singleflight.go

package singleflightx

import (
	"bytes"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"runtime"
	"runtime/debug"
	"sync"
)

// errGoexit indicates the runtime.Goexit was called in
// the user given function.
var errGoexit = errors.New("runtime.Goexit was called")

// A panicError is an arbitrary value recovered from a panic
// with the stack trace during the execution of given function.
type panicError struct {
	value interface{}
	stack []byte
}

// Error implements error interface.
func (p *panicError) Error() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("%v\n\n%s", p.value, p.stack)
}

func (p *panicError) Unwrap() error {
	err, ok := p.value.(error)
	if !ok {
		return nil
	}

	return err
}

func newPanicError(v interface{}) error {
	stack := debug.Stack()

	// The first line of the stack trace is of the form "goroutine N [status]:"
	// but by the time the panic reaches Do the goroutine may no longer exist
	// and its status will have changed. Trim out the misleading line.
	if line := bytes.IndexByte(stack[:], '\n'); line >= 0 {
		stack = stack[line+1:]
	}
	return &panicError{value: v, stack: stack}
}

// call is an in-flight or completed singleflight.Do call
type call[V any] struct {
	wg sync.WaitGroup

	// These fields are written once before the WaitGroup is done
	// and are only read after the WaitGroup is done.
	value  V
	absent bool
	err    error

	// These fields are read and written with the singleflight
	// mutex held before the WaitGroup is done, and are read but
	// not written after the WaitGroup is done.
	dups  int
	chans []chan<- Result[V]
}

// Group represents a class of work and forms a namespace in
// which units of work can be executed with duplicate suppression.
type Group[K comparable, V any] struct {
	mu sync.Mutex     // protects m
	m  map[K]*call[V] // lazily initialized
}

// NullValue represents a V that may be null.
type NullValue[V any] struct {
	Value V
	Valid bool // Valid is true if Value is not NULL
}

// Result holds the results of Do, so they can be passed
// on a channel.
type Result[V any] struct {
	Value  NullValue[V]
	Err    error
	Shared bool
}

// Do executes and returns the results of the given function, making
// sure that only one execution is in-flight for a given key at a
// time. If a duplicate comes in, the duplicate caller waits for the
// original to complete and receives the same results.
// The return value shared indicates whether v was given to multiple callers.
func (g *Group[K, V]) Do(key K, fn func() (V, error)) (v V, err error, shared bool) {
	g.mu.Lock()
	if g.m == nil {
		g.m = make(map[K]*call[V])
	}
	if c, ok := g.m[key]; ok {
		c.dups++
		g.mu.Unlock()
		c.wg.Wait()

		if e, ok := c.err.(*panicError); ok {
			panic(e)
		} else if c.err == errGoexit {
			runtime.Goexit()
		}
		return c.value, c.err, true
	}
	c := new(call[V])
	c.wg.Add(1)
	g.m[key] = c
	g.mu.Unlock()

	g.doCall(c, key, fn)
	return c.value, c.err, c.dups > 0
}

// DoChan is like Do but returns a channel that will receive the
// results when they are ready.
//
// The returned channel will not be closed.
func (g *Group[K, V]) DoChan(key K, fn func() (V, error)) <-chan Result[V] {
	ch := make(chan Result[V], 1)
	g.mu.Lock()
	if g.m == nil {
		g.m = make(map[K]*call[V])
	}
	if c, ok := g.m[key]; ok {
		c.dups++
		c.chans = append(c.chans, ch)
		g.mu.Unlock()
		return ch
	}
	c := &call[V]{chans: []chan<- Result[V]{ch}}
	c.wg.Add(1)
	g.m[key] = c
	g.mu.Unlock()

	go g.doCall(c, key, fn)

	return ch
}

// doCall handles the single call for a key.
func (g *Group[K, V]) doCall(c *call[V], key K, fn func() (V, error)) {
	normalReturn := false
	recovered := false

	// use double-defer to distinguish panic from runtime.Goexit,
	// more details see https://golang.org/cl/134395
	defer func() {
		// the given function invoked runtime.Goexit
		if !normalReturn && !recovered {
			c.err = errGoexit
		}

		g.mu.Lock()
		defer g.mu.Unlock()
		c.wg.Done()
		if g.m[key] == c {
			delete(g.m, key)
		}

		if e, ok := c.err.(*panicError); ok {
			// In order to prevent the waiting channels from being blocked forever,
			// needs to ensure that this panic cannot be recovered.
			if len(c.chans) > 0 {
				go panic(e)
				select {} // Keep this goroutine around so that it will appear in the crash dump.
			} else {
				panic(e)
			}
		} else if c.err == errGoexit {
			// Already in the process of goexit, no need to call again
		} else {
			// Normal return
			for _, ch := range c.chans {
				ch <- Result[V]{NullValue[V]{c.value, !c.absent}, c.err, c.dups > 0}
			}
		}
	}()

	func() {
		defer func() {
			if !normalReturn {
				// Ideally, we would wait to take a stack trace until we've determined
				// whether this is a panic or a runtime.Goexit.
				//
				// Unfortunately, the only way we can distinguish the two is to see
				// whether the recover stopped the goroutine from terminating, and by
				// the time we know that, the part of the stack trace relevant to the
				// panic has been discarded.
				if r := recover(); r != nil {
					c.err = newPanicError(r)
				}
			}
		}()

		c.value, c.err = fn()
		normalReturn = true
	}()

	if !normalReturn {
		recovered = true
	}
}

// Forget tells the singleflight to forget about a key.  Future calls
// to Do for this key will call the function rather than waiting for
// an earlier call to complete.
func (g *Group[K, V]) Forget(key K) {
	g.mu.Lock()
	delete(g.m, key)
	g.mu.Unlock()
}