer.")
Signed-off-by: Takashi Yano <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
---
v2: Release all masks owned by myself on cleanup()
v3: Reverts the change that made num_reader and slave_reading shared

 winsup/cygwin/fhandler/pty.cc | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler/pty.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler/pty.cc
index ca85ae679..963f95801 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler/pty.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler/pty.cc
@@ -1282,6 +1282,10 @@ fhandler_pty_slave::open_setup (int flags)
 void
 fhandler_pty_slave::cleanup ()
 {
+  fhandler_pty_slave *arch = (fhandler_pty_slave *) archetype ? : this;
+  while (arch->num_reader)
+    mask_switch_to_nat_pipe (false, false);
+
   if (get_ttyp ()->pcon_activated && get_ttyp ()->getpgid () == myself->pgid)
     req_fixup_pcon_state ();
 
@@ -1543,19 +1547,22 @@ fhandler_pty_slave::write (const void *ptr, size_t len)
 void
 fhandler_pty_slave::mask_switch_to_nat_pipe (bool mask, bool xfer)
 {
+  acquire_attach_mutex (mutex_timeout);
   char name[MAX_PATH];
   shared_name (name, TTY_SLAVE_READING, get_minor ());
   HANDLE masked = OpenEvent (READ_CONTROL, FALSE, name);
   CloseHandle (masked);
 
+  fhandler_pty_slave *arch = (fhandler_pty_slave *) archetype ? : this;
   WaitForSingleObject (input_mutex, mutex_timeout);
   if (mask)
     {
-      if (InterlockedIncrement (&num_reader) == 1)
-	slave_reading = CreateEvent (&sec_none_nih, TRUE, FALSE, name);
+      if (InterlockedIncrement (&arch->num_reader) == 1)
+	arch->slave_reading = CreateEvent (&sec_none_nih, TRUE, FALSE, name);
     }
-  else if (InterlockedDecrement (&num_reader) == 0)
-    CloseHandle (slave_reading);
+  else if (InterlockedDecrement (&arch->num_reader) == 0)
+    CloseHandle (arch->slave_reading);
+  release_attach_mutex ();
 
   if (!!masked != mask && xfer && get_ttyp ()->switch_to_nat_pipe)
     {
@@ -4460,6 +4467,18 @@ fhandler_pty_slave::transfer_input (tty::xfer_dir dir, HANDLE from, tty *ttyp,
 				    HANDLE input_available_event,
 				    HANDLE input_transferred_to_cyg)
 {
+  if (dir == tty::to_nat)
+    {
+      char name[MAX_PATH];
+      shared_name (name, TTY_SLAVE_READING, ttyp->get_minor ());
+      HANDLE masked = OpenEvent (READ_CONTROL, FALSE, name);
+      CloseHandle (masked);
+      if (masked)
+	/* Cygwin process is reading cyg-pipe.
+	   Do not transfer input to nat-pipe. */
+	return;
+    }
+
   HANDLE to;
   if (dir == tty::to_nat)
     to = ttyp->to_slave_nat ();
-- 
2.51.0