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gambol99/rbd-fence: pkg/aws/events.go; 27 LoC

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Found a possible issue in [gambol99/rbd-fence](https://www.github.com/gambol99/rbd-fence) at [pkg/aws/events.go](https://github.com/gambol99/rbd-fence/blob/623a9b73c3a7a17f6076e4143f4bab7404d0847c/pkg/aws/events.go#L139-L165)

Below is the message reported by the analyzer for this snippet of code. Beware that the analyzer only reports the first issue it finds, so please do not limit your consideration to the contents of the below message.

> function call which takes a reference to x at line 147 may start a goroutine

[Click here to see the code in its original context.](https://github.com/gambol99/rbd-fence/blob/623a9b73c3a7a17f6076e4143f4bab7404d0847c/pkg/aws/events.go#L139-L165)

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```go
for _, x := range runningNow {
// step: do we have a status for this instance in the cache or is it new?
instance, found := r.getStatus(x.InstanceId)

// the instance was not in the previous list - assuming it's new
if !found {
glog.V(2).Infof("Found a new instance: %s in the region, current status: %s", x.InstanceId, x.State.Name)
// step: send the event
r.sendEvent(&x, nil)
// step: add the instance to the cache
r.setStatus(x)
continue
}

// has the state of the instance changed from before?
if x.State.Name != instance.State.Name {
glog.V(3).Infof("Status change for instance: %s, from: %s to: %s", instance.InstanceId, instance.State.Name, x.State.Name)
// step: forward on the event
r.sendEvent(&instance, &x)
// step: update the instance in the cache
r.setStatus(x)
continue
}

// else the state of the instance has not changed
glog.V(5).Infof("The instance: %s status remains the same, current status: %s", x.InstanceId, x.State.Name)
}

```

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```
The following graphviz dot graph describes paths through the callgraph that could lead to a function calling a goroutine:
digraph G {
"(sendEvent, 2)" -> {}
}

```

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commit ID: 623a9b73c3a7a17f6076e4143f4bab7404d0847c

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