Fix writer goroutine races

Any SendMessage call after Close could potentially block forever if the
outgoing channel was filled up. Now the channel is drained before the
writer goroutine exits.

downstream.go

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ type downstreamConn struct {
 	irc      *irc.Conn
 	srv      *Server
 	logger   Logger
-	outgoing chan *irc.Message
+	outgoing chan<- *irc.Message
 	closed   chan struct{}
 
 	registered  bool
@@ -84,13 +84,14 @@ type downstreamConn struct {
 }
 
 func newDownstreamConn(srv *Server, netConn net.Conn, id uint64) *downstreamConn {
+	outgoing := make(chan *irc.Message, 64)
 	dc := &downstreamConn{
 		id:            id,
 		net:           netConn,
 		irc:           irc.NewConn(netConn),
 		srv:           srv,
 		logger:        &prefixLogger{srv.Logger, fmt.Sprintf("downstream %q: ", netConn.RemoteAddr())},
-		outgoing:      make(chan *irc.Message, 64),
+		outgoing:      outgoing,
 		closed:        make(chan struct{}),
 		ringConsumers: make(map[*network]*RingConsumer),
 		caps:          make(map[string]bool),
@@ -102,14 +103,25 @@ func newDownstreamConn(srv *Server, netConn net.Conn, id uint64) *downstreamConn
 	}
 
 	go func() {
-		if err := dc.writeMessages(); err != nil {
+		for msg := range outgoing {
+			if dc.srv.Debug {
+				dc.logger.Printf("sent: %v", msg)
+			}
+			dc.net.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(writeTimeout))
+			if err := dc.irc.WriteMessage(msg); err != nil {
 				dc.logger.Printf("failed to write message: %v", err)
+				break
+			}
 		}
 		if err := dc.net.Close(); err != nil {
 			dc.logger.Printf("failed to close connection: %v", err)
 		} else {
 			dc.logger.Printf("connection closed")
 		}
+		// Drain the outgoing channel to prevent SendMessage from blocking
+		for range outgoing {
+			// This space is intentionally left blank
+		}
 	}()
 
 	dc.logger.Printf("new connection")
@@ -244,28 +256,6 @@ func (dc *downstreamConn) readMessages(ch chan<- event) error {
 }
 
 func (dc *downstreamConn) writeMessages() error {
-	// TODO: any SendMessage call after the connection is closed will
-	// either block or drop
-	for {
-		var err error
-		var closed bool
-		select {
-		case msg := <-dc.outgoing:
-			if dc.srv.Debug {
-				dc.logger.Printf("sent: %v", msg)
-			}
-			dc.net.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(writeTimeout))
-			err = dc.irc.WriteMessage(msg)
-		case <-dc.closed:
-			closed = true
-		}
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if closed {
-			break
-		}
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -275,12 +265,16 @@ func (dc *downstreamConn) Close() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("downstream connection already closed")
 	}
 	close(dc.closed)
+	close(dc.outgoing)
 	return nil
 }
 
 // SendMessage queues a new outgoing message. It is safe to call from any
 // goroutine.
 func (dc *downstreamConn) SendMessage(msg *irc.Message) {
+	if dc.isClosed() {
+		return
+	}
 	// TODO: strip tags if the client doesn't support them (see runNetwork)
 	dc.outgoing <- msg
 }

upstream.go

@@ -113,24 +113,13 @@ func connectToUpstream(network *network) (*upstreamConn, error) {
 	}
 
 	go func() {
-		// TODO: any SendMessage call after the connection is closed will
-		// either block or drop
-		for {
-			var closed bool
-			select {
-			case msg := <-outgoing:
+		for msg := range outgoing {
 			if uc.srv.Debug {
 				uc.logger.Printf("sent: %v", msg)
 			}
 			uc.net.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(writeTimeout))
 			if err := uc.irc.WriteMessage(msg); err != nil {
 				uc.logger.Printf("failed to write message: %v", err)
-					closed = true
-				}
-			case <-uc.closed:
-				closed = true
-			}
-			if closed {
 				break
 			}
 		}
@@ -139,6 +128,10 @@ func connectToUpstream(network *network) (*upstreamConn, error) {
 		} else {
 			uc.logger.Printf("connection closed")
 		}
+		// Drain the outgoing channel to prevent SendMessage from blocking
+		for range outgoing {
+			// This space is intentionally left blank
+		}
 	}()
 
 	return uc, nil
@@ -159,6 +152,7 @@ func (uc *upstreamConn) Close() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("upstream connection already closed")
 	}
 	close(uc.closed)
+	close(uc.outgoing)
 	return nil
 }