matrix_sdk_common/
store_locks.rs

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// Copyright 2023 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

//! Collection of small helpers that implement store-based locks.
//!
//! This is a per-process lock that may be used only for very specific use
//! cases, where multiple processes might concurrently write to the same
//! database at the same time; this would invalidate store caches, so
//! that should be done mindfully. Such a lock can be acquired multiple times by
//! the same process, and it remains active as long as there's at least one user
//! in a given process.
//!
//! The lock is implemented using time-based leases to values inserted in a
//! store. The store maintains the lock identifier (key), who's the
//! current holder (value), and an expiration timestamp on the side; see also
//! `CryptoStore::try_take_leased_lock` for more details.
//!
//! The lock is initially acquired for a certain period of time (namely, the
//! duration of a lease, aka `LEASE_DURATION_MS`), and then a "heartbeat" task
//! renews the lease to extend its duration, every so often (namely, every
//! `EXTEND_LEASE_EVERY_MS`). Since the tokio scheduler might be busy, the
//! extension request should happen way more frequently than the duration of a
//! lease, in case a deadline is missed. The current values have been chosen to
//! reflect that, with a ratio of 1:10 as of 2023-06-23.
//!
//! Releasing the lock happens naturally, by not renewing a lease. It happens
//! automatically after the duration of the last lease, at most.

use std::{
    error::Error,
    sync::{
        atomic::{self, AtomicU32},
        Arc,
    },
    time::Duration,
};

use tokio::{sync::Mutex, time::sleep};
use tracing::{debug, error, info, instrument, trace};

use crate::{
    executor::{spawn, JoinHandle},
    SendOutsideWasm,
};

/// Backing store for a cross-process lock.
#[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", async_trait::async_trait(?Send))]
#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait::async_trait)]
pub trait BackingStore {
    type LockError: Error + Send + Sync;

    /// Try to take a lock using the given store.
    async fn try_lock(
        &self,
        lease_duration_ms: u32,
        key: &str,
        holder: &str,
    ) -> Result<bool, Self::LockError>;
}

/// Small state machine to handle wait times.
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
enum WaitingTime {
    /// Some time to wait, in milliseconds.
    Some(u32),
    /// Stop waiting when seeing this value.
    Stop,
}

/// A guard on the store lock.
///
/// The lock will be automatically released a short period of time after all the
/// guards have dropped.
#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct CrossProcessStoreLockGuard {
    num_holders: Arc<AtomicU32>,
}

impl Drop for CrossProcessStoreLockGuard {
    fn drop(&mut self) {
        self.num_holders.fetch_sub(1, atomic::Ordering::SeqCst);
    }
}

/// A store-based lock for a `Store`.
///
/// See the doc-comment of this module for more information.
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
pub struct CrossProcessStoreLock<S: BackingStore + Clone + SendOutsideWasm + 'static> {
    /// The store we're using to lock.
    store: S,

    /// Number of holders of the lock in this process.
    ///
    /// If greater than 0, this means we've already acquired this lock, in this
    /// process, and the store lock mustn't be touched.
    ///
    /// When the number of holders is decreased to 0, then the lock must be
    /// released in the store.
    num_holders: Arc<AtomicU32>,

    /// A mutex to control an attempt to take the lock, to avoid making it
    /// reentrant.
    locking_attempt: Arc<Mutex<()>>,

    /// Current renew task spawned by `try_lock_once`.
    renew_task: Arc<Mutex<Option<JoinHandle<()>>>>,

    /// The key used in the key/value mapping for the lock entry.
    lock_key: String,

    /// A specific value to identify the lock's holder.
    lock_holder: String,

    /// Backoff time, in milliseconds.
    backoff: Arc<Mutex<WaitingTime>>,
}

/// Amount of time a lease of the lock should last, in milliseconds.
pub const LEASE_DURATION_MS: u32 = 500;

/// Period of time between two attempts to extend the lease. We'll
/// re-request a lease for an entire duration of `LEASE_DURATION_MS`
/// milliseconds, every `EXTEND_LEASE_EVERY_MS`, so this has to
/// be an amount safely low compared to `LEASE_DURATION_MS`, to make sure
/// that we can miss a deadline without compromising the lock.
pub const EXTEND_LEASE_EVERY_MS: u64 = 50;

/// Initial backoff, in milliseconds. This is the time we wait the first
/// time, if taking the lock initially failed.
const INITIAL_BACKOFF_MS: u32 = 10;

/// Maximal backoff, in milliseconds. This is the maximum amount of time
/// we'll wait for the lock, *between two attempts*.
pub const MAX_BACKOFF_MS: u32 = 1000;

impl<S: BackingStore + Clone + SendOutsideWasm + 'static> CrossProcessStoreLock<S> {
    /// Create a new store-based lock implemented as a value in the store.
    ///
    /// # Parameters
    ///
    /// - `lock_key`: key in the key-value store to store the lock's state.
    /// - `lock_holder`: identify the lock's holder with this given value.
    pub fn new(store: S, lock_key: String, lock_holder: String) -> Self {
        Self {
            store,
            lock_key,
            lock_holder,
            backoff: Arc::new(Mutex::new(WaitingTime::Some(INITIAL_BACKOFF_MS))),
            num_holders: Arc::new(0.into()),
            locking_attempt: Arc::new(Mutex::new(())),
            renew_task: Default::default(),
        }
    }

    /// Try to lock once, returns whether the lock was obtained or not.
    #[instrument(skip(self), fields(?self.lock_key, ?self.lock_holder))]
    pub async fn try_lock_once(
        &self,
    ) -> Result<Option<CrossProcessStoreLockGuard>, LockStoreError> {
        // Hold onto the locking attempt mutex for the entire lifetime of this
        // function, to avoid multiple reentrant calls.
        let mut _attempt = self.locking_attempt.lock().await;

        // If another thread obtained the lock, make sure to only superficially increase
        // the number of holders, and carry on.
        if self.num_holders.load(atomic::Ordering::SeqCst) > 0 {
            // Note: between the above load and the fetch_add below, another thread may
            // decrement `num_holders`. That's fine because that means the lock
            // was taken by at least one thread, and after this call it will be
            // taken by at least one thread.
            trace!("We already had the lock, incrementing holder count");
            self.num_holders.fetch_add(1, atomic::Ordering::SeqCst);
            let guard = CrossProcessStoreLockGuard { num_holders: self.num_holders.clone() };
            return Ok(Some(guard));
        }

        let acquired = self
            .store
            .try_lock(LEASE_DURATION_MS, &self.lock_key, &self.lock_holder)
            .await
            .map_err(|err| LockStoreError::BackingStoreError(Box::new(err)))?;

        if !acquired {
            trace!("Couldn't acquire the lock immediately.");
            return Ok(None);
        }

        trace!("Acquired the lock, spawning the lease extension task.");

        // This is the first time we've acquired the lock. We're going to spawn the task
        // that will renew the lease.

        // Clone data to be owned by the task.
        let this = (*self).clone();

        let mut renew_task = self.renew_task.lock().await;

        // Cancel the previous task, if any. That's safe to do, because:
        // - either the task was done,
        // - or it was still running, but taking a lock in the db has to be an atomic
        //   operation running in a transaction.

        if let Some(_prev) = renew_task.take() {
            #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
            if !_prev.is_finished() {
                info!("aborting the previous renew task");
                _prev.abort();
            }
        }

        // Restart a new one.
        *renew_task = Some(spawn(async move {
            loop {
                {
                    // First, check if there are still users of this lock.
                    //
                    // This is not racy, because:
                    // - the `locking_attempt` mutex makes sure we don't have unexpected
                    // interactions with the non-atomic sequence above in `try_lock_once`
                    // (check > 0, then add 1).
                    // - other entities holding onto the `num_holders` atomic will only
                    // decrease it over time.

                    let _guard = this.locking_attempt.lock().await;

                    // If there are no more users, we can quit.
                    if this.num_holders.load(atomic::Ordering::SeqCst) == 0 {
                        info!("exiting the lease extension loop");

                        // Cancel the lease with another 0ms lease.
                        // If we don't get the lock, that's (weird but) fine.
                        let fut = this.store.try_lock(0, &this.lock_key, &this.lock_holder);
                        let _ = fut.await;

                        // Exit the loop.
                        break;
                    }
                }

                sleep(Duration::from_millis(EXTEND_LEASE_EVERY_MS)).await;

                let fut = this.store.try_lock(LEASE_DURATION_MS, &this.lock_key, &this.lock_holder);
                if let Err(err) = fut.await {
                    error!("error when extending lock lease: {err:#}");
                    // Exit the loop.
                    break;
                }
            }
        }));

        self.num_holders.fetch_add(1, atomic::Ordering::SeqCst);

        let guard = CrossProcessStoreLockGuard { num_holders: self.num_holders.clone() };
        Ok(Some(guard))
    }

    /// Attempt to take the lock, with exponential backoff if the lock has
    /// already been taken before.
    ///
    /// The `max_backoff` parameter is the maximum time (in milliseconds) that
    /// should be waited for, between two attempts. When that time is
    /// reached a second time, the lock will stop attempting to get the lock
    /// and will return a timeout error upon locking. If not provided,
    /// will wait for [`MAX_BACKOFF_MS`].
    #[instrument(skip(self), fields(?self.lock_key, ?self.lock_holder))]
    pub async fn spin_lock(
        &self,
        max_backoff: Option<u32>,
    ) -> Result<CrossProcessStoreLockGuard, LockStoreError> {
        let max_backoff = max_backoff.unwrap_or(MAX_BACKOFF_MS);

        // Note: reads/writes to the backoff are racy across threads in theory, but the
        // lock in `try_lock_once` should sequentialize it all.

        loop {
            if let Some(guard) = self.try_lock_once().await? {
                // Reset backoff before returning, for the next attempt to lock.
                *self.backoff.lock().await = WaitingTime::Some(INITIAL_BACKOFF_MS);
                return Ok(guard);
            }

            // Exponential backoff! Multiply by 2 the time we've waited before, cap it to
            // max_backoff.
            let mut backoff = self.backoff.lock().await;

            let wait = match &mut *backoff {
                WaitingTime::Some(ref mut val) => {
                    let wait = *val;
                    *val = val.saturating_mul(2);
                    if *val >= max_backoff {
                        *backoff = WaitingTime::Stop;
                    }
                    wait
                }
                WaitingTime::Stop => {
                    // We've reached the maximum backoff, abandon.
                    return Err(LockStoreError::LockTimeout);
                }
            };

            debug!("Waiting {wait} before re-attempting to take the lock");
            sleep(Duration::from_millis(wait.into())).await;
        }
    }

    /// Returns the value in the database that represents the holder's
    /// identifier.
    pub fn lock_holder(&self) -> &str {
        &self.lock_holder
    }
}

/// Error related to the locking API of the store.
#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
pub enum LockStoreError {
    /// Spent too long waiting for a database lock.
    #[error("a lock timed out")]
    LockTimeout,

    #[error(transparent)]
    BackingStoreError(#[from] Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>),
}

#[cfg(test)]
#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))] // These tests require tokio::time, which is not implemented on wasm.
mod tests {
    use std::{
        collections::HashMap,
        sync::{atomic, Arc, RwLock},
        time::Instant,
    };

    use assert_matches::assert_matches;
    use matrix_sdk_test_macros::async_test;
    use tokio::{
        spawn,
        time::{sleep, Duration},
    };

    use super::{
        memory_store_helper::try_take_leased_lock, BackingStore, CrossProcessStoreLock,
        CrossProcessStoreLockGuard, LockStoreError, EXTEND_LEASE_EVERY_MS,
    };

    #[derive(Clone, Default)]
    struct TestStore {
        leases: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, (String, Instant)>>>,
    }

    impl TestStore {
        fn try_take_leased_lock(&self, lease_duration_ms: u32, key: &str, holder: &str) -> bool {
            try_take_leased_lock(&self.leases, lease_duration_ms, key, holder)
        }
    }

    #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
    enum DummyError {}

    #[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", async_trait::async_trait(?Send))]
    #[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), async_trait::async_trait)]
    impl BackingStore for TestStore {
        type LockError = DummyError;

        /// Try to take a lock using the given store.
        async fn try_lock(
            &self,
            lease_duration_ms: u32,
            key: &str,
            holder: &str,
        ) -> Result<bool, Self::LockError> {
            Ok(self.try_take_leased_lock(lease_duration_ms, key, holder))
        }
    }

    async fn release_lock(guard: Option<CrossProcessStoreLockGuard>) {
        drop(guard);
        sleep(Duration::from_millis(EXTEND_LEASE_EVERY_MS)).await;
    }

    type TestResult = Result<(), LockStoreError>;

    #[async_test]
    async fn test_simple_lock_unlock() -> TestResult {
        let store = TestStore::default();
        let lock = CrossProcessStoreLock::new(store, "key".to_owned(), "first".to_owned());

        // The lock plain works when used with a single holder.
        let acquired = lock.try_lock_once().await?;
        assert!(acquired.is_some());
        assert_eq!(lock.num_holders.load(atomic::Ordering::SeqCst), 1);

        // Releasing works.
        release_lock(acquired).await;
        assert_eq!(lock.num_holders.load(atomic::Ordering::SeqCst), 0);

        // Spin locking on the same lock always works, assuming no concurrent access.
        let acquired = lock.spin_lock(None).await.unwrap();

        // Releasing still works.
        release_lock(Some(acquired)).await;
        assert_eq!(lock.num_holders.load(atomic::Ordering::SeqCst), 0);

        Ok(())
    }

    #[async_test]
    async fn test_self_recovery() -> TestResult {
        let store = TestStore::default();
        let lock = CrossProcessStoreLock::new(store.clone(), "key".to_owned(), "first".to_owned());

        // When a lock is acquired...
        let acquired = lock.try_lock_once().await?;
        assert!(acquired.is_some());
        assert_eq!(lock.num_holders.load(atomic::Ordering::SeqCst), 1);

        // But then forgotten... (note: no need to release the guard)
        drop(lock);

        // And when rematerializing the lock with the same key/value...
        let lock = CrossProcessStoreLock::new(store.clone(), "key".to_owned(), "first".to_owned());

        // We still got it.
        let acquired = lock.try_lock_once().await?;
        assert!(acquired.is_some());
        assert_eq!(lock.num_holders.load(atomic::Ordering::SeqCst), 1);

        Ok(())
    }

    #[async_test]
    async fn test_multiple_holders_same_process() -> TestResult {
        let store = TestStore::default();
        let lock = CrossProcessStoreLock::new(store, "key".to_owned(), "first".to_owned());

        // Taking the lock twice...
        let acquired = lock.try_lock_once().await?;
        assert!(acquired.is_some());

        let acquired2 = lock.try_lock_once().await?;
        assert!(acquired2.is_some());

        assert_eq!(lock.num_holders.load(atomic::Ordering::SeqCst), 2);

        // ...means we can release it twice.
        release_lock(acquired).await;
        assert_eq!(lock.num_holders.load(atomic::Ordering::SeqCst), 1);

        release_lock(acquired2).await;
        assert_eq!(lock.num_holders.load(atomic::Ordering::SeqCst), 0);

        Ok(())
    }

    #[async_test]
    async fn test_multiple_processes() -> TestResult {
        let store = TestStore::default();
        let lock1 = CrossProcessStoreLock::new(store.clone(), "key".to_owned(), "first".to_owned());
        let lock2 = CrossProcessStoreLock::new(store, "key".to_owned(), "second".to_owned());

        // When the first process takes the lock...
        let acquired1 = lock1.try_lock_once().await?;
        assert!(acquired1.is_some());

        // The second can't take it immediately.
        let acquired2 = lock2.try_lock_once().await?;
        assert!(acquired2.is_none());

        let lock2_clone = lock2.clone();
        let handle = spawn(async move { lock2_clone.spin_lock(Some(1000)).await });

        sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;

        drop(acquired1);

        // lock2 in the background manages to get the lock at some point.
        let _acquired2 = handle
            .await
            .expect("join handle is properly awaited")
            .expect("lock was obtained after spin-locking");

        // Now if lock1 tries to get the lock with a small timeout, it will fail.
        assert_matches!(lock1.spin_lock(Some(200)).await, Err(LockStoreError::LockTimeout));

        Ok(())
    }
}

/// Some code that is shared by almost all `MemoryStore` implementations out
/// there.
pub mod memory_store_helper {
    use std::{
        collections::{hash_map::Entry, HashMap},
        sync::RwLock,
        time::{Duration, Instant},
    };

    pub fn try_take_leased_lock(
        leases: &RwLock<HashMap<String, (String, Instant)>>,
        lease_duration_ms: u32,
        key: &str,
        holder: &str,
    ) -> bool {
        let now = Instant::now();
        let expiration = now + Duration::from_millis(lease_duration_ms.into());

        match leases.write().unwrap().entry(key.to_owned()) {
            // There is an existing holder.
            Entry::Occupied(mut entry) => {
                let (current_holder, current_expiration) = entry.get_mut();

                if current_holder == holder {
                    // We had the lease before, extend it.
                    *current_expiration = expiration;

                    true
                } else {
                    // We didn't have it.
                    if *current_expiration < now {
                        // Steal it!
                        *current_holder = holder.to_owned();
                        *current_expiration = expiration;

                        true
                    } else {
                        // We tried our best.
                        false
                    }
                }
            }

            // There is no holder, easy.
            Entry::Vacant(entry) => {
                entry.insert((
                    holder.to_owned(),
                    Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(lease_duration_ms.into()),
                ));

                true
            }
        }
    }
}