cacher: replace usable lock with conditional variable

pkg/storage/cacher.go

@@ -72,19 +72,13 @@ type CacherConfig struct {
 type Cacher struct {
 	sync.RWMutex
 
-	// Each user-facing method that is not simply redirected to the underlying
-	// storage has to read-lock on this mutex before starting any processing.
+	// Before accessing the cacher's cache, wait for the ready to be ok.
 	// This is necessary to prevent users from accessing structures that are
 	// uninitialized or are being repopulated right now.
-	// NOTE: We cannot easily reuse the main mutex for it due to multi-threaded
-	// interactions of Cacher with the underlying WatchCache. Since Cacher is
-	// caling WatchCache directly and WatchCache is calling Cacher methods
-	// via its OnEvent and OnReplace hooks, we explicitly assume that if mutexes
-	// of both structures are held, the one from WatchCache is acquired first
-	// to avoid deadlocks. Unfortunately, forcing this rule in startCaching
-	// would be very difficult and introducing one more mutex seems to be much
-	// easier.
-	usable sync.RWMutex
+	// ready needs to be set to false when the cacher is paused or stopped.
+	// ready needs to be set to true when the cacher is ready to use after
+	// initialization.
+	ready *ready
 
 	// Underlying storage.Interface.
 	storage Interface
@@ -126,6 +120,7 @@ func NewCacherFromConfig(config CacherConfig) *Cacher {
 	}
 
 	cacher := &Cacher{
+		ready:      newReady(),
 		storage:    config.Storage,
 		watchCache: watchCache,
 		reflector:  cache.NewReflector(listerWatcher, config.Type, watchCache, 0),
@@ -139,8 +134,6 @@ func NewCacherFromConfig(config CacherConfig) *Cacher {
 		// So we will be simply closing the channel, and synchronizing on the WaitGroup.
 		stopCh: make(chan struct{}),
 	}
-	// See startCaching method for explanation and where this is unlocked.
-	cacher.usable.Lock()
 	watchCache.SetOnEvent(cacher.processEvent)
 
 	stopCh := cacher.stopCh
@@ -168,11 +161,11 @@ func (c *Cacher) startCaching(stopChannel <-chan struct{}) {
 	successfulList := false
 	c.watchCache.SetOnReplace(func() {
 		successfulList = true
-		c.usable.Unlock()
+		c.ready.set(true)
 	})
 	defer func() {
 		if successfulList {
-			c.usable.Lock()
+			c.ready.set(false)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -213,9 +206,7 @@ func (c *Cacher) Watch(ctx context.Context, key string, resourceVersion string,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Do NOT allow Watch to start when the underlying structures are not propagated.
-	c.usable.RLock()
-	defer c.usable.RUnlock()
+	c.ready.wait()
 
 	// We explicitly use thread unsafe version and do locking ourself to ensure that
 	// no new events will be processed in the meantime. The watchCache will be unlocked
@@ -272,13 +263,7 @@ func (c *Cacher) List(ctx context.Context, key string, resourceVersion string, f
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// To avoid situation when List is processed before the underlying
-	// watchCache is propagated for the first time, we acquire and immediately
-	// release the 'usable' lock.
-	// We don't need to hold it all the time, because watchCache is thread-safe
-	// and it would complicate already very difficult locking pattern.
-	c.usable.RLock()
-	c.usable.RUnlock()
+	c.ready.wait()
 
 	// List elements from cache, with at least 'listRV'.
 	listPtr, err := meta.GetItemsPtr(listObj)
@@ -381,18 +366,13 @@ func filterFunction(key string, keyFunc func(runtime.Object) (string, error), fi
 
 // Returns resource version to which the underlying cache is synced.
 func (c *Cacher) LastSyncResourceVersion() (uint64, error) {
-	// To avoid situation when LastSyncResourceVersion is processed before the
-	// underlying watchCache is propagated, we acquire 'usable' lock.
-	c.usable.RLock()
-	defer c.usable.RUnlock()
-
-	c.RLock()
-	defer c.RUnlock()
+	c.ready.wait()
 
 	resourceVersion := c.reflector.LastSyncResourceVersion()
 	if resourceVersion == "" {
 		return 0, nil
 	}
+
 	return strconv.ParseUint(resourceVersion, 10, 64)
 }
 
@@ -591,3 +571,27 @@ func (c *cacheWatcher) process(initEvents []watchCacheEvent, resourceVersion uin
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+type ready struct {
+	ok bool
+	c  *sync.Cond
+}
+
+func newReady() *ready {
+	return &ready{c: sync.NewCond(&sync.Mutex{})}
+}
+
+func (r *ready) wait() {
+	r.c.L.Lock()
+	for !r.ok {
+		r.c.Wait()
+	}
+	r.c.L.Unlock()
+}
+
+func (r *ready) set(ok bool) {
+	r.c.L.Lock()
+	defer r.c.L.Unlock()
+	r.ok = ok
+	r.c.Broadcast()
+}