Always run jobs using a consumer, even in synchronous & test queues, to ensure shared behavior.

activesupport/lib/active_support/queueing.rb

@@ -2,17 +2,33 @@ require 'delegate'
 require 'thread'
 
 module ActiveSupport
-  # A Queue that simply inherits from STDLIB's Queue. Everytime this
-  # queue is used, Rails automatically sets up a ThreadedConsumer
-  # to consume it.
+  # A Queue that simply inherits from STDLIB's Queue. When this
+  # queue is used, Rails automatically starts a job runner in a
+  # background thread.
   class Queue < ::Queue
+    attr_writer :consumer
+
+    def initialize(consumer_options = {})
+      super()
+      @consumer_options = consumer_options
+    end
+
+    def consumer
+      @consumer ||= ThreadedQueueConsumer.new(self, @consumer_options)
+    end
+
+    # Drain the queue, running all jobs in a different thread. This method
+    # may not be available on production queues.
+    def drain
+      # run the jobs in a separate thread so assumptions of synchronous
+      # jobs are caught in test mode.
+      consumer.drain
+    end
   end
 
-  class SynchronousQueue < ::Queue
+  class SynchronousQueue < Queue
     def push(job)
-      result = nil
-      Thread.new { result = job.run }.join
-      result
+      super.tap { drain }
     end
     alias <<  push
     alias enq push
@@ -25,7 +41,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
   #
   # Jobs are run in a separate thread to catch mistakes where code
   # assumes that the job is run in the same thread.
-  class TestQueue < ::Queue
+  class TestQueue < Queue
     # Get a list of the jobs off this queue. This method may not be
     # available on production queues.
     def jobs
@@ -38,14 +54,6 @@ module ActiveSupport
     def push(job)
       super Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(job))
     end
-
-    # Drain the queue, running all jobs in a different thread. This method
-    # may not be available on production queues.
-    def drain
-      # run the jobs in a separate thread so assumptions of synchronous
-      # jobs are caught in test mode.
-      Thread.new { pop.run until empty? }.join
-    end
   end
 
   # A container for multiple queues. This class delegates to a default Queue
@@ -82,25 +90,17 @@ module ActiveSupport
   # queue and joins the thread, which will ensure that all jobs
   # are executed before the process finally dies.
   class ThreadedQueueConsumer
-    def self.start(queue, logger=nil)
-      new(queue, logger).start
+    def self.start(*args)
+      new(*args).start
     end
 
-    def initialize(queue, logger=nil)
-      @queue  = queue
-      @logger = logger
+    def initialize(queue, options = {})
+      @queue = queue
+      @logger = options[:logger]
     end
 
     def start
-      @thread = Thread.new do
-        while job = @queue.pop
-          begin
-            job.run
-          rescue Exception => e
-            handle_exception e
-          end
-        end
-      end
+      @thread = Thread.new { consume }
       self
     end
 
@@ -109,8 +109,25 @@ module ActiveSupport
       @thread.join
     end
 
-    def handle_exception(e)
-      @logger.error "Job Error: #{e.message}\n#{e.backtrace.join("\n")}" if @logger
+    def drain
+      Thread.new { run(@queue.pop) until @queue.empty? }.join
+    end
+
+    def consume
+      while job = @queue.pop
+        run job
+      end
+    end
+
+    def run(job)
+      job.run
+    rescue Exception => exception
+      handle_exception job, exception
+    end
+
+    def handle_exception(job, exception)
+      raise unless @logger
+      @logger.error "Job Error: #{exception.message}\n#{exception.backtrace.join("\n")}"
     end
   end
 end

activesupport/test/queueing/synchronous_queue_test.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+require 'abstract_unit'
+require 'active_support/queueing'
+
+class SynchronousQueueTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  class Job
+    attr_reader :ran
+    def run; @ran = true end
+  end
+
+  class ExceptionRaisingJob
+    def run; raise end
+  end
+
+  def setup
+    @queue = ActiveSupport::SynchronousQueue.new
+  end
+
+  def test_runs_jobs_immediately
+    job = Job.new
+    @queue.push job
+    assert job.ran
+
+    assert_raises RuntimeError do
+      @queue.push ExceptionRaisingJob.new
+    end
+  end
+end

activesupport/test/queueing/test_queue_test.rb

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class TestQueueTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
   end
 
-  def test_drain_raises
+  def test_drain_raises_exceptions_from_running_jobs
     @queue.push ExceptionRaisingJob.new
     assert_raises(RuntimeError) { @queue.drain }
   end
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ class TestQueueTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_contents
-    assert @queue.empty?
     job = EquivalentJob.new
+    assert @queue.empty?
     @queue.push job
     refute @queue.empty?
     assert_equal job, @queue.pop

activesupport/test/queueing/threaded_consumer_test.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require "active_support/log_subscriber/test_helper"
 class TestThreadConsumer < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   class Job
     attr_reader :id
-    def initialize(id, &block)
+    def initialize(id = 1, &block)
       @id = id
       @block = block
     end
@@ -16,83 +16,78 @@ class TestThreadConsumer < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   end
 
   def setup
-    @queue = ActiveSupport::Queue.new
     @logger = ActiveSupport::LogSubscriber::TestHelper::MockLogger.new
-    @consumer = ActiveSupport::ThreadedQueueConsumer.start(@queue, @logger)
+    @queue = ActiveSupport::Queue.new(logger: @logger)
   end
 
   def teardown
-    @queue.push nil
+    @queue.drain
   end
 
   test "the jobs are executed" do
     ran = false
-
-    job = Job.new(1) do
-      ran = true
-    end
+    job = Job.new { ran = true }
 
     @queue.push job
-    sleep 0.1
+    @queue.drain
+
     assert_equal true, ran
   end
 
   test "the jobs are not executed synchronously" do
-    ran = false
-
-    job = Job.new(1) do
-      sleep 0.1
-      ran = true
-    end
+    run, ran = Queue.new, Queue.new
+    job = Job.new { ran.push run.pop }
 
+    @queue.consumer.start
     @queue.push job
-    assert_equal false, ran
+    assert ran.empty?
+
+    run.push true
+    assert_equal true, ran.pop
   end
 
   test "shutting down the queue synchronously drains the jobs" do
+    runnable = ::Queue.new
     ran = false
-
-    job = Job.new(1) do
+    job = Job.new do
       sleep 0.1
       ran = true
     end
 
+    @queue.consumer.start
     @queue.push job
     assert_equal false, ran
 
-    @consumer.shutdown
-
+    @queue.consumer.shutdown
     assert_equal true, ran
   end
 
   test "log job that raises an exception" do
-    job = Job.new(1) do
-      raise "RuntimeError: Error!"
-    end
+    job = Job.new { raise "RuntimeError: Error!" }
 
     @queue.push job
-    sleep 0.1
+    @queue.drain
 
     assert_equal 1, @logger.logged(:error).size
-    assert_match(/Job Error: RuntimeError: Error!/, @logger.logged(:error).last)
+    assert_match 'Job Error: RuntimeError: Error!', @logger.logged(:error).last
   end
 
   test "test overriding exception handling" do
-    @consumer.shutdown
-    @consumer = Class.new(ActiveSupport::ThreadedQueueConsumer) do
-      attr_reader :last_error
-      def handle_exception(e)
-        @last_error = e.message
+    @queue.consumer.instance_eval do
+      def handle_exception(job, exception)
+        @last_error = exception.message
       end
-    end.start(@queue)
 
-    job = Job.new(1) do
-      raise "RuntimeError: Error!"
+      def last_error
+        @last_error
+      end
     end
 
-    @queue.push job
-    sleep 0.1
+    job = Job.new { raise "RuntimeError: Error!" }
 
-    assert_equal "RuntimeError: Error!", @consumer.last_error
+    @queue.push job
+    @queue.drain
+
+    assert_equal "RuntimeError: Error!", @queue.consumer.last_error
   end
 end