up.go

// Package up is used to run a function for some duration. If a new function is added while a previous run is
// still ongoing, nothing new will be executed.
package up

import (
	"sync"
	"time"
)

// Probe is used to run a single Func until it returns true (indicating a target is healthy). If an Func
// is already in progress no new one will be added, i.e. there is always a maximum of 1 checks in flight.
// When failures start to happen we will back off every second failure up to maximum of 4 intervals.
type Probe struct {
	sync.Mutex
	inprogress int
	interval   time.Duration
	max        time.Duration
}

// Func is used to determine if a target is alive. If so this function must return nil.
type Func func() error

// New returns a pointer to an initialized Probe.
func New() *Probe { return &Probe{} }

// Do will probe target, if a probe is already in progress this is a noop.
func (p *Probe) Do(f Func) {
	p.Lock()
	if p.inprogress != idle {
		p.Unlock()
		return
	}
	p.inprogress = active
	interval := p.interval
	p.Unlock()
	// Passed the lock. Now run f for as long it returns false. If a true is returned
	// we return from the goroutine and we can accept another Func to run.
	go func() {
		i := 1
		for {
			if err := f(); err == nil {
				break
			}
			time.Sleep(interval)
			if i%2 == 0 && i < 4 { // 4 is 2 doubles, so no need to increase anymore - this is *also* checked in double()
				p.double()
			}
			p.Lock()
			if p.inprogress == stop {
				p.Unlock()
				return
			}
			p.Unlock()
			i++
		}

		p.Lock()
		p.inprogress = idle
		p.Unlock()
	}()
}

func (p *Probe) double() {
	p.Lock()
	p.interval *= 2
	if p.interval > p.max {
		p.interval = p.max
	}
	p.Unlock()
}

// Stop stops the probing.
func (p *Probe) Stop() {
	p.Lock()
	p.inprogress = stop
	p.Unlock()
}

// Start will initialize the probe manager, after which probes can be initiated with Do.
func (p *Probe) Start(interval time.Duration) {
	p.Lock()
	p.interval = interval
	p.max = interval * multiplier
	p.Unlock()
}

const (
	idle = iota
	active
	stop

	multiplier = 4
)