fn: Remove ctx from GoroutineManager constructor

docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.19.0.md

@@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ The underlying functionality between those two options remain the same.
 * A code refactor that [moves all the graph related DB code out of the 
   `channeldb` package](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9236) and 
   into the `graph/db` package.
+
+* [Improve the API](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9341) of the 
+  [GoroutineManager](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9141) so that 
+  its constructor does not take a context.
 
 ## Tooling and Documentation
 

fn/goroutine_manager.go

@@ -3,51 +3,123 @@ package fn
 import (
 	"context"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 )
 
 // GoroutineManager is used to launch goroutines until context expires or the
 // manager is stopped. The Stop method blocks until all started goroutines stop.
 type GoroutineManager struct {
-	wg     sync.WaitGroup
-	mu     sync.Mutex
-	ctx    context.Context
-	cancel func()
+	// id is used to generate unique ids for each goroutine.
+	id atomic.Uint32
+
+	// cancelFns is a map of cancel functions that can be used to cancel the
+	// context of a goroutine. The mutex must be held when accessing this
+	// map. The key is the id of the goroutine.
+	cancelFns map[uint32]context.CancelFunc
+
+	mu sync.Mutex
+
+	stopped sync.Once
+	quit    chan struct{}
+	wg      sync.WaitGroup
 }
 
 // NewGoroutineManager constructs and returns a new instance of
 // GoroutineManager.
-func NewGoroutineManager(ctx context.Context) *GoroutineManager {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
-
+func NewGoroutineManager() *GoroutineManager {
 	return &GoroutineManager{
-		ctx:    ctx,
-		cancel: cancel,
+		cancelFns: make(map[uint32]context.CancelFunc),
+		quit:      make(chan struct{}),
+	}
+}
+
+// addCancelFn adds a context cancel function to the manager and returns an id
+// that can can be used to cancel the context later on when the goroutine is
+// done.
+func (g *GoroutineManager) addCancelFn(cancel context.CancelFunc) uint32 {
+	g.mu.Lock()
+	defer g.mu.Unlock()
+
+	id := g.id.Add(1)
+	g.cancelFns[id] = cancel
+
+	return id
+}
+
+// cancel cancels the context associated with the passed id.
+func (g *GoroutineManager) cancel(id uint32) {
+	g.mu.Lock()
+	defer g.mu.Unlock()
+
+	g.cancelUnsafe(id)
+}
+
+// cancelUnsafe cancels the context associated with the passed id without
+// acquiring the mutex.
+func (g *GoroutineManager) cancelUnsafe(id uint32) {
+	fn, ok := g.cancelFns[id]
+	if !ok {
+		return
 	}
+
+	fn()
+
+	delete(g.cancelFns, id)
 }
 
 // Go tries to start a new goroutine and returns a boolean indicating its
-// success. It fails iff the goroutine manager is stopping or its context passed
-// to NewGoroutineManager has expired.
-func (g *GoroutineManager) Go(f func(ctx context.Context)) bool {
-	// Calling wg.Add(1) and wg.Wait() when wg's counter is 0 is a race
-	// condition, since it is not clear should Wait() block or not. This
+// success. It returns true if the goroutine was successfully created and false
+// otherwise. A goroutine will fail to be created iff the goroutine manager is
+// stopping or the passed context has already expired. The passed call-back
+// function must exit if the passed context expires.
+func (g *GoroutineManager) Go(ctx context.Context,
+	f func(ctx context.Context)) bool {
+
+	// Derive a cancellable context from the passed context and store its
+	// cancel function in the manager. The context will be cancelled when
+	// either the parent context is cancelled or the quit channel is closed
+	// which will call the stored cancel function.
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	id := g.addCancelFn(cancel)
+
+	// Calling wg.Add(1) and wg.Wait() when the wg's counter is 0 is a race
+	// condition, since it is not clear if Wait() should block or not. This
 	// kind of race condition is detected by Go runtime and results in a
-	// crash if running with `-race`. To prevent this, whole Go method is
-	// protected with a mutex. The call to wg.Wait() inside Stop() can still
-	// run in parallel with Go, but in that case g.ctx is in expired state,
-	// because cancel() was called in Stop, so Go returns before wg.Add(1)
-	// call.
+	// crash if running with `-race`. To prevent this, we protect the calls
+	// to wg.Add(1) and wg.Wait() with a mutex. If we block here because
+	// Stop is running first, then Stop will close the quit channel which
+	// will cause the context to be cancelled, and we will exit before
+	// calling wg.Add(1). If we grab the mutex here before Stop does, then
+	// Stop will block until after we call wg.Add(1).
 	g.mu.Lock()
 	defer g.mu.Unlock()
 
-	if g.ctx.Err() != nil {
+	// Before continuing to start the goroutine, we need to check if the
+	// context has already expired. This could be the case if the parent
+	// context has already expired or if Stop has been called.
+	if ctx.Err() != nil {
+		g.cancelUnsafe(id)
+
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Ensure that the goroutine is not started if the manager has stopped.
+	select {
+	case <-g.quit:
+		g.cancelUnsafe(id)
+
 		return false
+	default:
 	}
 
 	g.wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
-		defer g.wg.Done()
-		f(g.ctx)
+		defer func() {
+			g.cancel(id)
+			g.wg.Done()
+		}()
+
+		f(ctx)
 	}()
 
 	return true
@@ -56,20 +128,30 @@ func (g *GoroutineManager) Go(f func(ctx context.Context)) bool {
 // Stop prevents new goroutines from being added and waits for all running
 // goroutines to finish.
 func (g *GoroutineManager) Stop() {
-	g.mu.Lock()
-	g.cancel()
-	g.mu.Unlock()
-
-	// Wait for all goroutines to finish. Note that this wg.Wait() call is
-	// safe, since it can't run in parallel with wg.Add(1) call in Go, since
-	// we just cancelled the context and even if Go call starts running here
-	// after acquiring the mutex, it would see that the context has expired
-	// and return false instead of calling wg.Add(1).
-	g.wg.Wait()
+	g.stopped.Do(func() {
+		// Closing the quit channel will prevent any new goroutines from
+		// starting.
+		g.mu.Lock()
+		close(g.quit)
+		for _, cancel := range g.cancelFns {
+			cancel()
+		}
+		g.mu.Unlock()
+
+		// Wait for all goroutines to finish. Note that this wg.Wait()
+		// call is safe, since it can't run in parallel with wg.Add(1)
+		// call in Go, since we just cancelled the context and even if
+		// Go call starts running here after acquiring the mutex, it
+		// would see that the context has expired and return false
+		// instead of calling wg.Add(1).
+		g.wg.Wait()
+	})
 }
 
-// Done returns a channel which is closed when either the context passed to
-// NewGoroutineManager expires or when Stop is called.
+// Done returns a channel which is closed once Stop has been called and the
+// quit channel closed. Note that the channel closing indicates that shutdown
+// of the GoroutineManager has started but not necessarily that the Stop method
+// has finished.
 func (g *GoroutineManager) Done() <-chan struct{} {
-	return g.ctx.Done()
+	return g.quit
 }