Eliminate client close deadlocks. (#1833)

core/chat/chatclient.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package chat
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 // Client represents a single chat client.
 type Client struct {
+	mu          sync.RWMutex
 	id          uint
 	accessToken string
 	conn        *websocket.Conn
@@ -152,11 +154,13 @@ func (c *Client) writePump() {
 
 			// Optimization: Send multiple events in a single websocket message.
 			// Add queued chat messages to the current websocket message.
+			c.mu.RLock()
 			n := len(c.send)
 			for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 				_, _ = w.Write(newline)
 				_, _ = w.Write(<-c.send)
 			}
+			c.mu.RUnlock()
 
 			if err := w.Close(); err != nil {
 				return
@@ -177,9 +181,12 @@ func (c *Client) handleEvent(data []byte) {
 func (c *Client) close() {
 	log.Traceln("client closed:", c.User.DisplayName, c.id, c.IPAddress)
 
-	_ = c.conn.Close()
-	c.server.unregister <- c.id
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+
 	if c.send != nil {
+		_ = c.conn.Close()
+		c.server.unregister <- c.id
 		close(c.send)
 		c.send = nil
 	}
@@ -214,6 +221,9 @@ func (c *Client) sendPayload(payload interface{}) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	c.mu.RLock()
+	defer c.mu.RUnlock()
+
 	if c.send != nil {
 		c.send <- data
 	}

core/chat/server.go

@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ func (s *Server) Broadcast(payload events.EventPayload) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	s.mu.RLock()
+	defer s.mu.RUnlock()
 
 	for _, client := range s.clients {
 		if client == nil {
@@ -242,8 +242,7 @@ func (s *Server) Broadcast(payload events.EventPayload) error {
 		select {
 		case client.send <- data:
 		default:
-			client.close()
-			delete(s.clients, client.id)
+			go client.close()
 		}
 	}