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Implement windows lockfile
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Signed-off-by: Mike Norgate <[email protected]>
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Mike Norgate committed Jul 12, 2023
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84 changes: 84 additions & 0 deletions pkg/lockfile/lastwrite.go
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package lockfile

import (
"bytes"
cryptorand "crypto/rand"
"encoding/binary"
"os"
"sync/atomic"
"time"
)

// LastWrite is an opaque identifier of the last write to some *LockFile.
// It can be used by users of a *LockFile to determine if the lock indicates changes
// since the last check.
//
// Never construct a LastWrite manually; only accept it from *LockFile methods, and pass it back.
type LastWrite struct {
// Never modify fields of a LastWrite object; it has value semantics.
state []byte // Contents of the lock file.
}

var (
lastWriterIDCounter uint64 // Private state for newLastWriterID
)

const lastWriterIDSize = 64 // This must be the same as len(stringid.GenerateRandomID)
// newLastWrite returns a new "last write" ID.
// The value must be different on every call, and also differ from values
// generated by other processes.
func newLastWrite() LastWrite {
// The ID is (PID, time, per-process counter, random)
// PID + time represents both a unique process across reboots,
// and a specific time within the process; the per-process counter
// is an extra safeguard for in-process concurrency.
// The random part disambiguates across process namespaces
// (where PID values might collide), serves as a general-purpose
// extra safety, _and_ is used to pad the output to lastWriterIDSize,
// because other versions of this code exist and they don't work
// efficiently if the size of the value changes.
pid := os.Getpid()
tm := time.Now().UnixNano()
counter := atomic.AddUint64(&lastWriterIDCounter, 1)

res := make([]byte, lastWriterIDSize)
binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(res[0:8], uint64(tm))
binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(res[8:16], counter)
binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(res[16:20], uint32(pid))
if n, err := cryptorand.Read(res[20:lastWriterIDSize]); err != nil || n != lastWriterIDSize-20 {
panic(err) // This shouldn't happen
}

return LastWrite{
state: res,
}
}

// serialize returns bytes to write to the lock file to represent the specified write.
func (lw LastWrite) serialize() []byte {
if lw.state == nil {
panic("LastWrite.serialize on an uninitialized object")
}
return lw.state
}

// Equals returns true if lw matches other
func (lw LastWrite) equals(other LastWrite) bool {
if lw.state == nil {
panic("LastWrite.equals on an uninitialized object")
}
if other.state == nil {
panic("LastWrite.equals with an uninitialized counterparty")
}
return bytes.Equal(lw.state, other.state)
}

// newLastWriteFromData returns a LastWrite corresponding to data that came from a previous LastWrite.serialize
func newLastWriteFromData(serialized []byte) LastWrite {
if serialized == nil {
panic("newLastWriteFromData with nil data")
}
return LastWrite{
state: serialized,
}
}
279 changes: 279 additions & 0 deletions pkg/lockfile/lockfile.go
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Expand Up @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package lockfile

import (
"fmt"
"os"
"path/filepath"
"sync"
"time"
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AssertLockedForWriting()
}

type lockType byte

const (
readLock lockType = iota
writeLock
)

// LockFile represents a file lock where the file is used to cache an
// identifier of the last party that made changes to whatever's being protected
// by the lock.
//
// It MUST NOT be created manually. Use GetLockFile or GetROLockFile instead.
type LockFile struct {
// The following fields are only set when constructing *LockFile, and must never be modified afterwards.
// They are safe to access without any other locking.
file string
ro bool

// rwMutex serializes concurrent reader-writer acquisitions in the same process space
rwMutex *sync.RWMutex
// stateMutex is used to synchronize concurrent accesses to the state below
stateMutex *sync.Mutex
counter int64
lw LastWrite // A global value valid as of the last .Touch() or .Modified()
lockType lockType
locked bool
// The following fields are only modified on transitions between counter == 0 / counter != 0.
// Thus, they can be safely accessed by users _that currently hold the LockFile_ without locking.
// In other cases, they need to be protected using stateMutex.
fd fileHandle
}

var (
lockFiles map[string]*LockFile
lockFilesLock sync.Mutex
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return GetROLockFile(path)
}

// Lock locks the lockfile as a writer. Panic if the lock is a read-only one.
func (l *LockFile) Lock() {
if l.ro {
panic("can't take write lock on read-only lock file")
} else {
l.lock(writeLock)
}
}

// LockRead locks the lockfile as a reader.
func (l *LockFile) RLock() {
l.lock(readLock)
}

// Unlock unlocks the lockfile.
func (l *LockFile) Unlock() {
l.stateMutex.Lock()
if !l.locked {
// Panic when unlocking an unlocked lock. That's a violation
// of the lock semantics and will reveal such.
panic("calling Unlock on unlocked lock")
}
l.counter--
if l.counter < 0 {
// Panic when the counter is negative. There is no way we can
// recover from a corrupted lock and we need to protect the
// storage from corruption.
panic(fmt.Sprintf("lock %q has been unlocked too often", l.file))
}
if l.counter == 0 {
// We should only release the lock when the counter is 0 to
// avoid releasing read-locks too early; a given process may
// acquire a read lock multiple times.
l.locked = false
// Close the file descriptor on the last unlock, releasing the
// file lock.
unlockAndCloseHandle(l.fd)
}
if l.lockType == readLock {
l.rwMutex.RUnlock()
} else {
l.rwMutex.Unlock()
}
l.stateMutex.Unlock()
}

func (l *LockFile) AssertLocked() {
// DO NOT provide a variant that returns the value of l.locked.
//
// If the caller does not hold the lock, l.locked might nevertheless be true because another goroutine does hold it, and
// we can’t tell the difference.
//
// Hence, this “AssertLocked” method, which exists only for sanity checks.

// Don’t even bother with l.stateMutex: The caller is expected to hold the lock, and in that case l.locked is constant true
// with no possible writers.
// If the caller does not hold the lock, we are violating the locking/memory model anyway, and accessing the data
// without the lock is more efficient for callers, and potentially more visible to lock analysers for incorrect callers.
if !l.locked {
panic("internal error: lock is not held by the expected owner")
}
}

func (l *LockFile) AssertLockedForWriting() {
// DO NOT provide a variant that returns the current lock state.
//
// The same caveats as for AssertLocked apply equally.

l.AssertLocked()
// Like AssertLocked, don’t even bother with l.stateMutex.
if l.lockType == readLock {
panic("internal error: lock is not held for writing")
}
}

// ModifiedSince checks if the lock has been changed since a provided LastWrite value,
// and returns the one to record instead.
//
// If ModifiedSince reports no modification, the previous LastWrite value
// is still valid and can continue to be used.
//
// If this function fails, the LastWriter value of the lock is indeterminate;
// the caller should fail and keep using the previously-recorded LastWrite value,
// so that it continues failing until the situation is resolved. Similarly,
// it should only update the recorded LastWrite value after processing the update:
//
// lw2, modified, err := state.lock.ModifiedSince(state.lastWrite)
// if err != nil { /* fail */ }
// state.lastWrite = lw2
// if modified {
// if err := reload(); err != nil { /* fail */ }
// state.lastWrite = lw2
// }
//
// The caller must hold the lock (for reading or writing).
func (l *LockFile) ModifiedSince(previous LastWrite) (LastWrite, bool, error) {
l.AssertLocked()
currentLW, err := l.GetLastWrite()
if err != nil {
return LastWrite{}, false, err
}
modified := !previous.equals(currentLW)
return currentLW, modified, nil
}

// Modified indicates if the lockfile has been updated since the last time it
// was loaded.
// NOTE: Unlike ModifiedSince, this returns true the first time it is called on a *LockFile.
// Callers cannot, in general, rely on this, because that might have happened for some other
// owner of the same *LockFile who created it previously.
//
// Deprecated: Use *LockFile.ModifiedSince.
func (l *LockFile) Modified() (bool, error) {
l.stateMutex.Lock()
if !l.locked {
panic("attempted to check last-writer in lockfile without locking it first")
}
defer l.stateMutex.Unlock()
oldLW := l.lw
// Note that this is called with stateMutex held; that’s fine because ModifiedSince doesn’t need to lock it.
currentLW, modified, err := l.ModifiedSince(oldLW)
if err != nil {
return true, err
}
l.lw = currentLW
return modified, nil
}

// Touch updates the lock file with to record that the current lock holder has modified the lock-protected data.
//
// Deprecated: Use *LockFile.RecordWrite.
func (l *LockFile) Touch() error {
lw, err := l.RecordWrite()
if err != nil {
return err
}
l.stateMutex.Lock()
if !l.locked || (l.lockType == readLock) {
panic("attempted to update last-writer in lockfile without the write lock")
}
defer l.stateMutex.Unlock()
l.lw = lw
return nil
}

// IsReadWrite indicates if the lock file is a read-write lock.
func (l *LockFile) IsReadWrite() bool {
return !l.ro
}

// getLockFile returns a *LockFile object, possibly (depending on the platform)
// working inter-process, and associated with the specified path.
//
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lockFiles[cleanPath] = lockFile
return lockFile, nil
}

// createLockFileForPath returns new *LockFile object, possibly (depending on the platform)
// working inter-process and associated with the specified path.
//
// This function will be called at most once for each path value within a single process.
//
// If ro, the lock is a read-write lock and the returned *LockFile should correspond to the
// “lock for reading” (shared) operation; otherwise, the lock is either an exclusive lock,
// or a read-write lock and *LockFile should correspond to the “lock for writing” (exclusive) operation.
//
// WARNING:
// - The lock may or MAY NOT be inter-process.
// - There may or MAY NOT be an actual object on the filesystem created for the specified path.
// - Even if ro, the lock MAY be exclusive.
func createLockFileForPath(path string, ro bool) (*LockFile, error) {
// Check if we can open the lock.
fd, err := openLock(path, ro)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
unlockAndCloseHandle(fd)

lType := writeLock
if ro {
lType = readLock
}

return &LockFile{
file: path,
ro: ro,

rwMutex: &sync.RWMutex{},
stateMutex: &sync.Mutex{},
lw: newLastWrite(), // For compatibility, the first call of .Modified() will always report a change.
lockType: lType,
locked: false,
}, nil
}

// openLock opens the file at path and returns the corresponding file
// descriptor. The path is opened either read-only or read-write,
// depending on the value of ro argument.
//
// openLock will create the file and its parent directories,
// if necessary.
func openLock(path string, ro bool) (fd fileHandle, err error) {
flags := os.O_CREATE
if ro {
flags |= os.O_RDONLY
} else {
flags |= os.O_RDWR
}
fd, err = openHandle(path, flags)
if err == nil {
return fd, nil
}

// the directory of the lockfile seems to be removed, try to create it
if os.IsNotExist(err) {
if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o700); err != nil {
return fd, fmt.Errorf("creating lock file directory: %w", err)
}

return openLock(path, ro)
}

return fd, &os.PathError{Op: "open", Path: path, Err: err}
}

// lock locks the lockfile via syscall based on the specified type and
// command.
func (l *LockFile) lock(lType lockType) {
if lType == readLock {
l.rwMutex.RLock()
} else {
l.rwMutex.Lock()
}
l.stateMutex.Lock()
defer l.stateMutex.Unlock()
if l.counter == 0 {
// If we're the first reference on the lock, we need to open the file again.
fd, err := openLock(l.file, l.ro)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
l.fd = fd

// Optimization: only use the (expensive) syscall when
// the counter is 0. In this case, we're either the first
// reader lock or a writer lock.
lockHandle(l.fd, lType)
}
l.lockType = lType
l.locked = true
l.counter++
}
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