Cancel homing and shut down cleanly when the program is stopped during homing

docs/configuration.md

@@ -722,7 +722,8 @@ It is modular (`test gimbal`, `test imu drift`, `test host`, …) and driven by
 **profiles** configured under `[Test]` / `[TestProfile.<name>]` in `config.ini`
 (repetition counts, sampling windows, pass thresholds; default `standard`). While a
 test (or calibration, or homing) runs, interfering commands are ignored and **Esc**
-cancels. Full reference: [test-command.md](test-command.md). Replaces the former
+cancels. A stop is not ignored: `exit`, Ctrl-C or SIGTERM (`scripts/fgc stop`) during homing
+cancels the homing, as Esc does, and shuts the program down. Full reference: [test-command.md](test-command.md). Replaces the former
 `gimbal diag` (now folded into `test gimbal encoder`).
 
 ## Terminal dashboard (TUI)

docs/deployment.md

@@ -146,8 +146,11 @@ it is shown dimmed.
 
 `scripts/fgc stop` sends SIGTERM and waits up to 120 s; the program handles it
 with the same shutdown path as the `exit` command (stop capture, close the
-camera, flush the image queue). Do **not** `kill -9` - an unclean exit leaves the
+camera, flush the image queue). A stop while the gimbal is homing cancels the
-camera wedged for the next run. If it will not stop, attach and look at why.
+homing rather than waiting for it - a full home takes minutes on some towers,
+longer than this wait - so the gimbal is left un-homed, and the next start homes
+it again. Do **not** `kill -9` - an unclean exit leaves the camera wedged for the
+next run. If it will not stop, attach and look at why.
 
 `scripts/fgc start` refuses if a run is already up, and prints the previous
 run's last output if it died rather than silently discarding it.

src/core/Application.cpp

@@ -84,8 +84,18 @@ constexpr long kEncoderQuantumCounts = 13;
 // (StopContinuousImageAcquisition + Close). Without this, a Ctrl-C / kill / systemd
 // stop skips teardown and leaves the camera acquiring - which wedges it so the NEXT
 // run gets no frames. Only an atomic flag is set here (async-signal-safe).
+//
+// Installed as the very first thing run() does, so a stop that arrives while the
+// camera opens or the gimbal homes is not the default action - which kills the
+// process on the spot and wedges the camera. A second signal of the same kind
+// goes back to that default: Ctrl-C twice still gets out of a start that hangs.
 std::atomic<bool> g_shutdown_requested{false};
-void handleShutdownSignal(int) { g_shutdown_requested.store(true); }
+void handleShutdownSignal(int sig) {
+    if (g_shutdown_requested.exchange(true)) {
+        std::signal(sig, SIG_DFL);
+        std::raise(sig);
+    }
+}
 
 long long nowEpochMs() {
     return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(
@@ -1195,6 +1205,12 @@ struct Application::Impl {
             }
         }
 
+        // A stop that came in while the program was starting up: do not begin a
+        // home that would only be cancelled.
+        if (shutdownRequested()) {
+            LOG_INFO << "stop requested: not homing";
+            return;
+        }
         motor->sendCommand("HOME");  // homes all axes; firmware runs it non-blocking
 
         auto allReady = [](const MotorTelemetry& t) {
@@ -2494,11 +2510,27 @@ struct Application::Impl {
             Command c = parseCommand(line);
             if (c.verb == "cancel" || (c.verb == "mode" && c.device == "manual"))
                 cancel_procedure_ = true;
+            else if (c.verb == "exit")
+                running = false;   // not an interfering command: a stop
             else if (!c.empty())
                 LOG_WARN << "ignored '" << c.verb << "': homing in progress (Esc to cancel)";
             local.pop();
         }
+        // A stop cancels homing, as Esc does, rather than waiting for it to finish:
+        // a full home takes minutes on some towers - longer than `fgc stop` (120 s)
+        // and systemd (150 s) wait before giving up or killing the program outright,
+        // which wedges the camera. Dropping the stop instead, as this once did, left
+        // the program running with its dashboard already closed.
+        if (shutdownRequested() && !cancel_procedure_) {
+            LOG_INFO << "stop requested: cancelling homing to shut down";
+            cancel_procedure_ = true;
         }
+    }
+
+    // A stop asked for in any of the ways there are: the `exit` command - which is
+    // also what the dashboard sends when it closes, on Ctrl-C and SIGTERM too - or
+    // SIGINT/SIGTERM caught by handleShutdownSignal() when there is no dashboard.
+    bool shutdownRequested() const { return !running || g_shutdown_requested.load(); }
 
     // ---- `test` command ----
     static std::string lowerStr(std::string s) {
@@ -2977,6 +3009,14 @@ struct Application::Impl {
     int run() {
         start_time = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
 
+        // Clean up on Ctrl-C / kill / systemd stop, not just on "exit"/Ctrl-D - so the
+        // camera is always stopped and closed (an unclean exit wedges it for next time).
+        // First, before anything slow: homing alone takes minutes on some towers.
+        // The TUI's own handler takes over while the dashboard runs (it turns the
+        // signal into "exit") and puts this one back when the dashboard closes.
+        std::signal(SIGINT, handleShutdownSignal);
+        std::signal(SIGTERM, handleShutdownSignal);
+
         // Log level: config first, CLI overrides.
         if (!cfg.logging.level.empty() && !Logger::setLevelFromString(cfg.logging.level))
             LOG_WARN << "unknown Logging.level '" << cfg.logging.level << "', keeping default";
@@ -3162,12 +3202,8 @@ struct Application::Impl {
             sendAnchorConfig();
             applyHomedTravel();
         }
-        if (start_in != Mode::Manual) setMode(start_in);
+        // A stop that came in during homing: do not start sweeping on the way out.
-
+        if (start_in != Mode::Manual && !shutdownRequested()) setMode(start_in);
-        // Clean up on Ctrl-C / kill / systemd stop, not just on "exit"/Ctrl-D - so the
-        // camera is always stopped and closed (an unclean exit wedges it for next time).
-        std::signal(SIGINT, handleShutdownSignal);
-        std::signal(SIGTERM, handleShutdownSignal);
 
         LOG_INFO << "Entering control loop (type 'exit' to quit, or Ctrl-C)";
         oneshot_since_ = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();