mtest: catch ctrl-c and properly kill the child processes. Fixes #2281

mesonbuild/mtest.py

@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ class TestHarness:
                                  cwd=test.workdir,
                                  preexec_fn=setsid)
             timed_out = False
+            kill_test = False
             if test.timeout is None:
                 timeout = None
             else:
@@ -261,6 +262,14 @@ class TestHarness:
                 if self.options.verbose:
                     print("%s time out (After %d seconds)" % (test.name, timeout))
                 timed_out = True
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                mlog.warning("CTRL-C detected while running %s" % (test.name))
+                kill_test = True
+            except:
+                mlog.warning("Unknown error while running %s" % (test.name))
+                kill_test = True
+
+            if kill_test or timed_out:
                 # Python does not provide multiplatform support for
                 # killing a process and all its children so we need
                 # to roll our own.