go语言context.Context

context 是 Golang 从 1.7 版本引入的一个标准库。它使得一个request范围内所有goroutine运行时的取消可以得到有效的控制。当最上层的 goroutine 因为某些原因执行失败时，下层的 Goroutine 由于没有接收到这个信号所以会继续工作；但是当我们正确地使用 context.Context 时，就可以在下层及时停掉无用的工作以减少额外资源的消耗。

数据结构

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.
	//
	// 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 interface{}) interface{}
}

Context是一个interface，只要实现了这四个方法，就可以认为是一个Context

Deadline方法返回一个当前context应该被取消的截止时间，如果没设置的话返回false，多次调用返回相同的结果
Done方法会返回一个channel，该channel在context被取消的时候会关闭，当channel被关闭时，监听此channel的goroutine会读出0值，这时候就可以停掉自己
Err方法会在channel关闭之前返回空，在关闭后会返回关闭的原因
Value方法用来返回context中保存的值

实现

emptyCtx

官方库提供的最基础的 Context 实现，emptyCtx是一个int类型的变量，但实现了context的接口。emptyCtx没有超时时间，不能取消，也不能存储任何额外信息，所以emptyCtx用来作为context树的根节点。我们常用的 context.Background() 与 context.TODO() 底层即为 emptyCtx，没有 Deadline，也获取不到 Value。日常使用的绝大部分 Context 都是在 emptyCtx 的基础上派生出来的。

type emptyCtx int

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 interface{}) interface{} {
	return nil
}

func (e *emptyCtx) String() string {
	switch e {
	case background:
		return "context.Background"
	case todo:
		return "context.TODO"
	}
	return "unknown empty Context"
}

var (
	background = new(emptyCtx)
	todo       = new(emptyCtx)
)

// 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 background
}

// 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 todo
}

valueCtx

调用context.withValue方法可以返回一个valueCtx

// WithValue returns a copy of parent in which 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 interface{}) Context {
	if key == nil {
		panic("nil key")
	}
	if !reflectlite.TypeOf(key).Comparable() {
		panic("key is not comparable")
	}
	return &valueCtx{parent, key, val}
}

valueCtx 在内嵌 Context 的同时，包含了一组键值对，皆为 interface{}，我们经常使用的 context.WithValue() 函数底层就是一个嵌入了参数

// 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 interface{}
}

Value() 获取值时为递归获取，自下而上形成查询链条

func (c *valueCtx) Value(key interface{}) interface{} {
	if c.key == key {
		return c.val
	}
	return c.Context.Value(key)
}

因为递归获取，所以若 child context 的 key 与 parent context相同，会直接覆盖掉。 parent context是感知不到 child context 的行为的。

cancelCtx

// 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     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
}

用锁来保护内置的成员变量

func WithCancel(parent Context) (ctx Context, cancel CancelFunc) {
	c := newCancelCtx(parent)
	propagateCancel(parent, &c)
	return &c, func() { c.cancel(true, Canceled) }
}

WithCancel方法可以创建一个cancelCtx，并且和它的取消方法

// newCancelCtx returns an initialized cancelCtx.
func newCancelCtx(parent Context) cancelCtx {
	return cancelCtx{Context: parent}
}

newCancelCtx方法可以创建一个cancelCtx,初始化的时候将parent记录在Context中

propagateCancel

// propagateCancel arranges for child to be canceled when parent is.
func propagateCancel(parent Context, child canceler) {
	if parent.Done() == nil {
		return // parent is never canceled
	}
	if p, ok := parentCancelCtx(parent); ok {
		p.mu.Lock()
		if p.err != nil {
			// parent has already been canceled
			child.cancel(false, p.err)
		} else {
			if p.children == nil {
				p.children = make(map[canceler]struct{})
			}
			p.children[child] = struct{}{}
		}
		p.mu.Unlock()
	} else {
		go func() {
			select {
			case <-parent.Done():
				child.cancel(false, parent.Err())
			case <-child.Done():
			}
		}()
	}
}

func parentCancelCtx(parent Context) (*cancelCtx, bool) {
	for {
		switch c := parent.(type) {
		case *cancelCtx:
			return c, true
		case *timerCtx:
			return &c.cancelCtx, true
		case *valueCtx:
			parent = c.Context
		default:
			return nil, false
		}
	}
}

propagateCancel方法首先会判断父context能否被取消，不能的话直接返回，然后向上查找可取消的父context，如果找到了，并且父context的err字段不为空的话，说明父context已经被取消了，这时候直接把child也取消掉，如果父context的err为空的话，就将child加入到父context的孩子列表中，如果没有找到可取消的父context，那么启一个协程监听parent和child的done channel

cancel

func (c *cancelCtx) cancel(removeFromParent bool, err error) {
	if err == nil {
		panic("context: internal error: missing cancel error")
	}
	c.mu.Lock()
	if c.err != nil {
		c.mu.Unlock()
		return // already canceled
	}
	c.err = err
	if c.done == nil {
		c.done = closedchan
	} else {
		close(c.done)
	}
	for child := range c.children {
		// NOTE: acquiring the child's lock while holding parent's lock.
		child.cancel(false, err)
	}
	c.children = nil
	c.mu.Unlock()

	if removeFromParent {
		removeChild(c.Context, c)
	}
}

cancel 的作用是关闭当前上下文以及子上下文的cancelCtx.done channel

首先调用cancel方法的时候需要传入err，如果err为空的话直接panic