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浅析 Golang Context

导语
当需要在多个 Goroutine 中传递上下文信息时,可以使用 Context 实现

Context

Context 除了用来传递上下文信息,还可以用来传递终结执行子任务的相关信号,终止多个执行子任务的 Goroutine。

context.Context 接口数据结构:

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// A Context carries a deadline, a cancellation signal, and other values across
// API boundaries.
//
// Context's methods may be called by multiple goroutines simultaneously.
type Context interface {
	// Deadline returns the time when work done on behalf of this context
	// should be canceled. Deadline returns ok==false when no deadline is
	// set. Successive calls to Deadline return the same results.
	Deadline() (deadline time.Time, ok bool)

	// Done returns a channel that's closed when work done on behalf of this
	// context should be canceled. Done may return nil if this context can
	// never be canceled. Successive calls to Done return the same value.
	// The close of the Done channel may happen asynchronously,
	// after the cancel function returns.
	//
	// WithCancel arranges for Done to be closed when cancel is called;
	// WithDeadline arranges for Done to be closed when the deadline
	// expires; WithTimeout arranges for Done to be closed when the timeout
	// elapses.
	//
	// Done is provided for use in select statements:
	//
	//  // Stream generates values with DoSomething and sends them to out
	//  // until DoSomething returns an error or ctx.Done is closed.
	//  func Stream(ctx context.Context, out chan<- Value) error {
	//  	for {
	//  		v, err := DoSomething(ctx)
	//  		if err != nil {
	//  			return err
	//  		}
	//  		select {
	//  		case <-ctx.Done():
	//  			return ctx.Err()
	//  		case out <- v:
	//  		}
	//  	}
	//  }
	//
	// See https://blog.golang.org/pipelines for more examples of how to use
	// a Done channel for cancellation.
	Done() <-chan struct{}

	// If Done is not yet closed, Err returns nil.
	// If Done is closed, Err returns a non-nil error explaining why:
	// Canceled if the context was canceled
	// or DeadlineExceeded if the context's deadline passed.
	// After Err returns a non-nil error, successive calls to Err return the same error.
	Err() error

	// Value returns the value associated with this context for key, or nil
	// if no value is associated with key. Successive calls to Value with
	// the same key returns the same result.
	//
	// Use context values only for request-scoped data that transits
	// processes and API boundaries, not for passing optional parameters to
	// functions.
	//
	// A key identifies a specific value in a Context. Functions that wish
	// to store values in Context typically allocate a key in a global
	// variable then use that key as the argument to context.WithValue and
	// Context.Value. A key can be any type that supports equality;
	// packages should define keys as an unexported type to avoid
	// collisions.
	//
	// Packages that define a Context key should provide type-safe accessors
	// for the values stored using that key:
	//
	// 	// Package user defines a User type that's stored in Contexts.
	// 	package user
	//
	// 	import "context"
	//
	// 	// User is the type of value stored in the Contexts.
	// 	type User struct {...}
	//
	// 	// key is an unexported type for keys defined in this package.
	// 	// This prevents collisions with keys defined in other packages.
	// 	type key int
	//
	// 	// userKey is the key for user.User values in Contexts. It is
	// 	// unexported; clients use user.NewContext and user.FromContext
	// 	// instead of using this key directly.
	// 	var userKey key
	//
	// 	// NewContext returns a new Context that carries value u.
	// 	func NewContext(ctx context.Context, u *User) context.Context {
	// 		return context.WithValue(ctx, userKey, u)
	// 	}
	//
	// 	// FromContext returns the User value stored in ctx, if any.
	// 	func FromContext(ctx context.Context) (*User, bool) {
	// 		u, ok := ctx.Value(userKey).(*User)
	// 		return u, ok
	// 	}
	Value(key any) any
}
  • Deadline:返回 Context 被取消的时间,也就是完成工作的截至日期;
  • Done:返回一个 channel,这个 channel 会在当前工作完成或者上下文被取消之后关闭,多次调用 Done 方法会返回同一个 channel;
  • Err:放回 Context 结束的原因,只会在 Done 返回的 channel 被关闭时才会返回非空的值,如果 Context 被取消,会返回 Canceled 错误;如果 Context 超时,会返回 DeadlineExceeded 错误;
  • Value:可用于从 Context 中获取传递的键值信息;

Example

在 Web 请求的处理过程中,一个请求可能启动多个 goroutine 协同工作,这些 goroutine 之间可能需要共享请求的信息,且当请求被取消或者执行超时时,该请求对应的所有 goroutine 都需要快速结束,释放资源,Context 就是为了解决上述场景而开发的。

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package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"time"
)

const DB_ADDRESS = "db_address"
const CALCULATE_VALUE = "calculate_value"

func readDB(ctx context.Context, cost time.Duration) {
	fmt.Println("DB address is ", ctx.Value(DB_ADDRESS))

	select {
	case <-time.After(cost):
		fmt.Println("read data from db")
	case <-ctx.Done():
		fmt.Println(ctx.Err())
	}
}

func calculate(ctx context.Context, cost time.Duration) {
	fmt.Println("calculate value is", ctx.Value(CALCULATE_VALUE))
	select {
	case <-time.After(cost): //  模拟数据计算
		fmt.Println("calculate finish")
	case <-ctx.Done():
		fmt.Println(ctx.Err()) // 任务取消的原因
		// 一些清理工作
	}
}

func main() {
	ctx := context.Background()

	// Add Context info
	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, DB_ADDRESS, "localhost:3306")
	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, CALCULATE_VALUE, "123")

	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*2)
	defer cancel()

	go readDB(ctx, time.Second*4)
	go calculate(ctx, time.Second*4)

	time.Sleep(time.Second * 5)
}

使用 Context,能够有效地在一组 goroutine 中传递共享值、取消信号、deadline 等信息,及时关闭不需要的 goroutine。


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