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bobvawter/iaido: pkg/frontend/frontend.go; 70 LoC
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Found a possible issue in [bobvawter/iaido](https://www.github.com/bobvawter/iaido) at [pkg/frontend/frontend.go](https://github.com/bobvawter/iaido/blob/ca314ef9741d90f948a5f3c40ac2dfe56c9f2b56/pkg/frontend/frontend.go#L77-L146)
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.
> range-loop variable fe used in defer or goroutine at line 105
[Click here to see the code in its original context.](https://github.com/bobvawter/iaido/blob/ca314ef9741d90f948a5f3c40ac2dfe56c9f2b56/pkg/frontend/frontend.go#L77-L146)
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```go
for _, fe := range cfg.Frontends {
tgt, err := config.ParseTarget(fe.BindAddress)
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrapf(err, "could not bind %q", fe.BindAddress)
}
activeTargets[tgt.String()] = true
bl := f.mu.loops[tgt.String()]
if bl == nil {
loopCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
bl = &balanceLoop{
balancer: &balancer.Balancer{},
cancel: cancel,
}
if err := bl.balancer.Configure(loopCtx, fe.BackendPool, true); err != nil {
return errors.Wrapf(err, "could not configure backend pool for %q", fe.BindAddress)
}
// Establish initial latency values.
bl.balancer.Rebalance(loopCtx)
f.mu.loops[tgt.String()] = bl
// Set up a loop to rebalance the pool (e.g. to reactivate
// disabled backends or prune overloaded nodes.)
if fe.RebalanceDuration > 0 {
go func(b *balancer.Balancer) {
ticker := time.NewTicker(fe.RebalanceDuration)
defer ticker.Stop()
for {
select {
case <-loopCtx.Done():
return
case <-ticker.C:
b.Rebalance(loopCtx)
}
}
}(bl.balancer)
}
switch tgt.Proto {
case config.TCP:
listener, err := net.ListenTCP("tcp", &net.TCPAddr{
IP: net.ParseIP(tgt.Hosts[0]),
Port: tgt.Port,
})
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrapf(err, "could not bind %q", tgt)
}
log.Printf("listening on %s", listener.Addr())
bl.listener = listener
loop.New(
// Don't Accept() a connection until a backend can be chosen.
loop.WithPreflight(func(ctx context.Context) (context.Context, error) {
token, err := bl.balancer.Wait(ctx)
return context.WithValue(ctx, balancer.KeyBackendToken, token), err
}),
tcp.Proxy(listener, fe.IdleDuration),
loop.WithLatch(f.mu.latch),
).Start(loopCtx)
default:
panic(errors.Errorf("unimplemented: %s", tgt.Proto))
}
} else if err := bl.balancer.Configure(ctx, fe.BackendPool, true); err != nil {
return errors.Wrapf(err, "could not configure backend pool for %q", fe.BindAddress)
}
}
```
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commit ID: ca314ef9741d90f948a5f3c40ac2dfe56c9f2b56
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Research direction
Start with pkg/frontend/frontend.go lines 77-146 and inspect the reported range-loop capture around line 105, including the goroutine and deferred ticker cleanup. Decide whether the analyzer finding is a Bug, Mitigated, or Desirable Behavior, then leave the corresponding reaction on issue #17057.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100