Set a maximum duration for fg handlers to run

client/connection.go

@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Split PRIVMSGs, NOTICEs and CTCPs longer than SplitLen characters
 	// over multiple lines. Default to 450 if not set.
 	SplitLen int
+
+	// The duration before a handler timeout is triggered. Defaults to 1m.
+	// Set to 0 to wait indefinitely.
+	HandlerTimeout time.Duration
 }
 
 // NewConfig creates a Config struct containing sensible defaults.
@@ -119,11 +123,12 @@ type Config struct {
 func NewConfig(nick string, args ...string) *Config {
 	cfg := &Config{
 		Me:             &state.Nick{Nick: nick},
-		PingFreq: 3 * time.Minute,
+		PingFreq:       2 * time.Minute,
 		NewNick:        func(s string) string { return s + "_" },
 		Recover:        (*Conn).LogPanic, // in dispatch.go
 		SplitLen:       defaultSplit,
 		Timeout:        60 * time.Second,
+		HandlerTimeout: 60 * time.Second,
 	}
 	cfg.Me.Ident = "goirc"
 	if len(args) > 0 && args[0] != "" {
@@ -458,13 +463,19 @@ func (conn *Conn) ping() {
 // It pulls Lines from the input channel and dispatches them to any
 // handlers that have been registered for that IRC verb.
 func (conn *Conn) runLoop() {
-	defer conn.wg.Done()
 	for {
 		select {
 		case line := <-conn.in:
-			conn.dispatch(line)
+			err := conn.dispatch(line)
+			if err != nil {
+				// Close() will wait on this, can't defer it.
+				conn.wg.Done()
+				conn.Close()
+				return
+			}
 		case <-conn.die:
 			// control channel closed, bail out
+			conn.wg.Done()
 			return
 		}
 	}

client/dispatch.go

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package client
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"github.com/fluffle/goirc/logging"
+	"reflect"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // Handlers are triggered on incoming Lines from the server, with the handler
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ type hNode struct {
 	set        *hSet
 	event      string
 	handler    Handler
+	name       string
 }
 
 // A hNode implements both Handler (with configurable panic recovery)...
@@ -90,6 +94,7 @@ func (hs *hSet) add(ev string, h Handler) Remover {
 		set:     hs,
 		event:   ev,
 		handler: h,
+		name:    runtime.FuncForPC(reflect.ValueOf(h).Pointer()).Name(),
 	}
 	if !ok {
 		l.start = hn
@@ -128,23 +133,45 @@ func (hs *hSet) remove(hn *hNode) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (hs *hSet) dispatch(conn *Conn, line *Line) {
+func (hs *hSet) dispatch(conn *Conn, line *Line) error {
 	hs.RLock()
 	defer hs.RUnlock()
 	ev := strings.ToLower(line.Cmd)
 	list, ok := hs.set[ev]
 	if !ok {
-		return
+		return nil
 	}
 	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 	for hn := list.start; hn != nil; hn = hn.next {
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func(hn *hNode) {
+			logging.Debug("Starting %s handler for event %s", hn.name, line.Cmd)
 			hn.Handle(conn, line.Copy())
+			logging.Debug("Finished %s handler for event %s", hn.name, line.Cmd)
 			wg.Done()
 		}(hn)
 	}
+
+	// If we don't care about how long handlers run, wait and bail out early
+	if conn.cfg.HandlerTimeout == 0 {
 		wg.Wait()
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Limit the amount of time we wait.
+	endChan := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(endChan)
+		wg.Wait()
+	}()
+	select {
+	case <-endChan:
+		return nil
+	case <-time.After(conn.cfg.HandlerTimeout):
+		msg := "Timeout waiting for handlers to complete"
+		logging.Error(msg)
+		return errors.New(msg)
+	}
 }
 
 // Handle adds the provided handler to the foreground set for the named event.
@@ -171,13 +198,20 @@ func (conn *Conn) HandleFunc(name string, hf HandlerFunc) Remover {
 	return conn.Handle(name, hf)
 }
 
-func (conn *Conn) dispatch(line *Line) {
+func (conn *Conn) dispatch(line *Line) error {
 	// We run the internal handlers first, including all state tracking ones.
 	// This ensures that user-supplied handlers that use the tracker have a
 	// consistent view of the connection state in handlers that mutate it.
-	conn.intHandlers.dispatch(conn, line)
+	err := conn.intHandlers.dispatch(conn, line)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	go conn.bgHandlers.dispatch(conn, line)
-	conn.fgHandlers.dispatch(conn, line)
+	err = conn.fgHandlers.dispatch(conn, line)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // LogPanic is used as the default panic catcher for the client. If, like me,