Converted flush to use single access model

Author: cvanderschuere

triton/writer_batch.go

@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ func NewBatchWriterSize(w Writer, size int, intr time.Duration) *BatchWriter {
 	bufferSize := 10000
 
 	bw := &BatchWriter{
-		w:      w,
-		buf:    make(chan Record, bufferSize),
-		signal: make(chan struct{}, bufferSize),
-		errors: make(chan error, 1),
+		w:           w,
+		buf:         make(chan Record, bufferSize),
+		signal:      make(chan struct{}, bufferSize),
+		flushSignal: make(chan struct{}, 0), // must be blocking write/read
+		errors:      make(chan error, 1),
 
 		size: size,
 		intr: intr,
@@ -60,8 +61,9 @@ type BatchWriter struct {
 	size int
 	intr time.Duration
 
-	ticker *time.Ticker
-	signal chan struct{}
+	ticker      *time.Ticker
+	signal      chan struct{}
+	flushSignal chan struct{}
 }
 
 func (bw *BatchWriter) writeLoop() {
@@ -77,11 +79,17 @@ func (bw *BatchWriter) writeLoop() {
 			}
 		case <-bw.ticker.C:
 			bw.flush()
+		case _, ok := <-bw.flushSignal:
+			if ok {
+				bw.flush()
+				bw.flushSignal <- struct{}{}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-// flush writes everything in the current buffer
+// flush writes everything in the current buffer. To prevent concurrent flushes,
+// only write_loop() is allowed to call this.
 func (bw *BatchWriter) flush() {
 	numBuffered := len(bw.buf)
 	if numBuffered == 0 {
@@ -109,7 +117,8 @@ func (bw *BatchWriter) flush() {
 // Flush forces all buffered records to be sent.
 // If there is an error it will have been written to the Errors chan.
 func (bw *BatchWriter) Flush() {
-	bw.flush()
+	bw.flushSignal <- struct{}{} // ask to flush
+	<-bw.flushSignal             // block until finish
 }
 
 // Close prevents future writes and flushes all currently buffered records.
@@ -118,6 +127,7 @@ func (bw *BatchWriter) Close() {
 	bw.ticker.Stop()
 	close(bw.signal)
 	bw.Flush()
+	close(bw.flushSignal)
 	close(bw.errors)
 }
 
@@ -143,6 +153,6 @@ func (bw *BatchWriter) WriteRecords(rs ...Record) error {
 	for _, r := range rs {
 		bw.buf <- r
 	}
-	bw.signal <- struct{}{} // sigal that buffer changed
+	bw.signal <- struct{}{} // signal that buffer changed
 	return nil
 }