Added timeout for acquiring global lock

config/config.go

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	WriteTimeout       time.Duration // Timeout for writing requests in seconds
 	IdleTimeout        time.Duration // Timeout for idle connections in seconds
 	DBName             string        // Filename of the db (doesnt include file extension)
+	DBLockTimeout      time.Duration // Timeout for acquiring database lock
 	SecretKey          string        // Secret key for signing tokens
 	AccessTokenExpiry  int64         // Access token expiry in minutes
 	RefreshTokenExpiry int64         // Refresh token expiry in minutes
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ func GetConfig(args map[string]string) (*Config, error) {
 		WriteTimeout:       GetEnvDur("WRITE_TIMEOUT", 10),
 		IdleTimeout:        GetEnvDur("IDLE_TIMEOUT", 120),
 		DBName:             GetEnvDefault("DB_NAME", "projectreshoot"),
+		DBLockTimeout:      GetEnvDur("DB_LOCK_TIMEOUT", 60),
 		SecretKey:          os.Getenv("SECRET_KEY"),
 		AccessTokenExpiry:  GetEnvInt64("ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRY", 5),
 		RefreshTokenExpiry: GetEnvInt64("REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRY", 1440), // defaults to 1 day

db/connection.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func (conn *SafeConn) Begin(ctx context.Context) (*SafeTX, error) {
 			return
 		default:
 			if conn.acquireReadLock() {
-				close(lockAcquired) // Lock acquired
+				close(lockAcquired)
 			}
 		}
 	}()
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ func (stx *SafeTX) Exec(
 	return stx.tx.ExecContext(ctx, query, args...)
 }
 
-// Commit commits the transaction and releases the lock.
+// Commit the current transaction and release the read lock
 func (stx *SafeTX) Commit() error {
 	if stx.tx == nil {
 		return errors.New("Cannot commit without a transaction")
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ func (stx *SafeTX) Commit() error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// Rollback aborts the transaction.
+// Abort the current transaction, releasing the read lock
 func (stx *SafeTX) Rollback() error {
 	if stx.tx == nil {
 		return errors.New("Cannot rollback without a transaction")
@@ -141,21 +142,31 @@ func (stx *SafeTX) Rollback() error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// Pause blocks new transactions for a backup.
-func (conn *SafeConn) Pause() {
-	conn.globalLockRequested = 1
-	for !conn.acquireGlobalLock() {
-		// TODO: add a timeout?
-		// TODO: failed to acquire lock: print info with readLockCount
-		// every second, or update it dynamically
-	}
-	// force logger to log to Stdout
+// Acquire a global lock, preventing all transactions
+func (conn *SafeConn) Pause(timeoutAfter time.Duration) {
+	// force logger to log to Stdout so the signalling process can check
 	log := conn.logger.With().Logger().Output(os.Stdout)
-	log.Info().Msg("Global database lock acquired")
-	conn.globalLockRequested = 0
+	log.Info().Msg("Attempting to acquire global database lock")
+	conn.globalLockRequested = 1
+	defer func() { conn.globalLockRequested = 0 }()
+	timeout := time.After(timeoutAfter)
+	attempt := 0
+	for {
+		if conn.acquireGlobalLock() {
+			log.Info().Msg("Global database lock acquired")
+			return
+		}
+		select {
+		case <-timeout:
+			log.Info().Msg("Timeout: Global database lock abandoned")
+			return
+		case <-time.After(100 * time.Millisecond):
+			attempt++
+		}
+	}
 }
 
-// Resume allows transactions to proceed.
+// Release the global lock
 func (conn *SafeConn) Resume() {
 	conn.releaseGlobalLock()
 	// force logger to log to Stdout
@@ -179,8 +190,6 @@ func ConnectToDatabase(dbName string, logger *zerolog.Logger) (*SafeConn, error)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "sql.Open")
 	}
-
 	conn := MakeSafe(db, logger)
-
 	return conn, nil
 }

handlers/login.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package handlers
 import (
 	"context"
 	"net/http"
+	"time"
 
 	"projectreshoot/config"
 	"projectreshoot/cookies"

main.go

@@ -48,7 +48,12 @@ func getStaticFiles(logger *zerolog.Logger) (http.FileSystem, error) {
 
 var maint uint32 // atomic: 1 if in maintenance mode
 
-func handleMaintSignals(conn *db.SafeConn, srv *http.Server, logger *zerolog.Logger) {
+func handleMaintSignals(
+	conn *db.SafeConn,
+	srv *http.Server,
+	logger *zerolog.Logger,
+	config *config.Config,
+) {
 	ch := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	srv.RegisterOnShutdown(func() {
 		close(ch)
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@ func handleMaintSignals(conn *db.SafeConn, srv *http.Server, logger *zerolog.Log
 					log := logger.With().Logger().Output(os.Stdout)
 					log.Info().Msg("Signal received: Starting maintenance")
 					log.Info().Msg("Attempting to acquire database lock")
-					conn.Pause()
+					conn.Pause(config.DBLockTimeout * time.Second)
 				}
 			case syscall.SIGUSR2:
 				if atomic.LoadUint32(&maint) != 0 {
@@ -139,7 +144,7 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, w io.Writer, args map[string]string) error {
 	}
 
 	// Setups a channel to listen for os.Signal
-	handleMaintSignals(conn, httpServer, logger)
+	handleMaintSignals(conn, httpServer, logger, config)
 
 	// Runs the http server
 	go func() {