fix: Do not use infinite timers

pgconn/pgconn.go

@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ func expandWithIPs(ctx context.Context, lookupFn LookupFunc, fallbacks []*Fallba
 }
 
 func connect(ctx context.Context, config *Config, fallbackConfig *FallbackConfig,
-	ignoreNotPreferredErr bool) (*PgConn, error) {
+	ignoreNotPreferredErr bool,
+) (*PgConn, error) {
 	pgConn := new(PgConn)
 	pgConn.config = config
 	pgConn.cleanupDone = make(chan struct{})
@@ -298,6 +299,7 @@ func connect(ctx context.Context, config *Config, fallbackConfig *FallbackConfig
 	pgConn.status = connStatusConnecting
 	pgConn.bgReader = bgreader.New(pgConn.conn)
 	pgConn.slowWriteTimer = time.AfterFunc(time.Duration(math.MaxInt64), pgConn.bgReader.Start)
+	pgConn.slowWriteTimer.Stop()
 	pgConn.frontend = config.BuildFrontend(pgConn.bgReader, pgConn.conn)
 
 	startupMsg := pgproto3.StartupMessage{
@@ -476,7 +478,8 @@ func (pgConn *PgConn) ReceiveMessage(ctx context.Context) (pgproto3.BackendMessa
 		err = &pgconnError{
 			msg:         "receive message failed",
 			err:         normalizeTimeoutError(ctx, err),
-			safeToRetry: true}
+			safeToRetry: true,
+		}
 	}
 	return msg, err
 }
@@ -1336,7 +1339,6 @@ func (mrr *MultiResultReader) ReadAll() ([]*Result, error) {
 
 func (mrr *MultiResultReader) receiveMessage() (pgproto3.BackendMessage, error) {
 	msg, err := mrr.pgConn.receiveMessage()
-
 	if err != nil {
 		mrr.pgConn.contextWatcher.Unwatch()
 		mrr.err = normalizeTimeoutError(mrr.ctx, err)
@@ -1647,8 +1649,8 @@ func (pgConn *PgConn) ExecBatch(ctx context.Context, batch *Batch) *MultiResultR
 	batch.buf = (&pgproto3.Sync{}).Encode(batch.buf)
 
 	pgConn.enterPotentialWriteReadDeadlock()
+	defer pgConn.exitPotentialWriteReadDeadlock()
 	_, err := pgConn.conn.Write(batch.buf)
-	pgConn.exitPotentialWriteReadDeadlock()
 	if err != nil {
 		multiResult.closed = true
 		multiResult.err = err
@@ -1719,20 +1721,22 @@ func (pgConn *PgConn) enterPotentialWriteReadDeadlock() {
 	//
 	// In addition, on Windows the default timer resolution is 15.6ms. So setting the timer to less than that is
 	// ineffective.
-	pgConn.slowWriteTimer.Reset(15 * time.Millisecond)
+	if pgConn.slowWriteTimer.Reset(15 * time.Millisecond) {
+		panic("BUG: slow write timer already active")
+	}
 }
 
 // exitPotentialWriteReadDeadlock must be called after a call to enterPotentialWriteReadDeadlock.
 func (pgConn *PgConn) exitPotentialWriteReadDeadlock() {
-	if !pgConn.slowWriteTimer.Reset(time.Duration(math.MaxInt64)) {
-		pgConn.slowWriteTimer.Stop()
-	}
+	// The state of the timer is not relevant upon exiting the potential slow write. It may both
+	// fire (due to a slow write), or not fire (due to a fast write).
+	_ = pgConn.slowWriteTimer.Stop()
 }
 
 func (pgConn *PgConn) flushWithPotentialWriteReadDeadlock() error {
 	pgConn.enterPotentialWriteReadDeadlock()
+	defer pgConn.exitPotentialWriteReadDeadlock()
 	err := pgConn.frontend.Flush()
-	pgConn.exitPotentialWriteReadDeadlock()
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -1796,6 +1800,7 @@ func Construct(hc *HijackedConn) (*PgConn, error) {
 	pgConn.contextWatcher = newContextWatcher(pgConn.conn)
 	pgConn.bgReader = bgreader.New(pgConn.conn)
 	pgConn.slowWriteTimer = time.AfterFunc(time.Duration(math.MaxInt64), pgConn.bgReader.Start)
+	pgConn.slowWriteTimer.Stop()
 
 	return pgConn, nil
 }
@@ -1997,7 +2002,6 @@ func (p *Pipeline) GetResults() (results any, err error) {
 		}
 
 	}
-
 }
 
 func (p *Pipeline) getResultsPrepare() (*StatementDescription, error) {