// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. // Package context defines the Context type, which carries deadlines, // cancellation signals, and other request-scoped values across API boundaries // and between processes. // // Incoming requests to a server should create a [Context], and outgoing // calls to servers should accept a Context. The chain of function // calls between them must propagate the Context, optionally replacing // it with a derived Context created using [WithCancel], [WithDeadline], // [WithTimeout], or [WithValue]. When a Context is canceled, all // Contexts derived from it are also canceled. // // The [WithCancel], [WithDeadline], and [WithTimeout] functions take a // Context (the parent) and return a derived Context (the child) and a // [CancelFunc]. Calling the CancelFunc cancels the child and its // children, removes the parent's reference to the child, and stops // any associated timers. Failing to call the CancelFunc leaks the // child and its children until the parent is canceled or the timer // fires. The go vet tool checks that CancelFuncs are used on all // control-flow paths. // // The [WithCancelCause] function returns a [CancelCauseFunc], which // takes an error and records it as the cancellation cause. Calling // [Cause] on the canceled context or any of its children retrieves // the cause. If no cause is specified, Cause(ctx) returns the same // value as ctx.Err(). // // Programs that use Contexts should follow these rules to keep interfaces // consistent across packages and enable static analysis tools to check context // propagation: // // Do not store Contexts inside a struct type; instead, pass a Context // explicitly to each function that needs it. This is discussed further in // https://go.dev/blog/context-and-structs. The Context should be the first // parameter, typically named ctx: // // func DoSomething(ctx context.Context, arg Arg) error { // // ... use ctx ... // } // // Do not pass a nil [Context], even if a function permits it. Pass [context.TODO] // if you are unsure about which Context to use. // // Use context Values only for request-scoped data that transits processes and // APIs, not for passing optional parameters to functions. // // The same Context may be passed to functions running in different goroutines; // Contexts are safe for simultaneous use by multiple goroutines. // // See https://go.dev/blog/context for example code for a server that uses // Contexts. package context import ( "errors" "internal/reflectlite" "sync" "sync/atomic" "time" ) // 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 } // Canceled is the error returned by [Context.Err] when the context is canceled. var Canceled = errors.New("context canceled") // DeadlineExceeded is the error returned by [Context.Err] when the context's // deadline passes. var DeadlineExceeded error = deadlineExceededError{} type deadlineExceededError struct{} func (deadlineExceededError) Error() string { return "context deadline exceeded" } func (deadlineExceededError) Timeout() bool { return true } func (deadlineExceededError) Temporary() bool { return true } // An emptyCtx is never canceled, has no values, and has no deadline. // It is the common base of backgroundCtx and todoCtx. type emptyCtx struct{} func (emptyCtx) Deadline() (deadline time.Time, ok bool) { return } func (emptyCtx) Done() <-chan struct{} { return nil } func (emptyCtx) Err() error { return nil } func (emptyCtx) Value(key any) any { return nil } type backgroundCtx struct{ emptyCtx } func (backgroundCtx) String() string { return "context.Background" } type todoCtx struct{ emptyCtx } func (todoCtx) String() string { return "context.TODO" } // Background returns a non-nil, empty [Context]. It is never canceled, has no // values, and has no deadline. It is typically used by the main function, // initialization, and tests, and as the top-level Context for incoming // requests. func Background() Context { return backgroundCtx{} } // TODO returns a non-nil, empty [Context]. Code should use context.TODO when // it's unclear which Context to use or it is not yet available (because the // surrounding function has not yet been extended to accept a Context // parameter). func TODO() Context { return todoCtx{} } // A CancelFunc tells an operation to abandon its work. // A CancelFunc does not wait for the work to stop. // A CancelFunc may be called by multiple goroutines simultaneously. // After the first call, subsequent calls to a CancelFunc do nothing. type CancelFunc func() // WithCancel returns a derived context that points to the parent context // but has a new Done channel. The returned context's Done channel is closed // when the returned cancel function is called or when the parent context's // Done channel is closed, whichever happens first. // // Canceling this context releases resources associated with it, so code should // call cancel as soon as the operations running in this [Context] complete. func WithCancel(parent Context) (ctx Context, cancel CancelFunc) { c := withCancel(parent) return c, func() { c.cancel(true, Canceled, nil) } } // A CancelCauseFunc behaves like a [CancelFunc] but additionally sets the cancellation cause. // This cause can be retrieved by calling [Cause] on the canceled Context or on // any of its derived Contexts. // // If the context has already been canceled, CancelCauseFunc does not set the cause. // For example, if childContext is derived from parentContext: // - if parentContext is canceled with cause1 before childContext is canceled with cause2, // then Cause(parentContext) == Cause(childContext) == cause1 // - if childContext is canceled with cause2 before parentContext is canceled with cause1, // then Cause(parentContext) == cause1 and Cause(childContext) == cause2 type CancelCauseFunc func(cause error) // WithCancelCause behaves like [WithCancel] but returns a [CancelCauseFunc] instead of a [CancelFunc]. // Calling cancel with a non-nil error (the "cause") records that error in ctx; // it can then be retrieved using Cause(ctx). // Calling cancel with nil sets the cause to Canceled. // // Example use: // // ctx, cancel := context.WithCancelCause(parent) // cancel(myError) // ctx.Err() // returns context.Canceled // context.Cause(ctx) // returns myError func WithCancelCause(parent Context) (ctx Context, cancel CancelCauseFunc) { c := withCancel(parent) return c, func(cause error) { c.cancel(true, Canceled, cause) } } func withCancel(parent Context) *cancelCtx { if parent == nil { panic("cannot create context from nil parent") } c := &cancelCtx{} c.propagateCancel(parent, c) return c } // Cause returns a non-nil error explaining why c was canceled. // The first cancellation of c or one of its parents sets the cause. // If that cancellation happened via a call to CancelCauseFunc(err), // then [Cause] returns err. // Otherwise Cause(c) returns the same value as c.Err(). // Cause returns nil if c has not been canceled yet. func Cause(c Context) error { if cc, ok := c.Value(&cancelCtxKey).(*cancelCtx); ok { cc.mu.Lock() defer cc.mu.Unlock() return cc.cause } // There is no cancelCtxKey value, so we know that c is // not a descendant of some Context created by WithCancelCause. // Therefore, there is no specific cause to return. // If this is not one of the standard Context types, // it might still have an error even though it won't have a cause. return c.Err() } // AfterFunc arranges to call f in its own goroutine after ctx is done // (canceled or timed out). // If ctx is already done, AfterFunc calls f immediately in its own goroutine. // // Multiple calls to AfterFunc on a context operate independently; // one does not replace another. // // Calling the returned stop function stops the association of ctx with f. // It returns true if the call stopped f from being run. // If stop returns false, // either the context is done and f has been started in its own goroutine; // or f was already stopped. // The stop function does not wait for f to complete before returning. // If the caller needs to know whether f is completed, // it must coordinate with f explicitly. // // If ctx has a "AfterFunc(func()) func() bool" method, // AfterFunc will use it to schedule the call. func AfterFunc(ctx Context, f func()) (stop func() bool) { a := &afterFuncCtx{ f: f, } a.cancelCtx.propagateCancel(ctx, a) return func() bool { stopped := false a.once.Do(func() { stopped = true }) if stopped { a.cancel(true, Canceled, nil) } return stopped } } type afterFuncer interface { AfterFunc(func()) func() bool } type afterFuncCtx struct { cancelCtx once sync.Once // either starts running f or stops f from running f func() } func (a *afterFuncCtx) cancel(removeFromParent bool, err, cause error) { a.cancelCtx.cancel(false, err, cause) if removeFromParent { removeChild(a.Context, a) } a.once.Do(func() { go a.f() }) } // A stopCtx is used as the parent context of a cancelCtx when // an AfterFunc has been registered with the parent. // It holds the stop function used to unregister the AfterFunc. type stopCtx struct { Context stop func() bool } // goroutines counts the number of goroutines ever created; for testing. var goroutines atomic.Int32 // &cancelCtxKey is the key that a cancelCtx returns itself for. var cancelCtxKey int // parentCancelCtx returns the underlying *cancelCtx for parent. // It does this by looking up parent.Value(&cancelCtxKey) to find // the innermost enclosing *cancelCtx and then checking whether // parent.Done() matches that *cancelCtx. (If not, the *cancelCtx // has been wrapped in a custom implementation providing a // different done channel, in which case we should not bypass it.) func parentCancelCtx(parent Context) (*cancelCtx, bool) { done := parent.Done() if done == closedchan || done == nil { return nil, false } p, ok := parent.Value(&cancelCtxKey).(*cancelCtx) if !ok { return nil, false } pdone, _ := p.done.Load().(chan struct{}) if pdone != done { return nil, false } return p, true } // removeChild removes a context from its parent. func removeChild(parent Context, child canceler) { if s, ok := parent.(stopCtx); ok { s.stop() return } p, ok := parentCancelCtx(parent) if !ok { return } p.mu.Lock() if p.children != nil { delete(p.children, child) } p.mu.Unlock() } // A canceler is a context type that can be canceled directly. The // implementations are *cancelCtx and *timerCtx. type canceler interface { cancel(removeFromParent bool, err, cause error) Done() <-chan struct{} } // closedchan is a reusable closed channel. var closedchan = make(chan struct{}) func init() { close(closedchan) } // A cancelCtx can be canceled. When canceled, it also cancels any children // that implement canceler. type cancelCtx struct { Context mu sync.Mutex // protects following fields done atomic.Value // of chan struct{}, created lazily, closed by first cancel call children map[canceler]struct{} // set to nil by the first cancel call err error // set to non-nil by the first cancel call cause error // set to non-nil by the first cancel call } func (c *cancelCtx) Value(key any) any { if key == &cancelCtxKey { return c } return value(c.Context, key) } func (c *cancelCtx) Done() <-chan struct{} { d := c.done.Load() if d != nil { return d.(chan struct{}) } c.mu.Lock() defer c.mu.Unlock() d = c.done.Load() if d == nil { d = make(chan struct{}) c.done.Store(d) } return d.(chan struct{}) } func (c *cancelCtx) Err() error { c.mu.Lock() err := c.err c.mu.Unlock() return err } // propagateCancel arranges for child to be canceled when parent is. // It sets the parent context of cancelCtx. func (c *cancelCtx) propagateCancel(parent Context, child canceler) { c.Context = parent done := parent.Done() if done == nil { return // parent is never canceled } select { case <-done: // parent is already canceled child.cancel(false, parent.Err(), Cause(parent)) return default: } if p, ok := parentCancelCtx(parent); ok { // parent is a *cancelCtx, or derives from one. p.mu.Lock() if p.err != nil { // parent has already been canceled child.cancel(false, p.err, p.cause) } else { if p.children == nil { p.children = make(map[canceler]struct{}) } p.children[child] = struct{}{} } p.mu.Unlock() return } if a, ok := parent.(afterFuncer); ok { // parent implements an AfterFunc method. c.mu.Lock() stop := a.AfterFunc(func() { child.cancel(false, parent.Err(), Cause(parent)) }) c.Context = stopCtx{ Context: parent, stop: stop, } c.mu.Unlock() return } goroutines.Add(1) go func() { select { case <-parent.Done(): child.cancel(false, parent.Err(), Cause(parent)) case <-child.Done(): } }() } type stringer interface { String() string } func contextName(c Context) string { if s, ok := c.(stringer); ok { return s.String() } return reflectlite.TypeOf(c).String() } func (c *cancelCtx) String() string { return contextName(c.Context) + ".WithCancel" } // cancel closes c.done, cancels each of c's children, and, if // removeFromParent is true, removes c from its parent's children. // cancel sets c.cause to cause if this is the first time c is canceled. func (c *cancelCtx) cancel(removeFromParent bool, err, cause error) { if err == nil { panic("context: internal error: missing cancel error") } if cause == nil { cause = err } c.mu.Lock() if c.err != nil { c.mu.Unlock() return // already canceled } c.err = err c.cause = cause d, _ := c.done.Load().(chan struct{}) if d == nil { c.done.Store(closedchan) } else { close(d) } for child := range c.children { // NOTE: acquiring the child's lock while holding parent's lock. child.cancel(false, err, cause) } c.children = nil c.mu.Unlock() if removeFromParent { removeChild(c.Context, c) } } // WithoutCancel returns a derived context that points to the parent context // and is not canceled when parent is canceled. // The returned context returns no Deadline or Err, and its Done channel is nil. // Calling [Cause] on the returned context returns nil. func WithoutCancel(parent Context) Context { if parent == nil { panic("cannot create context from nil parent") } return withoutCancelCtx{parent} } type withoutCancelCtx struct { c Context } func (withoutCancelCtx) Deadline() (deadline time.Time, ok bool) { return } func (withoutCancelCtx) Done() <-chan struct{} { return nil } func (withoutCancelCtx) Err() error { return nil } func (c withoutCancelCtx) Value(key any) any { return value(c, key) } func (c withoutCancelCtx) String() string { return contextName(c.c) + ".WithoutCancel" } // WithDeadline returns a derived context that points to the parent context // but has the deadline adjusted to be no later than d. If the parent's // deadline is already earlier than d, WithDeadline(parent, d) is semantically // equivalent to parent. The returned [Context.Done] channel is closed when // the deadline expires, when the returned cancel function is called, // or when the parent context's Done channel is closed, whichever happens first. // // Canceling this context releases resources associated with it, so code should // call cancel as soon as the operations running in this [Context] complete. func WithDeadline(parent Context, d time.Time) (Context, CancelFunc) { return WithDeadlineCause(parent, d, nil) } // WithDeadlineCause behaves like [WithDeadline] but also sets the cause of the // returned Context when the deadline is exceeded. The returned [CancelFunc] does // not set the cause. func WithDeadlineCause(parent Context, d time.Time, cause error) (Context, CancelFunc) { if parent == nil { panic("cannot create context from nil parent") } if cur, ok := parent.Deadline(); ok && cur.Before(d) { // The current deadline is already sooner than the new one. return WithCancel(parent) } c := &timerCtx{ deadline: d, } c.cancelCtx.propagateCancel(parent, c) dur := time.Until(d) if dur <= 0 { c.cancel(true, DeadlineExceeded, cause) // deadline has already passed return c, func() { c.cancel(false, Canceled, nil) } } c.mu.Lock() defer c.mu.Unlock() if c.err == nil { c.timer = time.AfterFunc(dur, func() { c.cancel(true, DeadlineExceeded, cause) }) } return c, func() { c.cancel(true, Canceled, nil) } } // A timerCtx carries a timer and a deadline. It embeds a cancelCtx to // implement Done and Err. It implements cancel by stopping its timer then // delegating to cancelCtx.cancel. type timerCtx struct { cancelCtx timer *time.Timer // Under cancelCtx.mu. deadline time.Time } func (c *timerCtx) Deadline() (deadline time.Time, ok bool) { return c.deadline, true } func (c *timerCtx) String() string { return contextName(c.cancelCtx.Context) + ".WithDeadline(" + c.deadline.String() + " [" + time.Until(c.deadline).String() + "])" } func (c *timerCtx) cancel(removeFromParent bool, err, cause error) { c.cancelCtx.cancel(false, err, cause) if removeFromParent { // Remove this timerCtx from its parent cancelCtx's children. removeChild(c.cancelCtx.Context, c) } c.mu.Lock() if c.timer != nil { c.timer.Stop() c.timer = nil } c.mu.Unlock() } // WithTimeout returns WithDeadline(parent, time.Now().Add(timeout)). // // Canceling this context releases resources associated with it, so code should // call cancel as soon as the operations running in this [Context] complete: // // func slowOperationWithTimeout(ctx context.Context) (Result, error) { // ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 100*time.Millisecond) // defer cancel() // releases resources if slowOperation completes before timeout elapses // return slowOperation(ctx) // } func WithTimeout(parent Context, timeout time.Duration) (Context, CancelFunc) { return WithDeadline(parent, time.Now().Add(timeout)) } // WithTimeoutCause behaves like [WithTimeout] but also sets the cause of the // returned Context when the timeout expires. The returned [CancelFunc] does // not set the cause. func WithTimeoutCause(parent Context, timeout time.Duration, cause error) (Context, CancelFunc) { return WithDeadlineCause(parent, time.Now().Add(timeout), cause) } // WithValue returns a derived context that points to the parent Context. // In the derived context, the value associated with key is val. // // Use context Values only for request-scoped data that transits processes and // APIs, not for passing optional parameters to functions. // // The provided key must be comparable and should not be of type // string or any other built-in type to avoid collisions between // packages using context. Users of WithValue should define their own // types for keys. To avoid allocating when assigning to an // interface{}, context keys often have concrete type // struct{}. Alternatively, exported context key variables' static // type should be a pointer or interface. func WithValue(parent Context, key, val any) Context { if parent == nil { panic("cannot create context from nil parent") } if key == nil { panic("nil key") } if !reflectlite.TypeOf(key).Comparable() { panic("key is not comparable") } return &valueCtx{parent, key, val} } // A valueCtx carries a key-value pair. It implements Value for that key and // delegates all other calls to the embedded Context. type valueCtx struct { Context key, val any } // stringify tries a bit to stringify v, without using fmt, since we don't // want context depending on the unicode tables. This is only used by // *valueCtx.String(). func stringify(v any) string { switch s := v.(type) { case stringer: return s.String() case string: return s case nil: return "" } return reflectlite.TypeOf(v).String() } func (c *valueCtx) String() string { return contextName(c.Context) + ".WithValue(" + stringify(c.key) + ", " + stringify(c.val) + ")" } func (c *valueCtx) Value(key any) any { if c.key == key { return c.val } return value(c.Context, key) } func value(c Context, key any) any { for { switch ctx := c.(type) { case *valueCtx: if key == ctx.key { return ctx.val } c = ctx.Context case *cancelCtx: if key == &cancelCtxKey { return c } c = ctx.Context case withoutCancelCtx: if key == &cancelCtxKey { // This implements Cause(ctx) == nil // when ctx is created using WithoutCancel. return nil } c = ctx.c case *timerCtx: if key == &cancelCtxKey { return &ctx.cancelCtx } c = ctx.Context case backgroundCtx, todoCtx: return nil default: return c.Value(key) } } }