// Copyright (c) 2011 - Gustavo Niemeyer // // All rights reserved. // // Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without // modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: // // * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, // this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. // * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, // this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation // and/or other materials provided with the distribution. // * Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its // contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from // this software without specific prior written permission. // // THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS // "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT // LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR // A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR // CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, // EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, // PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR // PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF // LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING // NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS // SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. // The tomb package handles clean goroutine tracking and termination. // // The zero value of a Tomb is ready to handle the creation of a tracked // goroutine via its Go method, and then any tracked goroutine may call // the Go method again to create additional tracked goroutines at // any point. // // If any of the tracked goroutines returns a non-nil error, or the // Kill or Killf method is called by any goroutine in the system (tracked // or not), the tomb Err is set, Alive is set to false, and the Dying // channel is closed to flag that all tracked goroutines are supposed // to willingly terminate as soon as possible. // // Once all tracked goroutines terminate, the Dead channel is closed, // and Wait unblocks and returns the first non-nil error presented // to the tomb via a result or an explicit Kill or Killf method call, // or nil if there were no errors. // // It is okay to create further goroutines via the Go method while // the tomb is in a dying state. The final dead state is only reached // once all tracked goroutines terminate, at which point calling // the Go method again will cause a runtime panic. // // Tracked functions and methods that are still running while the tomb // is in dying state may choose to return ErrDying as their error value. // This preserves the well established non-nil error convention, but is // understood by the tomb as a clean termination. The Err and Wait // methods will still return nil if all observed errors were either // nil or ErrDying. // // For background and a detailed example, see the following blog post: // // http://blog.labix.org/2011/10/09/death-of-goroutines-under-control // package tomb import ( "errors" "fmt" "sync" ) // A Tomb tracks the lifecycle of one or more goroutines as alive, // dying or dead, and the reason for their death. // // See the package documentation for details. type Tomb struct { m sync.Mutex alive int dying chan struct{} dead chan struct{} reason error } var ( ErrStillAlive = errors.New("tomb: still alive") ErrDying = errors.New("tomb: dying") ) func (t *Tomb) init() { t.m.Lock() if t.dead == nil { t.dead = make(chan struct{}) t.dying = make(chan struct{}) t.reason = ErrStillAlive } t.m.Unlock() } // Dead returns the channel that can be used to wait until // all goroutines have finished running. func (t *Tomb) Dead() <-chan struct{} { t.init() return t.dead } // Dying returns the channel that can be used to wait until // t.Kill is called. func (t *Tomb) Dying() <-chan struct{} { t.init() return t.dying } // Wait blocks until all goroutines have finished running, and // then returns the reason for their death. func (t *Tomb) Wait() error { t.init() <-t.dead t.m.Lock() reason := t.reason t.m.Unlock() return reason } // Go runs f in a new goroutine and tracks its termination. // // If f returns a non-nil error, t.Kill is called with that // error as the death reason parameter. // // It is f's responsibility to monitor the tomb and return // appropriately once it is in a dying state. // // It is safe for the f function to call the Go method again // to create additional tracked goroutines. Once all tracked // goroutines return, the Dead channel is closed and the // Wait method unblocks and returns the death reason. // // Calling the Go method after all tracked goroutines return // causes a runtime panic. For that reason, calling the Go // method a second time out of a tracked goroutine is unsafe. func (t *Tomb) Go(f func() error) { t.init() t.m.Lock() defer t.m.Unlock() select { case <-t.dead: panic("tomb.Go called after all goroutines terminated") default: } t.alive++ go t.run(f) } func (t *Tomb) run(f func() error) { err := f() t.m.Lock() defer t.m.Unlock() t.alive-- if t.alive == 0 || err != nil { t.kill(err) if t.alive == 0 { close(t.dead) } } } // Kill puts the tomb in a dying state for the given reason, // closes the Dying channel, and sets Alive to false. // // Althoguh Kill may be called multiple times, only the first // non-nil error is recorded as the death reason. // // If reason is ErrDying, the previous reason isn't replaced // even if nil. It's a runtime error to call Kill with ErrDying // if t is not in a dying state. func (t *Tomb) Kill(reason error) { t.init() t.m.Lock() defer t.m.Unlock() t.kill(reason) } func (t *Tomb) kill(reason error) { if reason == ErrStillAlive { panic("tomb: Kill with ErrStillAlive") } if reason == ErrDying { if t.reason == ErrStillAlive { panic("tomb: Kill with ErrDying while still alive") } return } if t.reason == ErrStillAlive { t.reason = reason close(t.dying) return } if t.reason == nil { t.reason = reason return } } // Killf calls the Kill method with an error built providing the received // parameters to fmt.Errorf. The generated error is also returned. func (t *Tomb) Killf(f string, a ...interface{}) error { err := fmt.Errorf(f, a...) t.Kill(err) return err } // Err returns the death reason, or ErrStillAlive if the tomb // is not in a dying or dead state. func (t *Tomb) Err() (reason error) { t.init() t.m.Lock() reason = t.reason t.m.Unlock() return } // Alive returns true if the tomb is not in a dying or dead state. func (t *Tomb) Alive() bool { return t.Err() == ErrStillAlive }