Jaime,
AFAIK, cancellation function is expected to be called regardless of if
ctx.Done() got triggered.
So, to fix it, drop a direct call to cancel() and add "defer cancel()"
right after you got it from the "WithTimeout" call.
Hope it helps,
Andrey
On Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 8:17:21 AM UTC-7, Jaime Breva wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm having go vet complain about the cancelFunc on a context.WithTimeout
> not being called, even though the flow path is already past the context
> .Done()
> Something like:
>
> ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(parentCtx, timeout)
>
> select {
> case <-ctx.Done():
> //... go vet complains here that this flowpath doesnt call cancel()
> return nil
>
> case msg := <-ch:
> //...
> cancel()
> return msg
> }
>
> Reading context/context.go:
>
> // 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.
>
>
> I know in this example I could just defer the call but, should I consider
> this a false positive? Should I open an issue on github?
>
> Best regards
>
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"golang-nuts" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to [email protected].
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
