Scott Baker | ed4efab | 2020-01-13 19:12:25 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | // Package breaker implements the circuit-breaker resiliency pattern for Go. |
| 2 | package breaker |
| 3 | |
| 4 | import ( |
| 5 | "errors" |
| 6 | "sync" |
| 7 | "sync/atomic" |
| 8 | "time" |
| 9 | ) |
| 10 | |
| 11 | // ErrBreakerOpen is the error returned from Run() when the function is not executed |
| 12 | // because the breaker is currently open. |
| 13 | var ErrBreakerOpen = errors.New("circuit breaker is open") |
| 14 | |
| 15 | const ( |
| 16 | closed uint32 = iota |
| 17 | open |
| 18 | halfOpen |
| 19 | ) |
| 20 | |
| 21 | // Breaker implements the circuit-breaker resiliency pattern |
| 22 | type Breaker struct { |
| 23 | errorThreshold, successThreshold int |
| 24 | timeout time.Duration |
| 25 | |
| 26 | lock sync.Mutex |
| 27 | state uint32 |
| 28 | errors, successes int |
| 29 | lastError time.Time |
| 30 | } |
| 31 | |
| 32 | // New constructs a new circuit-breaker that starts closed. |
| 33 | // From closed, the breaker opens if "errorThreshold" errors are seen |
| 34 | // without an error-free period of at least "timeout". From open, the |
| 35 | // breaker half-closes after "timeout". From half-open, the breaker closes |
| 36 | // after "successThreshold" consecutive successes, or opens on a single error. |
| 37 | func New(errorThreshold, successThreshold int, timeout time.Duration) *Breaker { |
| 38 | return &Breaker{ |
| 39 | errorThreshold: errorThreshold, |
| 40 | successThreshold: successThreshold, |
| 41 | timeout: timeout, |
| 42 | } |
| 43 | } |
| 44 | |
| 45 | // Run will either return ErrBreakerOpen immediately if the circuit-breaker is |
| 46 | // already open, or it will run the given function and pass along its return |
| 47 | // value. It is safe to call Run concurrently on the same Breaker. |
| 48 | func (b *Breaker) Run(work func() error) error { |
| 49 | state := atomic.LoadUint32(&b.state) |
| 50 | |
| 51 | if state == open { |
| 52 | return ErrBreakerOpen |
| 53 | } |
| 54 | |
| 55 | return b.doWork(state, work) |
| 56 | } |
| 57 | |
| 58 | // Go will either return ErrBreakerOpen immediately if the circuit-breaker is |
| 59 | // already open, or it will run the given function in a separate goroutine. |
| 60 | // If the function is run, Go will return nil immediately, and will *not* return |
| 61 | // the return value of the function. It is safe to call Go concurrently on the |
| 62 | // same Breaker. |
| 63 | func (b *Breaker) Go(work func() error) error { |
| 64 | state := atomic.LoadUint32(&b.state) |
| 65 | |
| 66 | if state == open { |
| 67 | return ErrBreakerOpen |
| 68 | } |
| 69 | |
| 70 | // errcheck complains about ignoring the error return value, but |
| 71 | // that's on purpose; if you want an error from a goroutine you have to |
| 72 | // get it over a channel or something |
| 73 | go b.doWork(state, work) |
| 74 | |
| 75 | return nil |
| 76 | } |
| 77 | |
| 78 | func (b *Breaker) doWork(state uint32, work func() error) error { |
| 79 | var panicValue interface{} |
| 80 | |
| 81 | result := func() error { |
| 82 | defer func() { |
| 83 | panicValue = recover() |
| 84 | }() |
| 85 | return work() |
| 86 | }() |
| 87 | |
| 88 | if result == nil && panicValue == nil && state == closed { |
| 89 | // short-circuit the normal, success path without contending |
| 90 | // on the lock |
| 91 | return nil |
| 92 | } |
| 93 | |
| 94 | // oh well, I guess we have to contend on the lock |
| 95 | b.processResult(result, panicValue) |
| 96 | |
| 97 | if panicValue != nil { |
| 98 | // as close as Go lets us come to a "rethrow" although unfortunately |
| 99 | // we lose the original panicing location |
| 100 | panic(panicValue) |
| 101 | } |
| 102 | |
| 103 | return result |
| 104 | } |
| 105 | |
| 106 | func (b *Breaker) processResult(result error, panicValue interface{}) { |
| 107 | b.lock.Lock() |
| 108 | defer b.lock.Unlock() |
| 109 | |
| 110 | if result == nil && panicValue == nil { |
| 111 | if b.state == halfOpen { |
| 112 | b.successes++ |
| 113 | if b.successes == b.successThreshold { |
| 114 | b.closeBreaker() |
| 115 | } |
| 116 | } |
| 117 | } else { |
| 118 | if b.errors > 0 { |
| 119 | expiry := b.lastError.Add(b.timeout) |
| 120 | if time.Now().After(expiry) { |
| 121 | b.errors = 0 |
| 122 | } |
| 123 | } |
| 124 | |
| 125 | switch b.state { |
| 126 | case closed: |
| 127 | b.errors++ |
| 128 | if b.errors == b.errorThreshold { |
| 129 | b.openBreaker() |
| 130 | } else { |
| 131 | b.lastError = time.Now() |
| 132 | } |
| 133 | case halfOpen: |
| 134 | b.openBreaker() |
| 135 | } |
| 136 | } |
| 137 | } |
| 138 | |
| 139 | func (b *Breaker) openBreaker() { |
| 140 | b.changeState(open) |
| 141 | go b.timer() |
| 142 | } |
| 143 | |
| 144 | func (b *Breaker) closeBreaker() { |
| 145 | b.changeState(closed) |
| 146 | } |
| 147 | |
| 148 | func (b *Breaker) timer() { |
| 149 | time.Sleep(b.timeout) |
| 150 | |
| 151 | b.lock.Lock() |
| 152 | defer b.lock.Unlock() |
| 153 | |
| 154 | b.changeState(halfOpen) |
| 155 | } |
| 156 | |
| 157 | func (b *Breaker) changeState(newState uint32) { |
| 158 | b.errors = 0 |
| 159 | b.successes = 0 |
| 160 | atomic.StoreUint32(&b.state, newState) |
| 161 | } |