Rails Learn Rails 5 by Reading Source Code

gazeldx · 2019年03月05日 · 最后由 gazeldx 回复于 2019年03月19日 · 7080 次阅读

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Learn-Rails-by-Reading-Source-Code

Table of Contents

Part 0: Before reading Rails 5 source code

1) I suggest you learn Rack http://rack.github.io/ first.

In rack, an object with call method is a rack app.

So what is the object with call method in Rails? I will answer this question in Part 1.

2) You need a good IDE which can help for debugging. I use RubyMine.

What will you learn from this tutorial?

  • How does Rails start your application?

  • How does Rails process every request?

  • How does Rails combine ActionController, ActionView and Routes together?

  • How does puma, rack, Rails work together?

  • What's Puma's multiple threads?

I should start with the command $ rails server, but I put this to Part 4. Because it's a little bit complex.

Part 1: Your app: an instance of YourProject::Application

Assume your Rails app's class name is YourProject::Application (defined in ./config/application.rb).

First, I will give you a piece of important code.

# ./gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb
module Rails
  module Command
    class ServerCommand < Base
      def perform
        # ...
        Rails::Server.new(server_options).tap do |server|
          # APP_PATH is '/Users/your_name/your_project/config/application'.
          # require APP_PATH will create the 'Rails.application' object.
          # Actually, 'Rails.application' is an instance of `YourProject::Application`.
          # Rack server will start 'Rails.application'.
          require APP_PATH

          Dir.chdir(Rails.application.root)

          server.start
        end
      end
    end
  end

  class Server < ::Rack::Server
    def start
      #...
      # 'wrapped_app' will get an well prepared app from `./config.ru` file.
      # 'wrapped_app' will return an instance of `YourProject::Application`.
      # But the instance of `YourProject::Application` returned is not created in 'wrapped_app'.
      # It has been created when `require APP_PATH` in previous code: 
      # in Rails::Command::ServerCommand#perform
      wrapped_app   

      super # Will invoke ::Rack::Server#start. 
    end
  end
end

A rack server need to start with an App object. The App object should have a call method.

config.ru is the conventional entry file for rack app. So let's look at it.

# ./config.ru
require_relative 'config/environment'

run Rails.application # It seems that this is the app.

Let's test it by Rails.application.respond_to?(:call), it returns true.

Let's step into Rails.application.

# ./gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails.rb
module Rails
  class << self
    @application = @app_class = nil

    attr_accessor :app_class

    # Oh, 'application' is a class method for module 'Rails'. It is not an object.
    # But it returns an object which is an instance of 'app_class'.
    # So it is important for us to know what class 'app_class' is.
    def application
      @application ||= (app_class.instance if app_class)  
    end
  end
end

Because Rails.application.respond_to?(:call) returns true, app_class.instance has a call method.

When was app_class set?

module Rails
  class Application < Engine
    class << self
      def inherited(base) # This is a hooked method.
        Rails.app_class = base # This line set the 'app_class'.
      end
    end
  end
end

Rails::Application is inherited by YourProject,

# ./config/application.rb
module YourProject
  # The hooked method `inherited` will be invoked here.
  class Application < Rails::Application
  end
end

So YourProject::Application is the Rails.app_class here.

You may have a question: When does Rails execute the code in ./config/application.rb?

To answer this question, we need to look back to config.ru.

# ./config.ru
require_relative 'config/environment' # Let's step into this line.

run Rails.application # It seems that this is the app.
# ./config/environment.rb
# Load the Rails application.
require_relative 'application' # Let's step into this line.

# Initialize the Rails application.
Rails.application.initialize!
# ./config/application.rb
require_relative 'boot'

require 'rails/all'

# Require the gems listed in Gemfile, including any gems
# you've limited to :test, :development, or :production.
Bundler.require(*Rails.groups)

module YourProject
  # The hooked method `inherited` will be invoked here.
  class Application < Rails::Application
    config.load_defaults 5.2
    config.i18n.default_locale = :zh
  end
end

Because YourProject::Application is Rails.app_class, app_class.instance is YourProject::Application.instance.

But where is the call method?

call method should be a method of YourProject::Application.instance.

The call method processes every request. Here it is.

# ./gems/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb
module Rails
  class Engine < Railtie
    def call(env) # This method will process every request. It is invoked by Rack. So it is very important. 
      req = build_request env
      app.call req.env # We will discuss the 'app' object later.
    end
  end
end

# ./gems/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
module Rails
  class Application < Engine
  end
end

# ./config/application.rb
module YourProject
  class Application < Rails::Application
  end
end

Ancestor's chain is YourProject::Application < Rails::Application < Rails::Engine < Rails::Railtie.

So YourProject::Application.new.respond_to?(:call) returns true.

But what does app_class.instance really do?

instance is just a method name. What we really expects is something like app_class.new.

Let's look at the definition of instance.

# ./gems/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
module Rails
  class Application < Engine
    def instance
      super.run_load_hooks! # This line confused me at the beginning. 
    end
  end
end

After a deep research, I realized that this code is equal to:

def instance
  return_value = super # Keyword 'super' means call the ancestor's same name method: 'instance'.
  return_value.run_load_hooks!
end
# ./gems/railties/lib/rails/railtie.rb
module Rails
  class Railtie
    def instance
      # 'Rails::Railtie' is the top ancestor class.
      # Now 'app_class.instance' is 'YourProject::Application.new'.
      @instance ||= new
    end
  end
end
module Rails
  def application
    @application ||= (app_class.instance if app_class)
  end
end

So YourProject::Application.new is Rails.application.

Rack server will start Rails.application in the end.

Rails.application is an important object in Rails.

And you'll only have one Rails.application in one puma process.

Multiple threads in a puma process shares the Rails.application.

Part 2: config

The first time we see the config is in ./config/application.rb.

# ./config/application.rb
#...
module YourProject
  class Application < Rails::Application
    # Actually, `config` is a method of `YourProject::Application`.
    # It is defined in it's grandfather's father: `Rails::Railtie`
    config.load_defaults 5.2  # Let's step into this line to see what is config.
    config.i18n.default_locale = :zh
  end
end
module Rails
  class Railtie
    class << self
      # Method `:config` is defined here.
      # Actually, method `:config` is delegated to another object `:instance`.
      delegate :config, to: :instance 

      # Call `YourProject::Application.config` will actually call `YourProject::Application.instance.config`
      def instance
        # return an instance of `YourProject::Application`.
        # Call `YourProject::Application.config` will actually call `YourProject::Application.new.config`
        @instance ||= new 
      end
    end
  end

  class Engine < Railtie
  end

  class Application < Engine
    class << self
      def instance
        # 'super' will call `:instance` method in `Railtie`, 
        # which will return an instance of `YourProject::Application`.
        return_value = super  
        return_value.run_load_hooks!
      end
    end

    def run_load_hooks!
      return self if @ran_load_hooks
      @ran_load_hooks = true

      # ...
      self # `self` is an instance of `YourProject::Application`, and `self` is `Rails.application`.
    end

    # This is the method `config`.
    def config
      # It is an instance of class `Rails::Application::Configuration`. 
      # Please notice that `Rails::Application` is superclass of `YourProject::Application` (self's class).   
      @config ||= Application::Configuration.new(self.class.find_root(self.class.called_from))
    end
  end
end

In the end, YourProject::Application.config === Rails.application.config returns true.

Invoke Class's config method become invoke the class's instance's config method.

module Rails
  class << self
    def configuration
      application.config
    end 
  end
end

So Rails.configuration === Rails.application.config returns true.

FYI:

module Rails
  class Application
    class Configuration < ::Rails::Engine::Configuration
    end
  end

  class Engine
    class Configuration < ::Rails::Railtie::Configuration
      attr_accessor :middleware

      def initialize(root = nil)
        super()
        #...
        @middleware = Rails::Configuration::MiddlewareStackProxy.new
      end
    end
  end

  class Railtie
    class Configuration
    end
  end
end

Part 3: Every request and response

Imagine we have this route for the home page.

# ./config/routes.rb
Rails.application.routes.draw do
  root 'home#index' # HomeController#index
end

Puma

When a request is made from client, puma will process the request in Puma::Server#process_client.

If you want to know how puma enter the method Puma::Server#process_client, please read part 4 or just search 'process_client' in this document.

# ./gems/puma-3.12.0/lib/puma/server.rb
require 'socket'

module Puma
  # The HTTP Server itself. Serves out a single Rack app.
  #
  # This class is used by the `Puma::Single` and `Puma::Cluster` classes
  # to generate one or more `Puma::Server` instances capable of handling requests.
  # Each Puma process will contain one `Puma::Server` instacne.
  #
  # The `Puma::Server` instance pulls requests from the socket, adds them to a
  # `Puma::Reactor` where they get eventually passed to a `Puma::ThreadPool`.
  #
  # Each `Puma::Server` will have one reactor and one thread pool.
  class Server
    def initialize(app, events=Events.stdio, options={})
      # app: #<Puma::Configuration::ConfigMiddleware:0x00007fcf1612c338 
      #        @app = #<YourProject::Application:0x00007fcf160fb120>
      #        @config = #<Puma::Configuration:0x00007fcf169a6c98>         
      #       >
      @app = app
      #...
    end

    # Given a connection on +client+, handle the incoming requests.
    #
    # This method support HTTP Keep-Alive so it may, depending on if the client
    # indicates that it supports keep alive, wait for another request before
    # returning.
    #
    def process_client(client, buffer)
      begin
        # ...
        while true
          # Let's step into this line.
          case handle_request(client, buffer) # Will return true in this example.
          when true
            return unless @queue_requests
            buffer.reset

            ThreadPool.clean_thread_locals if clean_thread_locals

            unless client.reset(@status == :run)
              close_socket = false
              client.set_timeout @persistent_timeout
              @reactor.add client
              return
            end
          end
        end
        # ...
      ensure
        buffer.reset
        client.close if close_socket
        #...
      end
    end

    # Given the request +env+ from +client+ and a partial request body
    # in +body+, finish reading the body if there is one and invoke
    # the rack app. Then construct the response and write it back to
    # +client+
    #
    def handle_request(req, lines)
      env = req.env
      # ... 
      # app: #<Puma::Configuration::ConfigMiddleware:0x00007fcf1612c338 
      #        @app = #<YourProject::Application:0x00007fcf160fb120>
      #        @config = #<Puma::Configuration:0x00007fcf169a6c98>         
      #       >
      status, headers, res_body = @app.call(env) # Let's step into this line.

      # ...
      return keep_alive
    end    
  end
end
# ./gems/puma-3.12.0/lib/puma/configuration.rb
module Puma
  class Configuration
    class ConfigMiddleware
      def initialize(config, app)
        @config = config
        @app = app
      end

      def call(env)
        env[Const::PUMA_CONFIG] = @config
        # @app: #<YourProject::Application:0x00007fb4b1b4bcf8>
        @app.call(env)
      end
    end
  end
end

Rack apps

As we see when Ruby enter Puma::Configuration::ConfigMiddleware#call, the @app is YourProject::Application instance.

It is just the Rails.application.

Rack need a call method to process request.

Rails defined this call method in Rails::Engine#call, so that YourProject::Application instance will have a call method.

# ./gems/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb
module Rails
  class Engine < Railtie
    def call(env) # This method will process every request. It is invoked by Rack. 
      req = build_request env
      app.call req.env # The 'app' method is blow.
    end

    def app
      # FYI,
      # caller: [
      # "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/application/finisher.rb:47:in `block in <module:Finisher>'", 
      # "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/initializable.rb:32:in `instance_exec'", 
      # "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/initializable.rb:32:in `run'", 
      # "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/initializable.rb:63:in `block in run_initializers'", 
      # "../ruby-2.6.0/lib/ruby/2.6.0/tsort.rb:228:in `block in tsort_each'", 
      # "../ruby-2.6.0/lib/ruby/2.6.0/tsort.rb:350:in `block (2 levels) in each_strongly_connected_component'",
      # "../ruby-2.6.0/lib/ruby/2.6.0/tsort.rb:431:in `each_strongly_connected_component_from'", 
      # "../ruby-2.6.0/lib/ruby/2.6.0/tsort.rb:349:in `block in each_strongly_connected_component'", 
      # "../ruby-2.6.0/lib/ruby/2.6.0/tsort.rb:347:in `each'", 
      # "../ruby-2.6.0/lib/ruby/2.6.0/tsort.rb:347:in `call'", 
      # "../ruby-2.6.0/lib/ruby/2.6.0/tsort.rb:347:in `each_strongly_connected_component'", 
      # "../ruby-2.6.0/lib/ruby/2.6.0/tsort.rb:226:in `tsort_each'", 
      # "../ruby-2.6.0/lib/ruby/2.6.0/tsort.rb:205:in `tsort_each'", 
      # "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/initializable.rb:61:in `run_initializers'", 
      # "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/application.rb:361:in `initialize!'", 
      # "/Users/lanezhang/projects/mine/free-erp/config/environment.rb:5:in `<top (required)>'", 
      # "config.ru:2:in `require_relative'", "config.ru:2:in `block in <main>'", 
      # "../gems/rack-2.0.6/lib/rack/builder.rb:55:in `instance_eval'", 
      # "../gems/rack-2.0.6/lib/rack/builder.rb:55:in `initialize'", 
      # "config.ru:in `new'", "config.ru:in `<main>'", 
      # "../gems/rack-2.0.6/lib/rack/builder.rb:49:in `eval'", 
      # "../gems/rack-2.0.6/lib/rack/builder.rb:49:in `new_from_string'", 
      # "../gems/rack-2.0.6/lib/rack/builder.rb:40:in `parse_file'", 
      # "../gems/rack-2.0.6/lib/rack/server.rb:320:in `build_app_and_options_from_config'", 
      # "../gems/rack-2.0.6/lib/rack/server.rb:219:in `app'", 
      # "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb:27:in `app'", 
      # "../gems/rack-2.0.6/lib/rack/server.rb:357:in `wrapped_app'", 
      # "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb:92:in `log_to_stdout'", 
      # "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb:54:in `start'", 
      # "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb:149:in `block in perform'",
      # "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb:144:in `tap'", 
      # "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb:144:in `perform'",
      # "../gems/thor-0.20.3/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'", 
      # "../gems/thor-0.20.3/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command'",
      # "../gems/thor-0.20.3/lib/thor.rb:391:in `dispatch'", 
      # "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/command/base.rb:65:in `perform'",
      # "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/command.rb:46:in `invoke'", 
      # "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands.rb:18:in `<top (required)>'", 
      # "../path/to/your_project/bin/rails:5:in `require'",
      # "../path/to/your_project/bin/rails:5:in `<main>'"
      # ]
      puts "caller: #{caller.inspect}"

      # You may want to know when is the @app first time initialized.
      # It is initialized when 'config.ru' is load by rack server.
      # Please search `Rack::Server#build_app_and_options_from_config` in this document for more information.
      # When `Rails.application.initialize!` (in ./config/environment.rb) executed, @app is initialized. 
      @app || @app_build_lock.synchronize { # '@app_build_lock = Mutex.new', so multiple threads share one '@app'.
        @app ||= begin
          # In the end, config.middleware will be an instance of ActionDispatch::MiddlewareStack with preset instance variable @middlewares (which is an Array). 
          stack = default_middleware_stack # Let's step into this line
          # 'middleware' is a 'middleware_stack'!
          config.middleware = build_middleware.merge_into(stack)
          # FYI, this line is the last line and the result of this line is the return value for @app.
          config.middleware.build(endpoint) # look at this endpoint below. We will enter method `build` later.
        end
      }

#  @app: #<Rack::Sendfile:0x00007ff14d905f60 
#          @app=#<ActionDispatch::Static:0x00007ff14d906168 
#                 @app=#<ActionDispatch::Executor:0x00007ff14d9061b8 
#                        ...
#                           @app=#<Rack::ETag:0x00007fa1e540c4f8  
#                                  @app=#<Rack::TempfileReaper:0x00007fa1e540c520 
#                                         @app=#<ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet:0x00007fa1e594cbe8>
#                                 >
#                         ...    
#                        >
#                             
#                 >
#         >
      @app
    end

    # Defaults to an ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet instance.
    def endpoint
      ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet.new_with_config(config)
    end
  end
end
# ./gems/railties/lib/rails/application...
module Rails
  class Application < Engine
    def default_middleware_stack
      default_stack = DefaultMiddlewareStack.new(self, config, paths)
      default_stack.build_stack # Let's step into this line.
    end

    class DefaultMiddlewareStack
      attr_reader :config, :paths, :app

      def initialize(app, config, paths)
        @app = app
        @config = config
        @paths = paths
      end

      def build_stack
        ActionDispatch::MiddlewareStack.new do |middleware|
          if config.force_ssl
            middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::SSL, config.ssl_options
          end

          middleware.use ::Rack::Sendfile, config.action_dispatch.x_sendfile_header

          if config.public_file_server.enabled
            headers = config.public_file_server.headers || {}

            middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::Static, paths["public"].first, index: config.public_file_server.index_name, headers: headers
          end

          if rack_cache = load_rack_cache
            require "action_dispatch/http/rack_cache"
            middleware.use ::Rack::Cache, rack_cache
          end

          if config.allow_concurrency == false
            # User has explicitly opted out of concurrent request
            # handling: presumably their code is not threadsafe

            middleware.use ::Rack::Lock
          end

          middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::Executor, app.executor

          middleware.use ::Rack::Runtime
          middleware.use ::Rack::MethodOverride unless config.api_only
          middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::RequestId
          middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::RemoteIp, config.action_dispatch.ip_spoofing_check, config.action_dispatch.trusted_proxies

          middleware.use ::Rails::Rack::Logger, config.log_tags
          middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions, show_exceptions_app
          middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::DebugExceptions, app, config.debug_exception_response_format

          unless config.cache_classes
            middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::Reloader, app.reloader
          end

          middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::Callbacks
          middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::Cookies unless config.api_only

          if !config.api_only && config.session_store
            if config.force_ssl && config.ssl_options.fetch(:secure_cookies, true) && !config.session_options.key?(:secure)
              config.session_options[:secure] = true
            end
            middleware.use config.session_store, config.session_options
            middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::Flash
          end

          unless config.api_only
            middleware.use ::ActionDispatch::ContentSecurityPolicy::Middleware
          end

          middleware.use ::Rack::Head
          middleware.use ::Rack::ConditionalGet
          middleware.use ::Rack::ETag, "no-cache"

          middleware.use ::Rack::TempfileReaper unless config.api_only
        end
       end
     end
  end
end
# ./gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/stack.rb
module ActionDispatch
  class MiddlewareStack
    def use(klass, *args, &block)
      middlewares.push(build_middleware(klass, args, block))
    end

    def build_middleware(klass, args, block)
      Middleware.new(klass, args, block)
    end    

    def build(app = Proc.new)
      # See Enumerable#inject for more information.
      return_val = middlewares.freeze.reverse.inject(app) do |a, middleware|
        # a: app, and will be changed when iterating
        # middleware: #<ActionDispatch::MiddlewareStack::Middleware:0x00007f8a4fada6e8>, 'middleware' will be switched to another instance of ActionDispatch::MiddlewareStack::Middleware when iterating
        middleware.build(a) # Let's step into this line.
      end

      return_val
    end    

    class Middleware
      def initialize(klass, args, block)
        @klass = klass
        @args  = args
        @block = block
      end

      def build(app)
        # klass is rack middleware like : Rack::TempfileReaper, Rack::ETag, Rack::ConditionalGet or Rack::Head, etc.
        # It's typical rack app to use these middlewares.
        # See https://github.com/rack/rack-contrib/blob/master/lib/rack/contrib for more information. 
        klass.new(app, *args, &block)
      end      
    end
  end
end

The core app: ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet instance

# Paste again FYI. 
#  @app: #<Rack::Sendfile:0x00007ff14d905f60 
#          @app=#<ActionDispatch::Static:0x00007ff14d906168 
#                 @app=#<ActionDispatch::Executor:0x00007ff14d9061b8 
#                        ...
#                           @app=#<Rack::ETag:0x00007fa1e540c4f8  
#                                  @app=#<Rack::TempfileReaper:0x00007fa1e540c520 
#                                         @app=#<ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet:0x00007fa1e594cbe8>
#                                 >
#                         ...    
#                        >
#                             
#                 >
#         >

As we see in the Rack middleware stack, the last one is

@app=#<ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet:0x00007fa1e594cbe8>

# ./gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb
module ActionDispatch
  module Routing
    class RouteSet
      def initialize(config = DEFAULT_CONFIG)
        @set    = Journey::Routes.new
        @router = Journey::Router.new(@set)
      end

      def call(env)
        req = make_request(env) # return ActionDispatch::Request.new(env)
        req.path_info = Journey::Router::Utils.normalize_path(req.path_info)
        @router.serve(req) # Let's step into this line.
      end
    end
  end

# ./gems/actionpack5.2.2/lib/action_dispatch/journey/router.rb  
  module Journey
    class Router
      class RoutingError < ::StandardError
      end

      attr_accessor :routes

      def initialize(routes)
        @routes = routes
      end

      def serve(req)
        find_routes(req).each do |match, parameters, route| # Let's step into 'find_routes'
          set_params  = req.path_parameters
          path_info   = req.path_info
          script_name = req.script_name

          unless route.path.anchored
            req.script_name = (script_name.to_s + match.to_s).chomp("/")
            req.path_info = match.post_match
            req.path_info = "/" + req.path_info unless req.path_info.start_with? "/"
          end

          parameters = route.defaults.merge parameters.transform_values { |val|
            val.dup.force_encoding(::Encoding::UTF_8)
          }

          req.path_parameters = set_params.merge parameters

          # 'route' is an instance of ActionDispatch::Journey::Route. 
          # 'route.app' is an instance of ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet::Dispatcher.
          status, headers, body = route.app.serve(req) # Let's step into method 'serve'

          if "pass" == headers["X-Cascade"]
            req.script_name     = script_name
            req.path_info       = path_info
            req.path_parameters = set_params
            next
          end

          return [status, headers, body]
        end

        [404, { "X-Cascade" => "pass" }, ["Not Found"]]
      end

      def find_routes(req)
        routes = filter_routes(req.path_info).concat custom_routes.find_all { |r|
          r.path.match(req.path_info)
        }

        routes =
          if req.head?
            match_head_routes(routes, req)
          else
            match_routes(routes, req)
          end

        routes.sort_by!(&:precedence)

        routes.map! { |r|
          match_data = r.path.match(req.path_info)
          path_parameters = {}
          match_data.names.zip(match_data.captures) { |name, val|
            path_parameters[name.to_sym] = Utils.unescape_uri(val) if val
          }
          [match_data, path_parameters, r]
        }
      end

    end
  end
end

# ./gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb
module ActionDispatch
  module Routing
    class RouteSet
      class Dispatcher < Routing::Endpoint
        def serve(req)
          params     = req.path_parameters # params: { action: 'index', controller: 'home' }
          controller = controller(req) # controller: HomeController
          # The definition of 'make_response!' is 
          # ActionDispatch::Response.create.tap { |res| res.request = request; }
          res        = controller.make_response!(req) 
          dispatch(controller, params[:action], req, res) # Let's step into this line.
        rescue ActionController::RoutingError
          if @raise_on_name_error
            raise
          else
            return [404, { "X-Cascade" => "pass" }, []]
          end
        end

        private

        def controller(req)
          req.controller_class
        rescue NameError => e
          raise ActionController::RoutingError, e.message, e.backtrace
        end

        def dispatch(controller, action, req, res)
          controller.dispatch(action, req, res) # Let's step into this line.
        end
      end
    end
  end    
end

# ./gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/action_controller/metal.rb
module ActionController
  class Metal < AbstractController::Base
    abstract!

    def self.controller_name
      @controller_name ||= name.demodulize.sub(/Controller$/, "").underscore
    end

    def self.make_response!(request)
      ActionDispatch::Response.new.tap do |res|
        res.request = request
      end
    end

    class_attribute :middleware_stack, default: ActionController::MiddlewareStack.new

    def self.inherited(base)
      base.middleware_stack = middleware_stack.dup
      super
    end

    # Direct dispatch to the controller. Instantiates the controller, then
    # executes the action named +name+.
    def self.dispatch(name, req, res)
      if middleware_stack.any?
        middleware_stack.build(name) { |env| new.dispatch(name, req, res) }.call req.env
      else
        # 'self' is HomeController, so for this line Rails will new a HomeController instance.  
        # Invoke `HomeController.ancestors`, you can find many superclasses of HomeController.
        # These are some typical superclasses of HomeController. 
        # HomeController
        # < ApplicationController
        # < ActionController::Base
        # < ActiveRecord::Railties::ControllerRuntime (module included)
        # < ActionController::Instrumentation (module included)
        # < ActionController::Rescue (module included)
        # < AbstractController::Callbacks (module included)
        # < ActionController::ImplicitRender (module included)
        # < ActionController::BasicImplicitRender (module included)
        # < ActionController::Renderers (module included) 
        # < ActionController::Rendering (module included) 
        # < ActionView::Layouts (module included) 
        # < ActionView::Rendering (module included)
        # < ActionDispatch::Routing::UrlFor (module included) 
        # < AbstractController::Rendering (module included)
        # < ActionController::Metal
        # < AbstractController::Base
        new.dispatch(name, req, res) # Let's step into this line.
      end
    end

    def dispatch(name, request, response)
      set_request!(request)
      set_response!(response)
      process(name) # Let's step into this line.
      request.commit_flash
      to_a
    end

    def to_a
      response.to_a
    end
  end
end

# .gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb
module AbstractController
  class Base
    def process(action, *args)
      @_action_name = action.to_s

      unless action_name = _find_action_name(@_action_name)
        raise ActionNotFound, "The action '#{action}' could not be found for #{self.class.name}"
      end

      @_response_body = nil

      # action_name: 'index'
      process_action(action_name, *args) # Let's step into this line.
    end
  end
end

# .gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb
module ActionController
  module Instrumentation
    def process_action(*args)
      raw_payload = {
        controller: self.class.name,
        action: action_name,
        params: request.filtered_parameters,
        headers: request.headers,
        format: request.format.ref,
        method: request.request_method,
        path: request.fullpath
      }

      ActiveSupport::Notifications.instrument("start_processing.action_controller", raw_payload.dup)

      ActiveSupport::Notifications.instrument("process_action.action_controller", raw_payload) do |payload|
        begin
          # self: #<HomeController:0x00007fcd3c5dfd48>
          result = super # Let's step into this line.
          payload[:status] = response.status
          result
        ensure
          append_info_to_payload(payload)
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

# .gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/action_controller/metal/rescue.rb
module ActionController
  module Rescue
    def process_action(*args)
      super # Let's step into this line.
    rescue Exception => exception
      request.env["action_dispatch.show_detailed_exceptions"] ||= show_detailed_exceptions?
      rescue_with_handler(exception) || raise
    end
  end  
end

# .gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb
module AbstractController
  # = Abstract Controller Callbacks
  #
  # Abstract Controller provides hooks during the life cycle of a controller action.
  # Callbacks allow you to trigger logic during this cycle. Available callbacks are:
  #
  # * <tt>after_action</tt>
  # * <tt>before_action</tt>
  # * <tt>skip_before_action</tt>
  # * ...
  module Callbacks
    def process_action(*args)
      run_callbacks(:process_action) do
        # self: #<HomeController:0x00007fcd3c5dfd48>
        super # Let's step into this line.
      end
    end
  end
end

# .gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
module ActionController
  module Rendering
    def process_action(*)
      self.formats = request.formats.map(&:ref).compact
      super # Let's step into this line.
    end
  end
end

# .gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb
module AbstractController
  class Base
    def process_action(method_name, *args)
      # self: #<HomeController:0x00007fcd3c5dfd48>, method_name: 'index'
      # In the end, method 'send_action' is method 'send' by `alias send_action send` 
      send_action(method_name, *args)
    end

    alias send_action send
  end
end

# .gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/action_controller/metal/basic_implicit_render.rb
module ActionController
  module BasicImplicitRender
    def send_action(method, *args)
      # self: #<HomeController:0x00007fcd3c5dfd48>, method_name: 'index'    
      # Because 'send_action' is an alias of 'send',  
      # self.send('index', *args) will goto HomeController#index.
      x = super
      # performed?: false (for this example)
      x.tap { default_render unless performed? } # Let's step into 'default_render' later.
    end
  end
end

# ./your_project/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
class HomeController < ApplicationController
  # Will go back to BasicImplicitRender#send_action when method 'index' is done.
  def index
    # Question: How does the instance variable '@users' defined in HomeController can be accessed in './app/views/home/index.html.erb' ?
    # I will answer this question later. 
    @users = User.all.pluck(:id, :name)
  end
end
# ./app/views/home/index.html.erb
<div class="container">
  <h1 class="display-4 font-italic">
    <%= t('home.banner_title') %>
    <%= @users %>
  </h1>
</div>

Render view

As we see in ActionController::BasicImplicitRender::send_action, the last line is default_render.

So after HomeController#index is done, Ruby will execute method default_render.

# .gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/action_controller/metal/implicit_render.rb 
module ActionController
  # Handles implicit rendering for a controller action that does not
  # explicitly respond with +render+, +respond_to+, +redirect+, or +head+.
  module ImplicitRender
    def default_render(*args)
      # Let's step into template_exists?
      if template_exists?(action_name.to_s, _prefixes, variants: request.variant)
        # Rails has found the default template './app/views/home/index.html.erb', so render it.
        render(*args) # Let's step into this line later
      #...
      else
        logger.info "No template found for #{self.class.name}\##{action_name}, rendering head :no_content" if logger
        super
      end
    end
  end
end

# .gems/actionview-5.2.2/lib/action_view/lookup_context.rb
module ActionView
  class LookupContext
    module ViewPaths
      # Rails checks whether the default template exists.
      def exists?(name, prefixes = [], partial = false, keys = [], **options)
        @view_paths.exists?(*args_for_lookup(name, prefixes, partial, keys, options))
      end
      alias :template_exists? :exists?
    end
  end  
end

# .gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/action_controller/metal/instrumentation.rb
module ActionController
  module Instrumentation
    def render(*args)
      render_output = nil
      self.view_runtime = cleanup_view_runtime do
        Benchmark.ms {
          # self: #<HomeController:0x00007fa7e9c54278> 
          render_output = super # Let's step into super 
        }
      end
      render_output
    end
  end  
end

# .gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb
module ActionController
  module Rendering
    # Check for double render errors and set the content_type after rendering.
    def render(*args)
      raise ::AbstractController::DoubleRenderError if response_body
      super # Let's step into super
    end
  end
end

# .gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/abstract_controller/rendering.rb
module AbstractController
  module Rendering
    # Normalizes arguments, options and then delegates render_to_body and
    # sticks the result in <tt>self.response_body</tt>.
    def render(*args, &block)
      options = _normalize_render(*args, &block)

      rendered_body = render_to_body(options) # Let's step into this line.

      if options[:html]
        _set_html_content_type
      else
        _set_rendered_content_type rendered_format
      end

      self.response_body = rendered_body
    end
  end
end

# .gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/action_controller/metal/renderers.rb
module ActionController
  module Renderers
    def render_to_body(options)
      _render_to_body_with_renderer(options) || super # Let's step into this line and 'super' later.
    end

    # For this example, this method return nil in the end.
    def _render_to_body_with_renderer(options)
      # The '_renderers' is defined at line 31: `class_attribute :_renderers, default: Set.new.freeze.`
      # '_renderers' is an instance predicate method. For more information, 
      # see ./gems/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/attribute.rb  
      _renderers.each do |name|
        if options.key?(name)
          _process_options(options)
          method_name = Renderers._render_with_renderer_method_name(name)
          return send(method_name, options.delete(name), options)
        end
      end
      nil
    end
  end  
end

# .gems/actionpack-5.2.2/lib/action_controller/metal/renderers.rb
module ActionController
  module Rendering
    def render_to_body(options = {})
      super || _render_in_priorities(options) || " " # Let's step into 'super'
    end
  end
end
# .gems/actionview-5.2.2/lib/action_view/rendering.rb
module ActionView
  module Rendering
    def render_to_body(options = {})
      _process_options(options)

      _render_template(options) # Let's step into this line.
    end

    def _render_template(options)
      variant = options.delete(:variant)
      assigns = options.delete(:assigns)

      context = view_context # We will step into this line later.

      context.assign assigns if assigns
      lookup_context.rendered_format = nil if options[:formats]
      lookup_context.variants = variant if variant

      view_renderer.render(context, options) # Let's step into this line.
    end
  end
end

# .gems/actionview-5.2.2/lib/action_view/renderer/renderer.rb
module ActionView
  class Renderer
    def render(context, options)
      if options.key?(:partial)
        render_partial(context, options)
      else
        render_template(context, options) # Let's step into this line.
      end
    end

    # Direct access to template rendering.
    def render_template(context, options)
      TemplateRenderer.new(@lookup_context).render(context, options) # Let's step into this line.
    end
  end
end

# .gems/actionview-5.2.2/lib/action_view/renderer/template_renderer.rb
module ActionView
  class TemplateRenderer < AbstractRenderer
    def render(context, options)
      @view    = context
      @details = extract_details(options)
      template = determine_template(options)

      prepend_formats(template.formats)

      @lookup_context.rendered_format ||= (template.formats.first || formats.first)

      render_template(template, options[:layout], options[:locals]) # Let's step into this line.
    end

    def render_template(template, layout_name = nil, locals = nil)
      view, locals = @view, locals || {}

      render_with_layout(layout_name, locals) do |layout| # Let's step into this line
        instrument(:template, identifier: template.identifier, layout: layout.try(:virtual_path)) do
          # template: #<ActionView::Template:0x00007f822759cbc0>
          template.render(view, locals) { |*name| view._layout_for(*name) } # Let's step into this line
        end
      end
    end

    def render_with_layout(path, locals)
      layout  = path && find_layout(path, locals.keys, [formats.first])
      content = yield(layout)

      if layout
        view = @view
        view.view_flow.set(:layout, content)
        layout.render(view, locals) { |*name| view._layout_for(*name) }
      else
        content
      end
    end
  end
end

# .gems/actionview-5.2.2/lib/action_view/template.rb
module ActionView
  class Template
    def render(view, locals, buffer = nil, &block)
      instrument_render_template do
        # self: #<ActionView::Template:0x00007f89bab1efb8 
        #           @identifier="/path/to/your/project/app/views/home/index.html.erb" 
        #           @source="<div class='container'\n ..."
        #        >
        compile!(view)
        # method_name: "_app_views_home_index_html_erb___3699380246341444633_70336654511160" (This method is defined in 'def compile(mod)' below)
        # view: #<#<Class:0x00007ff10d6c9d18>:0x00007ff10ea050a8>, view is an instance of <a subclass of ActionView::Base> which has same instance variables defined in the instance of HomeController.
        # You will get the result html after invoking 'view.send'. 
        view.send(method_name, locals, buffer, &block)
      end
    rescue => e
      handle_render_error(view, e)
    end

    # Compile a template. This method ensures a template is compiled
    # just once and removes the source after it is compiled.
    def compile!(view)
      return if @compiled

      # Templates can be used concurrently in threaded environments
      # so compilation and any instance variable modification must
      # be synchronized
      @compile_mutex.synchronize do
        # Any thread holding this lock will be compiling the template needed
        # by the threads waiting. So re-check the @compiled flag to avoid
        # re-compilation
        return if @compiled

        if view.is_a?(ActionView::CompiledTemplates)
          mod = ActionView::CompiledTemplates
        else
          mod = view.singleton_class
        end

        instrument("!compile_template") do
          compile(mod) # Let's step into this line.
        end

        # Just discard the source if we have a virtual path. This
        # means we can get the template back.
        @source = nil if @virtual_path
        @compiled = true
      end
    end

    def compile(mod)
      encode!
      # @handler: #<ActionView::Template::Handlers::ERB:0x00007ff10e1be188>
      code = @handler.call(self) # Let's step into this line.

      # Make sure that the resulting String to be eval'd is in the
      # encoding of the code
      source = <<-end_src.dup
        def #{method_name}(local_assigns, output_buffer)
          _old_virtual_path, @virtual_path = @virtual_path, #{@virtual_path.inspect};_old_output_buffer = @output_buffer;#{locals_code};#{code}
        ensure
          @virtual_path, @output_buffer = _old_virtual_path, _old_output_buffer
        end
      end_src

      # ...

      #  source:   def _app_views_home_index_html_erb___1187260686135140546_70244801399180(local_assigns, output_buffer)
      #              _old_virtual_path, @virtual_path = @virtual_path, "home/index";_old_output_buffer = @output_buffer;;
      #              @output_buffer = output_buffer || ActionView::OutputBuffer.new;
      #              @output_buffer.safe_append='<div class="container">
      #                <h1 class="display-4 font-italic">
      #                  '.freeze;
      #                   @output_buffer.append=( t('home.banner_title') );
      #                   @output_buffer.append=( @users ); 
      #                   @output_buffer.safe_append='
      #                </h1>
      #              </div>
      #              '.freeze;
      #              @output_buffer.to_s
      #            ensure
      #              @virtual_path, @output_buffer = _old_virtual_path, _old_output_buffer
      #            end
      mod.module_eval(source, identifier, 0) # This line will actually define the method '_app_views_home_index_html_erb___1187260686135140546_70244801399180'
      # mod: ActionView::CompiledTemplates
      ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(self, Finalizer[method_name, mod])
    end

# .gems/actionview-5.2.2/lib/action_view/template/handler/erb.rb     
    module Handlers
      class ERB
        def call(template)
          template_source = template.source.dup.force_encoding(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT)

          erb = template_source.gsub(ENCODING_TAG, "")
          encoding = $2

          erb.force_encoding valid_encoding(template.source.dup, encoding)

          # Always make sure we return a String in the default_internal
          erb.encode!

          self.class.erb_implementation.new(
            erb,
            escape: (self.class.escape_whitelist.include? template.type),
            trim: (self.class.erb_trim_mode == "-")
          ).src
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

How can instance variables defined in Controller be accessed in view file?

It's time to answer the question before:

How can instance variables like @users defined in HomeController be accessed in ./app/views/home/index.html.erb?

I will answer this question by showing the source code below.

# ./gems/actionview-5.2.2/lib/action_view/rendering.rb
module ActionView
  module Rendering
    def view_context
      # view_context_class is a subclass of ActionView::Base.
      view_context_class.new( # Let's step into this line later.
        view_renderer,
        view_assigns, # This line will set the instance variables like '@users' in this example. Let's step into this line.  
        self
      )
    end

    def view_assigns
      # self: #<HomeController:0x00007f83ecfed310>
      protected_vars = _protected_ivars
      # instance_variables is an instance method of class `Object` and it will return an array. And the array contains @users.  
      variables      = instance_variables 

      variables.reject! { |s| protected_vars.include? s }
      ret = variables.each_with_object({}) { |name, hash|
        hash[name.slice(1, name.length)] = instance_variable_get(name)
      }

      # ret: {"marked_for_same_origin_verification"=>true, "users"=>[[1, "Lane"], [2, "John"], [4, "Frank"]]}
      ret
    end

    def view_context_class
      # Will return a subclass of ActionView::Base.
      @_view_context_class ||= self.class.view_context_class
    end

    # How this ClassMethods works? Please look at ActiveSupport::Concern in ./gems/activesupport-5.2.2/lib/active_support/concern.rb
    # FYI, the method 'append_features' will be executed automatically before method 'included' executed. 
    # https://apidock.com/ruby/v1_9_3_392/Module/append_features  
    module ClassMethods
      def view_context_class
        # self: HomeController
        @view_context_class ||= begin
          supports_path = supports_path?
          routes  = respond_to?(:_routes)  && _routes
          helpers = respond_to?(:_helpers) && _helpers

          Class.new(ActionView::Base) do
            if routes
              include routes.url_helpers(supports_path)
              include routes.mounted_helpers
            end

            if helpers
              include helpers
            end
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

# ./gems/actionview-5.2.2/lib/action_view/base.rb
module ActionView
  class Base
    def initialize(context = nil, assigns = {}, controller = nil, formats = nil)
      @_config = ActiveSupport::InheritableOptions.new

      if context.is_a?(ActionView::Renderer)
        @view_renderer = context
      else
        lookup_context = context.is_a?(ActionView::LookupContext) ?
          context : ActionView::LookupContext.new(context)
        lookup_context.formats  = formats if formats
        lookup_context.prefixes = controller._prefixes if controller
        @view_renderer = ActionView::Renderer.new(lookup_context)
      end

      @cache_hit = {}

      assign(assigns) # Let's step into this line.

      assign_controller(controller)
      _prepare_context
    end

    def assign(new_assigns)
      @_assigns = 
        new_assigns.each do |key, value|
          # This line will set the instance variables (like '@users') in HomeController to itself.
          instance_variable_set("@#{key}", value)
        end
    end
  end
end

After all rack apps called, user will get the response.

Part 4: What does $ rails server do?

If you start Rails by $ rails server. You may want to know what does this command do?

The command rails locates at ./bin/.

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
APP_PATH = File.expand_path('../config/application', __dir__)

require_relative '../config/boot'
require 'rails/commands' # Let's look at this file.
# ./railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands.rb
require "rails/command"

aliases = {
  "g"  => "generate",
  "d"  => "destroy",
  "c"  => "console",
  "s"  => "server",
  "db" => "dbconsole",
  "r"  => "runner",
  "t"  => "test"
}

command = ARGV.shift
command = aliases[command] || command # command is 'server'

Rails::Command.invoke command, ARGV # Let's step into this line.
# ./railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/command.rb
module Rails
  module Command
    class << self
      def invoke(full_namespace, args = [], **config)
        # ...
        # command_name: 'server'  
        # After calling `find_by_namespace`, we will get this result:
        # command: Rails::Command::ServerCommand
        command = find_by_namespace(namespace, command_name)

        # Equals to: Rails::Command::ServerCommand.perform('server', args, config)
        command.perform(command_name, args, config)
      end
    end
  end
end
# ./gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb
module Rails 
  module Command
    # There is a class method 'perform' in the Base class.
    class ServerCommand < Base
    end
  end
end

Thor

Thor is a toolkit for building powerful command-line interfaces.

https://github.com/erikhuda/thor

Inheritance relationship: Rails::Command::ServerCommand < Rails::Command::Base < Thor

# ./gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/command/base.rb
module Rails
  module Command
    class Base < Thor
      class << self
        # command: 'server'
        def perform(command, args, config)
          #...
          dispatch(command, args.dup, nil, config) # Thor.dispatch
        end
      end
    end
  end
end
# ./gems/thor-0.20.3/lib/thor.rb
class Thor
  class << self
    # meth is 'server'
    def dispatch(meth, given_args, given_opts, config)
      # ...
      # Will new a Rails::Command::ServerCommand instance here 
      # because 'self' is Rails::Command::ServerCommand.
      instance = new(args, opts, config)
      # ...
      # Method 'invoke_command' is defined in Thor::Invocation. 
      # command: {Thor::Command}#<struct Thor::Command name="server" ...> 
      instance.invoke_command(command, trailing || [])
    end
  end
end

# ./gems/thor-0.20.3/lib/thor/invocation.rb
class Thor
  # FYI, this module is included in Thor.
  # And Thor is grandfather of Rails::Command::ServerCommand
  module Invocation
    def invoke_command(command, *args) # 'invoke_command' is defined at here.
      # ...
      # self: #<Rails::Command::ServerCommand:0x00007fdcc49791b0> 
      # command: {Thor::Command}#<struct Thor::Command name="server" ...> 
      command.run(self, *args)
    end
  end
end

# ./gems/thor-0.20.3/lib/thor/command.rb
class Thor
  class Command < Struct.new(:name, :description, :long_description, :usage, :options, :ancestor_name)
    def run(instance, args = [])
      # ...
      # instance: #<Rails::Command::ServerCommand:0x00007fdcc49791b0>
      # name: "server"
      # This line will invoke Rails::Command::ServerCommand#server, 
      # the instance method 'server' is defined in Rails::Command::ServerCommand implicitly.
      # I will show you how the instance method 'server' is implicitly defined. 
      instance.__send__(name, *args) 
    end  
  end
end
# ./gems/thor-0.20.3/lib/thor.rb
class Thor
  # ...
  include Thor::Base # Will invoke hooked method 'Thor::Base.included(self)'
end

# ./gems/thor-0.20.3/lib/thor/base.rb
module Thor
  module Base
    class << self
      # 'included' is a hooked method.
      # When module 'Thor::Base' is included, method 'included' is executed. 
      def included(base) 
        # base: Thor
        # this line will define `Thor.method_added`.  
        base.extend ClassMethods
        # Module 'Invocation' is included for class 'Thor' here. 
        # Because Thor is grandfather of Rails::Command::ServerCommand,
        # 'invoke_command' will be instance method of Rails::Command::ServerCommand       
        base.send :include, Invocation # 'invoke_command' is defined in module Invocation
        base.send :include, Shell
      end
    end

    module ClassMethods
      # 'method_added' is a hooked method.
      # When an instance method is created in Rails::Command::ServerCommand, 
      # `method_added` will be executed.
      # So, when method `perform` is defined in Rails::Command::ServerCommand,
      # `method_added` will be executed and create_command('perform') will be invoked. 
      # So in the end, method 'server' will be created by alias_method('server', 'perform').
      # And the method 'server' is for the 'server' in command `$ rails server`.
      def method_added(meth)
        # ...
        # self: {Class} Rails::Command::ServerCommand 
        create_command(meth) # meth is 'perform'. Let's step into this line.
      end
    end
  end
end

# ./gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/command/base.rb
module Rails
  module Command
    # Rails::Command::Base is superclass of Rails::Command::ServerCommand
    module Base
      class << self
        def create_command(meth)
          if meth == "perform"
            # Calling instance method 'server' of Rails::Command::ServerCommand 
            # will be transferred to call instance method 'perform'.
            alias_method('server', meth) 
          end
        end  
      end
    end
  end
end

# ./gems/thor-0.20.3/lib/thor/command.rb
class Thor
  class Command < Struct.new(:name, :description, :long_description, :usage, :options, :ancestor_name)
    def run(instance, args = [])
      #...
      # instance: {Rails::Command::ServerCommand}#<Rails::Command::ServerCommand:0x00007fa5f319bf40>
      # name: 'server'.
      # Will actually invoke 'instance.perform(*args)'. 
      # Equals to invoke Rails::Command::ServerCommand#perform(*args).
      # Let's step into  Rails::Command::ServerCommand#perform.
      instance.__send__(name, *args) 
    end
  end
end

# ./gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb
module Rails
  module Command
    class ServerCommand < Base
      # This is the method will be executed when `$ rails server`.
      def perform
        # ...
        Rails::Server.new(server_options).tap do |server|
          # APP_PATH is '/Users/your_name/your_project/config/application'.
          # require APP_PATH will create the 'Rails.application' object.
          # 'Rails.application' is 'YourProject::Application.new'.
          # Rack server will start 'Rails.application'.
          require APP_PATH

          Dir.chdir(Rails.application.root)

          server.start # Let's step into this line.
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

Rails::Server#start

# ./gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb
module Rails
  class Server < ::Rack::Server
    def start
      print_boot_information

      trap(:INT) do
        exit
      end

      create_tmp_directories
      setup_dev_caching

      # This line is important. Although the method name seems not.
      log_to_stdout# Let step into this line.

      super # Will invoke ::Rack::Server#start. I will show you later. 
    ensure
      puts "Exiting" unless @options && options[:daemonize]
    end

    def log_to_stdout
      # 'wrapped_app' will get an well prepared Rack app from './config.ru' file.
      # It's the first time invoke 'wrapped_app'.
      # The app is an instance of YourProject::Application.
      # But the app is not created in 'wrapped_app'.
      # It has been created when `require APP_PATH` in previous code,
      # just at the 'perform' method in Rails::Command::ServerCommand.   
      wrapped_app # Let's step into this line

      # ...
    end
  end
end

# ./gems/rack-2.0.6/lib/rack/server.rb
module Rack
  class Server
    def wrapped_app
      @wrapped_app ||= 
        build_app(
          app # Let's step into this line.
        )
    end

    def app
      @app ||= build_app_and_options_from_config # Let's step into this line.
      @app
    end

    def build_app_and_options_from_config
      # ...
      # self.options[:config]: 'config.ru'. Let's step into this line.
      app, options = Rack::Builder.parse_file(self.options[:config], opt_parser)
      # ...
      app
    end

    # This method is called in Rails::Server#start
    def start(&blk)
      #...
      wrapped_app
      #...

      # server: {Module} Rack::Handler::Puma
      # wrapped_app: {YourProject::Application} #<YourProject::Application:0x00007f7fe5523f98>
      server.run(wrapped_app, options, &blk) # We will step into this line (Rack::Handler::Puma.run) later.
    end
  end
end

# ./gems/rack/lib/rack/builder.rb
module Rack
  module Builder
    def self.parse_file(config, opts = Server::Options.new)
      # config: 'config.ru'
      cfgfile = ::File.read(config)

      app = new_from_string(cfgfile, config)

      return app, options
    end

    # Let's guess what does 'run Rails.application' do in config.ru?
    # You may guess that: 
    #   Run YourProject::Application instance.
    # But 'run' maybe not what you are thinking about.
    # Because the 'self' object in 'config.ru' is #<Rack::Builder:0x00007f8c861ec278 @warmup=nil, @run=nil, @map=nil, @use=[]>, 
    # 'run' is an instance method of Rack::Builder.
    # Let's look at the definition of the 'run' method: 
    # def run(app)
    #   @run = app # Just set an instance variable for Rack::Builder instance.
    # end
    def self.new_from_string(builder_script, file="(rackup)")
      # Rack::Builder implements a small DSL to iteratively construct Rack applications.
      eval "Rack::Builder.new {\n" + builder_script + "\n}.to_app",
        TOPLEVEL_BINDING, file, 0
    end
  end
end

Starting Puma

As we see in Rack::Server#start, there is Rack::Handler::Puma.run(wrapped_app, options, &blk).

# ./gems/puma-3.12.0/lib/rack/handler/puma.rb
module Rack
  module Handler
    module Puma
      # This method is invoked in `Rack::Server#start`:
      # Rack::Handler::Puma.run(wrapped_app, options, &blk) 
      def self.run(app, options = {})
        conf   = self.config(app, options)

        # ...
        launcher = ::Puma::Launcher.new(conf, :events => events)

        begin
          # Puma will run your app (instance of YourProject::Application)
          launcher.run # Let's step into this line.
        rescue Interrupt 
          puts "* Gracefully stopping, waiting for requests to finish"
          launcher.stop
          puts "* Goodbye!"
        end
      end
    end  
  end
end

# .gems/puma-3.12.0/lib/puma/launcher.rb
module Puma
  # Puma::Launcher is the single entry point for starting a Puma server based on user
  # configuration. It is responsible for taking user supplied arguments and resolving them
  # with configuration in `config/puma.rb` or `config/puma/<env>.rb`.
  #
  # It is responsible for either launching a cluster of Puma workers or a single
  # puma server.
  class Launcher
    def initialize(conf, launcher_args={})
      @runner        = nil
      @config        = conf

      # ...
      if clustered?
        # ...
        @runner = Cluster.new(self, @events)
      else
        # For this example, it is Single.new.
        @runner = Single.new(self, @events)
      end

      # ...
    end

    def run
      #...

      # Set the behaviors for signals like `$ kill -s SIGTERM puma_process_id` received. 
      setup_signals # We will discuss this line later.

      set_process_title

      @runner.run # We will enter `Single.new(self, @events).run` here.

      case @status
      when :halt
        log "* Stopping immediately!"
      when :run, :stop
        graceful_stop
      when :restart
        log "* Restarting..."
        ENV.replace(previous_env)
        @runner.before_restart
        restart!
      when :exit
        # nothing
      end
    end
  end
end
# .gems/puma-3.12.0/lib/puma/single.rb
module Puma
  # This class is instantiated by the `Puma::Launcher` and used
  # to boot and serve a Ruby application when no puma "workers" are needed
  # i.e. only using "threaded" mode. For example `$ puma -t 1:5`
  #
  # At the core of this class is running an instance of `Puma::Server` which
  # gets created via the `start_server` method from the `Puma::Runner` class
  # that this inherits from.
  class Single < Runner
    def run
      # ...

      # @server: Puma::Server.new(app, @launcher.events, @options)
      @server = server = start_server # Let's step into this line.

      # ...
      thread = server.run # Let's step into this line later.

      # This line will suspend the main thread execution.
      # And the `thread`'s block (which is method `handle_servers`) will be executed.
      # See `Thread#join` for more information.
      # I will show you a simple example for using `thread.join`.
      # Please search `test_thread_join.rb` in this document.
      thread.join

      # The below line will never be executed because `thread` is always running and `thread` has joined.
      # When `$ kill -s SIGTERM puma_process_id`, the below line will still not be executed
      # because the block of `Signal.trap "SIGTERM"` in `Puma::Launcher#setup_signals` will be executed.
      # If you remove the line `thread.join`, the below line will be executed, 
      # but the main thread will exit after all code executed and all the threads not joined will be killed.
      puts "anything which will never be executed..."
    end
  end
end
# .gems/puma-3.12.0/lib/puma/runner.rb
module Puma
  # Generic class that is used by `Puma::Cluster` and `Puma::Single` to
  # serve requests. This class spawns a new instance of `Puma::Server` via
  # a call to `start_server`.
  class Runner
    def app
      @app ||= @launcher.config.app
    end

    def start_server
      min_t = @options[:min_threads]
      max_t = @options[:max_threads]

      server = Puma::Server.new(app, @launcher.events, @options)
      server.min_threads = min_t
      server.max_threads = max_t
      # ...

      server
    end
  end
end
# .gems/puma-3.12.0/lib/puma/server.rb
module Puma
  class Server
    def run(background=true)
      #...
      @status = :run
      queue_requests = @queue_requests

      # This part is important.
      # Remember the block of ThreadPool.new will be called when a request added to the ThreadPool instance.
      # And the block will process the request by calling method `process_client`.
      # Let's step into this line later to see how puma call the block.
      @thread_pool = ThreadPool.new(@min_threads,
                                    @max_threads,
                                    IOBuffer) do |client, buffer|

        # Advertise this server into the thread
        Thread.current[ThreadLocalKey] = self

        process_now = false

        if queue_requests
          process_now = client.eagerly_finish
        end  

        # ...
        if process_now
          # Process the request. You can treat `client` as request.
          # If you want to know more about 'process_client', please read part 3 
          # or search 'process_client' in this document.  
          process_client(client, buffer)  
        else
          client.set_timeout @first_data_timeout
          @reactor.add client
        end
      end

      # ...

      if background # background: true (for this example)
        # This part is important.
        # Remember puma created a thread here!
        # We will know that the newly created thread's job is waiting for requests.
        # When a request comes, the thread will transfer the request processing work to a thread in ThreadPool.
        # The method `handle_servers` in thread's block will be executed immediately 
        # (executed in the newly created thread, not in the main thread).
        @thread = Thread.new { handle_servers } # Let's step into this line to see what I said.
        return @thread
      else
        handle_servers
      end
    end

    def handle_servers      
      sockets = [check] + @binder.ios
      pool = @thread_pool
      queue_requests = @queue_requests

      # ...

      # The thread is always running, because @status has been set to :run in Puma::Server#run.
      # Yes, it should always be running to transfer the incoming requests.
      while @status == :run
        begin
          # This line will cause current thread waiting until a request arrives.
          # So it will be the entry of every request!
          # sockets: [#<IO:fd 23>, #<TCPServer:fd 22, AF_INET, 0.0.0.0, 3000>] 
          ios = IO.select sockets

          ios.first.each do |sock|
            if sock == check
              break if handle_check
            else
              if io = sock.accept_nonblock
                # You can simply think a Puma::Client instance as a request.  
                client = Client.new(io, @binder.env(sock))

                # ...

                # FYI, the method '<<' is redefined.
                # Add the request (client) to thread pool means 
                # a thread in the pool will process this request (client).   
                pool << client # Let's step into this line.

                pool.wait_until_not_full # Let's step into this line later.
              end
            end
          end
        rescue Object => e
          @events.unknown_error self, e, "Listen loop"
        end
      end
    end    
  end
end
# .gems/puma-3.12.0/lib/puma/thread_pool.rb
module Puma
  class ThreadPool
    # Maintain a minimum of +min+ and maximum of +max+ threads
    # in the pool.
    #
    # The block passed is the work that will be performed in each
    # thread.
    #
    def initialize(min, max, *extra, &block)
      #..
      @mutex = Mutex.new
      @todo = [] # @todo is requests (in puma, they are Puma::Client instances) which need to be processed.  
      @spawned = 0 # the count of @spawned threads
      @min = Integer(min) # @min threads count
      @max = Integer(max) # @max threads count
      @block = block # block will be called in method `spawn_thread` to processed a request.    
      @workers = []
      @reaper = nil

      @mutex.synchronize do
        @min.times { spawn_thread } # Puma spawns @min count threads.
      end
    end

    def spawn_thread
      @spawned += 1

      # Create a new Thread now.
      # The block of the thread will be executed immediately and separately from the calling thread (main thread).
      th = Thread.new(@spawned) do |spawned|
        # Thread name is new in Ruby 2.3
        Thread.current.name = 'puma %03i' % spawned if Thread.current.respond_to?(:name=)
        block = @block
        mutex = @mutex
        #...

        extra = @extra.map { |i| i.new }

        # Pay attention to here: 
        # 'while true' means this part will always be running.
        # And there will be @min count threads always running!
        # Puma uses these threads to process requests. 
        # The line: 'not_empty.wait(mutex)' will make current thread waiting.  
        while true
          work = nil

          continue = true

          mutex.synchronize do
            while todo.empty?
              if @trim_requested > 0
                @trim_requested -= 1
                continue = false
                not_full.signal
                break
              end

              if @shutdown
                continue = false
                break
              end

              @waiting += 1 # `@waiting` is the waiting threads count.
              not_full.signal

              # This line will cause current thread waiting
              # until `not_empty.signal` executed in some other place to wake it up .
              # Actually, `not_empty.signal` is located at `def <<(work)` in the same file.
              # You can search `def <<(work)` in this document.
              # Method `<<` is used in method `handle_servers`: `pool << client` in Puma::Server#run.
              # `pool << client` means add a request to the thread pool, 
              # and then the waked up thread will process the request. 
              not_empty.wait mutex

              @waiting -= 1
            end

            # `work` is the request (in puma, it's Puma::Client instance) which need to be processed.
            work = todo.shift if continue  
          end

          break unless continue

          if @clean_thread_locals
            ThreadPool.clean_thread_locals
          end

          begin
            # `block.call` will switch program to the block definition part.
            # The block definition part is in `Puma::Server#run`:
            # @thread_pool = ThreadPool.new(@min_threads,
            #                               @max_threads,
            #                               IOBuffer) do |client, buffer| #...; end
            # So please search `ThreadPool.new` in this document to look back.
            block.call(work, *extra)
          rescue Exception => e
            STDERR.puts "Error reached top of thread-pool: #{e.message} (#{e.class})"
          end
        end

        mutex.synchronize do
          @spawned -= 1
          @workers.delete th
        end
      end # end of the Thread.new.

      @workers << th

      th
    end

    def wait_until_not_full
      @mutex.synchronize do
        while true
          return if @shutdown

          # If we can still spin up new threads and there
          # is work queued that cannot be handled by waiting
          # threads, then accept more work until we would
          # spin up the max number of threads.
          return if @todo.size - @waiting < @max - @spawned

          @not_full.wait @mutex 
        end
      end
    end

    # Add +work+ to the todo list for a Thread to pickup and process.
    def <<(work)
      @mutex.synchronize do
        if @shutdown
          raise "Unable to add work while shutting down"
        end

        # work: #<Puma::Client:0x00007ff114ece6b0>
        # You can treat Puma::Client instance as a request.
        @todo << work

        if @waiting < @todo.size and @spawned < @max
          spawn_thread # Create one more thread to process request. 
        end

        # Wake up the waiting thread to process the request.
        # The waiting thread is defined in the same file: Puma::ThreadPool#spawn_thread.
        # This code is in `spawn_thread`:
        # while true 
        #   # ...
        #   not_empty.wait mutex
        #   # ... 
        #   block.call(work, *extra) # This line will process the request.
        # end 
        @not_empty.signal  
      end
    end
  end
end

Conclusion

In conclusion, $ rails server will execute Rails::Command::ServerCommand#perform.

In #perform, call Rails::Server#start. Then call Rack::Server#start.

Then call Rack::Handler::Puma.run(YourProject::Application.new).

In .run, Puma will new a always running Thread for ios = IO.select(#<TCPServer:fd 22, AF_INET, 0.0.0.0, 3000>).

Request is created from ios object.

A thread in puma threadPool will process the request.

The thread will invoke rack apps' call to get the response for the request.

Exiting Puma

Process and Thread

Because Puma is using multiple threads, we need to have some basic concepts about Process and Thread.

This link is good for you to obtain the concepts: Process and Thread

In the next part, you will often see thread.join.

I will use two simple example to tell what does thread.join do.

Example one

Try to run test_thread_join.rb.

# ./test_thread_join.rb
thread = Thread.new() do
  3.times do |n|
    puts "~~~~ " + n.to_s
  end
end

# sleep 1
puts "==== I am the main thread."

# thread.join # Try to uncomment these two lines to see the differences.
# puts "==== after thread.join"

You will find that if there is no thread.join, you can only see ==== I am the main thread. in console.

After you added thread.join, you can see:

~~~~ 1
~~~~ 2
~~~~ 3

in console.

Example two

Try to run test_thread_join2.rb.

# ./test_thread_join2.rb
arr = [
  Thread.new { sleep 1 },
  Thread.new do
    sleep 5
    puts 'I am arr[1]'
  end,
  Thread.new { sleep 8}
]

puts Thread.list.size # returns 4 (including the main thread)

sleep 2

arr.each { |thread| puts "~~~~~ #{thread}" }

puts Thread.list.size # returns 3 (because arr[0] is dead)

# arr[1].join # uncomment to see differences

arr.each { |thread| puts "~~~~~ #{thread}" }

puts "Exit main thread"

Send SIGTERM to Puma

When you stop puma by running $ kill -s SIGTERM puma_process_id, you will enter setup_signals in Puma::Launcher#run.

# .gems/puma-3.12.0/lib/puma/launcher.rb
module Puma
  # Puma::Launcher is the single entry point for starting a Puma server based on user
  # configuration.
  class Launcher
    def run
      #...

      # Set the behaviors for signals like `$ kill -s SIGTERM puma_process_id`. 
      setup_signals # Let's step into this line.

      set_process_title

      @runner.run

      # ...
    end

    # Set the behaviors for signals like `$ kill -s SIGTERM puma_process_id`.
    # Signal.list #=> {"EXIT"=>0, "HUP"=>1, "INT"=>2, "QUIT"=>3, "ILL"=>4, "TRAP"=>5, "IOT"=>6, "ABRT"=>6, "FPE"=>8, "KILL"=>9, "BUS"=>7, "SEGV"=>11, "SYS"=>31, "PIPE"=>13, "ALRM"=>14, "TERM"=>15, "URG"=>23, "STOP"=>19, "TSTP"=>20, "CONT"=>18, "CHLD"=>17, "CLD"=>17, "TTIN"=>21, "TTOU"=>22, "IO"=>29, "XCPU"=>24, "XFSZ"=>25, "VTALRM"=>26, "PROF"=>27, "WINCH"=>28, "USR1"=>10, "USR2"=>12, "PWR"=>30, "POLL"=>29}
    # Press `Control + C` to quit means 'SIGINT'.
    def setup_signals
      begin
        # After running `$ kill -s SIGTERM puma_process_id`, Ruby will execute the block of `Signal.trap "SIGTERM"`.
        Signal.trap "SIGTERM" do
          graceful_stop # Let's step into this line.

          raise SignalException, "SIGTERM"
        end
      rescue Exception
        log "*** SIGTERM not implemented, signal based gracefully stopping unavailable!"
      end

      begin
        Signal.trap "SIGUSR2" do
          restart
        end
      rescue Exception
        log "*** SIGUSR2 not implemented, signal based restart unavailable!"
      end

      begin
        Signal.trap "SIGUSR1" do
          phased_restart
        end
      rescue Exception
        log "*** SIGUSR1 not implemented, signal based restart unavailable!"
      end

      begin
        Signal.trap "SIGINT" do
          if Puma.jruby?
            @status = :exit
            graceful_stop
            exit
          end

          stop
        end
      rescue Exception
        log "*** SIGINT not implemented, signal based gracefully stopping unavailable!"
      end

      begin
        Signal.trap "SIGHUP" do
          if @runner.redirected_io?
            @runner.redirect_io
          else
            stop
          end
        end
      rescue Exception
        log "*** SIGHUP not implemented, signal based logs reopening unavailable!"
      end
    end

    def graceful_stop
      # @runner: instance of Puma::Single (for this example)
      @runner.stop_blocked # Let's step into this line.
      log "=== puma shutdown: #{Time.now} ==="
      log "- Goodbye!"
    end
  end
end

# .gems/puma-3.12.0/lib/puma/launcher.rb
module Puma
  class Single < Runner
    def run
      # ...

      # @server: Puma::Server.new(app, @launcher.events, @options)
      @server = server = start_server # Let's step into this line.

      # ...
      thread = server.run

      # This line will suspend the main thread execution.
      # And the `thread`'s block (which is the method `handle_servers`) will be executed.  
      thread.join
    end

    def stop_blocked
      log "- Gracefully stopping, waiting for requests to finish"
      @control.stop(true) if @control
      # @server: instance of Puma::Server
      @server.stop(true) # Let's step into this line
    end
  end
end

# .gems/puma-3.12.0/lib/puma/server.rb
module Puma
  class Server
    def initialize(app, events=Events.stdio, options={})
      # 'Puma::Util.pipe' returns `IO.pipe`.
      @check, @notify = Puma::Util.pipe # @check, @notify is a pair.

      @status = :stop
    end

    def run(background=true)
      # ...
      @thread_pool = ThreadPool.new(@min_threads,
                                    @max_threads,
                                    IOBuffer) do |client, buffer|

        #...
        # Process the request.
        process_client(client, buffer)  
        #...
      end

      # 'Thread.current.object_id' returns '70144214949920', 
      # which is the same as the 'Thread.current.object_id' in Puma::Server#stop.
      # Current thread is the main thread here.
      puts "#{Thread.current.object_id}"

      # The created @thread is the @thread in `stop` method below.
      @thread = Thread.new {
        # FYI, this is in the puma starting process.      
        # 'Thread.current.object_id' returns '70144220123860', 
        # which is the same as the 'Thread.current.object_id' in 'handle_servers' in Puma::Server#run
        # def handle_servers
        #   begin
        #     # ...
        #   ensure
        #     # FYI, the 'ensure' part is in the puma stopping process.
        #     puts "#{Thread.current.object_id}" # returns '70144220123860' too.
        #   end
        # end
        puts "#{Thread.current.object_id}" # returns '70144220123860'

        handle_servers
      }
      return @thread
    end

    # Stops the acceptor thread and then causes the worker threads to finish
    # off the request queue before finally exiting.
    def stop(sync=false)
      # This line will set '@status = :stop',
      # and cause `ios = IO.select sockets` (in method `handle_servers`) to return result.
      # So that the code after `ios = IO.select sockets` will be executed.   
      notify_safely(STOP_COMMAND) # Let's step into this line.

      # 'Thread.current.object_id' returns '70144214949920', 
      # which is the same as the 'Thread.current.object_id' in Puma::Server#run.
      # Current thread is exactly the main thread here.
      puts "#{Thread.current.object_id}"

      # The @thread is just the always running Thread created in `Puma::Server#run`.
      # Please look at method `Puma::Server#run`.
      # `@thread.join` will suspend the main thread execution.
      # And the code in @thread will continue be executed.
      @thread.join if @thread && sync
    end

    def notify_safely(message)
      @notify << message
    end

    def handle_servers
      begin
        check = @check
        # sockets: [#<IO:fd 23>, #<TCPServer:fd 22, AF_INET, 0.0.0.0, 3000>]
        sockets = [check] + @binder.ios
        pool = @thread_pool
        #...

        while @status == :run
          # After `notify_safely(STOP_COMMAND)` in main thread, `ios = IO.select sockets` will return result.
          # FYI, `@check, @notify = IO.pipe`.
          # def notify_safely(message)
          #   @notify << message
          # end
          # sockets: [#<IO:fd 23>, #<TCPServer:fd 22, AF_INET, 0.0.0.0, 3000>]
          ios = IO.select sockets

          ios.first.each do |sock|
            if sock == check
              # The @status is updated to :stop for this example in `handle_check`.
              break if handle_check # Let's step into this line.
            else
              if io = sock.accept_nonblock
                client = Client.new(io, @binder.env(sock))

                # ...
                pool << client
                pool.wait_until_not_full
              end
            end
          end
        end

        # Let's step into `graceful_shutdown`.
        graceful_shutdown if @status == :stop || @status == :restart

      # ...
      ensure
        # FYI, the 'ensure' part is in the puma stopping process.
        # 'Thread.current.object_id' returns '70144220123860', 
        # which is the same as the 'Thread.current.object_id' in 'Thread.new block' in Puma::Server#run
        # @thread = Thread.new do
        #   # FYI, this is in the puma starting process.
        #   puts "#{Thread.current.object_id}" # returns '70144220123860'
        #   handle_servers
        # end
        puts "#{Thread.current.object_id}"

        @check.close
        @notify.close

        # ...
      end
    end

    def handle_check
      cmd = @check.read(1)

      case cmd
      when STOP_COMMAND
        @status = :stop # The @status is updated to :stop for this example. 
        return true
      when HALT_COMMAND
        @status = :halt
        return true
      when RESTART_COMMAND
        @status = :restart
        return true
      end

      return false
    end

    def graceful_shutdown
      if @thread_pool
        @thread_pool.shutdown # Let's step into this line.
      end
    end    
  end
end
module Puma
  class ThreadPool
    # Tell all threads in the pool to exit and wait for them to finish.
    def shutdown(timeout=-1)
      threads = @mutex.synchronize do
        @shutdown = true
        # `broadcast` will wakes up all threads waiting for this lock.
        @not_empty.broadcast
        @not_full.broadcast

        # ...

        # dup workers so that we join them all safely
        # @workers is an array.   
        # @workers.dup will not create new thread.
        # @workers is an instance variable and will be changed when shutdown (by `@workers.delete th`). 
        # So ues @workers.dup here.
        @workers.dup
      end

      # Wait for threads to finish without force shutdown.
      threads.each do |thread|
        thread.join
      end

      @spawned = 0
      @workers = []
    end

    def initialize(min, max, *extra, &block)
      #..
      @mutex = Mutex.new
      @spawned = 0 # The count of @spawned threads.
      @todo = [] # @todo is requests (in puma, it's Puma::Client instance) which need to be processed.  
      @min = Integer(min) # @min threads count
      @block = block # block will be called in method `spawn_thread` to process a request.    
      @workers = []

      @mutex.synchronize do
        @min.times { spawn_thread } # Puma spawns @min count threads.
      end
    end

    def spawn_thread
      @spawned += 1

      # Run a new Thread now.
      # The block of the thread will be executed separately from the calling thread. 
      th = Thread.new(@spawned) do |spawned|
        block = @block
        mutex = @mutex
        #...

        while true
          work = nil

          continue = true

          mutex.synchronize do
            while todo.empty?
              # ...

              if @shutdown
                continue = false
                break
              end

              # ...
              # After `@not_empty.broadcast` is executed in '#shutdown', `not_empty` is waked up.
              # Ruby will continue to execute the next line here.
              not_empty.wait mutex

              @waiting -= 1
            end

            # ...
          end

          break unless continue

          # ...
        end

        mutex.synchronize do
          @spawned -= 1
          @workers.delete th
        end
      end # end of the Thread.new.

      @workers << th

      th
    end
  end
end

So all the threads in the ThreadPool joined and finished.

Let's inspect the caller in block of Signal.trap "SIGTERM" below.

# .gems/puma-3.12.0/lib/puma/launcher.rb
module Puma
  # Puma::Launcher is the single entry point for starting a Puma server based on user
  # configuration.
  class Launcher
    def run
      #...

      # Set the behaviors for signals like `$ kill -s SIGTERM puma_process_id`. 
      setup_signals # Let's step into this line.

      set_process_title

      # Process.pid: 42264 
      puts "Process.pid: #{Process.pid}"

      @runner.run

      # ...
    end

    def setup_signals
      # ...
      begin
        # After running `$ kill -s SIGTERM puma_process_id`, Ruby will execute the block of `Signal.trap "SIGTERM"`.
        Signal.trap "SIGTERM" do
          # I inspect `caller` to see the caller stack.
          # caller: [
          #   "../gems/puma-3.12.0/lib/puma/single.rb:118:in `join'", 
          #   "../gems/puma-3.12.0/lib/puma/single.rb:118:in `run'",
          #   "../gems/puma-3.12.0/lib/puma/launcher.rb:186:in `run'",
          #   "../gems/puma-3.12.0/lib/rack/handler/puma.rb:70:in `run'",
          #   "../gems/rack-2.0.6/lib/rack/server.rb:298:in `start'",
          #   "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb:55:in `start'", 
          #   "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb:149:in `block in perform'", 
          #   "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb:144:in `tap'", 
          #   "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb:144:in `perform'", 
          #   "../gems/thor-0.20.3/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'", 
          #   "../gems/thor-0.20.3/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command'", 
          #   "../gems/thor-0.20.3/lib/thor.rb:391:in `dispatch'", 
          #   "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/command/base.rb:65:in `perform'", 
          #   "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/command.rb:46:in `invoke'", 
          #   "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands.rb:18:in `<top (required)>'", 
          #   "../path/to/your_project/bin/rails:5:in `require'", 
          #   "../path/to/your_project/bin/rails:5:in `<main>'"
          # ]
          puts "caller: #{caller.inspect}"

          # Process.pid: 42264 which is the same as the `Process.pid` in the Puma::Launcher#run.
          puts "Process.pid: #{Process.pid}"

          graceful_stop

          # This SignalException is not rescued in the caller stack.
          # So in the the caller stack, Ruby will goto the `ensure` part in
          # "../gems/railties-5.2.2/lib/rails/commands/server/server_command.rb:55:in `start'".
          # So the last code executed is `puts "Exiting" unless @options && options[:daemonize]`
          # when running `$ kill -s SIGTERM puma_process_id`.
          # You can search `puts "Exiting"` in this document to see it.
          raise SignalException, "SIGTERM"
        end
      rescue Exception
        # This `rescue` is only for `Signal.trap "SIGTERM"`, not for `raise SignalException, "SIGTERM"`.
        log "*** SIGTERM not implemented, signal based gracefully stopping unavailable!"
      end
    end
  end
end

Welcome to point out the mistakes in this article :)

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hegwin 回复

主要问题是没玩好。打算把编程玩好了,再玩别的。

Cool thinks. 篇幅太长,需慢慢看。😂

自我感觉,这个可以加精品贴了,看完对 Rails 的理解更深一步

能翻译下就更好了

rails_taotao 回复

可以用 Chrome 中带的 Google Translate(可能是 Google Extension,要安装下)。 用它翻译 https://github.com/gazeldx/Learn-Rails-by-Reading-Source-Code 效果不错。

翻译本页也可以,但大量注释不会被翻译到,好处是代码没有被翻译。

rocLv 如何读 Ruby on Rails 源码 提及了此话题。 09月27日 21:32
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