From e2d34d375bad87a95cdfbe4b07163bb13515bfeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "mergify[bot]" <37929162+mergify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 16:32:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] v1.18: Make the quic server connection table use an async
 lock, reducing thrashing (backport of #293) (#300)

Make the quic server connection table use an async lock, reducing thrashing (#293)
---
 streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs b/streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs
index bd0c352397eb52..f668a08edd38c3 100644
--- a/streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs
+++ b/streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs
@@ -33,13 +33,26 @@ use {
     std::{
         iter::repeat_with,
         net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr, UdpSocket},
+        // CAUTION: be careful not to introduce any awaits while holding an RwLock.
         sync::{
             atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU64, Ordering},
-            Arc, Mutex, MutexGuard, RwLock,
+            Arc, RwLock,
         },
         time::{Duration, Instant},
     },
-    tokio::{task::JoinHandle, time::timeout},
+    tokio::{
+        // CAUTION: It's kind of sketch that we're mixing async and sync locks (see the RwLock above).
+        // This is done so that sync code can also access the stake table.
+        // Make sure we don't hold a sync lock across an await - including the await to
+        // lock an async Mutex. This does not happen now and should not happen as long as we
+        // don't hold an async Mutex and sync RwLock at the same time (currently true)
+        // but if we do, the scope of the RwLock must always be a subset of the async Mutex
+        // (i.e. lock order is always async Mutex -> RwLock). Also, be careful not to
+        // introduce any other awaits while holding the RwLock.
+        sync::{Mutex, MutexGuard},
+        task::JoinHandle,
+        time::timeout,
+    },
 };
 
 const WAIT_FOR_STREAM_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_millis(100);
@@ -384,7 +397,7 @@ fn handle_and_cache_new_connection(
     }
 }
 
-fn prune_unstaked_connections_and_add_new_connection(
+async fn prune_unstaked_connections_and_add_new_connection(
     connection: Connection,
     connection_table: Arc<Mutex<ConnectionTable>>,
     max_connections: usize,
@@ -395,7 +408,7 @@ fn prune_unstaked_connections_and_add_new_connection(
     let stats = params.stats.clone();
     if max_connections > 0 {
         let connection_table_clone = connection_table.clone();
-        let mut connection_table = connection_table.lock().unwrap();
+        let mut connection_table = connection_table.lock().await;
         prune_unstaked_connection_table(&mut connection_table, max_connections, stats);
         handle_and_cache_new_connection(
             connection,
@@ -505,7 +518,8 @@ async fn setup_connection(
 
                 match params.peer_type {
                     ConnectionPeerType::Staked(stake) => {
-                        let mut connection_table_l = staked_connection_table.lock().unwrap();
+                        let mut connection_table_l = staked_connection_table.lock().await;
+
                         if connection_table_l.total_size >= max_staked_connections {
                             let num_pruned =
                                 connection_table_l.prune_random(PRUNE_RANDOM_SAMPLE_SIZE, stake);
@@ -536,7 +550,9 @@ async fn setup_connection(
                                 &params,
                                 wait_for_chunk_timeout,
                                 stream_load_ema.clone(),
-                            ) {
+                            )
+                            .await
+                            {
                                 stats
                                     .connection_added_from_staked_peer
                                     .fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
@@ -558,7 +574,9 @@ async fn setup_connection(
                             &params,
                             wait_for_chunk_timeout,
                             stream_load_ema.clone(),
-                        ) {
+                        )
+                        .await
+                        {
                             stats
                                 .connection_added_from_unstaked_peer
                                 .fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
@@ -801,7 +819,7 @@ async fn handle_connection(
         }
     }
 
-    let removed_connection_count = connection_table.lock().unwrap().remove_connection(
+    let removed_connection_count = connection_table.lock().await.remove_connection(
         ConnectionTableKey::new(remote_addr.ip(), params.remote_pubkey),
         remote_addr.port(),
         stable_id,