net/http: fix race in TimeoutHandler

New implementation of TimeoutHandler: buffer everything to memory.

All or nothing: either the handler finishes completely within the
timeout (in which case the wrapper writes it all), or it misses the
timeout and none of it gets written, in which case handler wrapper can
reliably print the error response without fear that some of the
wrapped Handler's code already wrote to the output.

Now the goroutine running the wrapped Handler has its own write buffer
and Header copy.

Document the limitations.

Fixes #9162

Change-Id: Ia058c1d62cefd11843e7a2fc1ae1609d75de2441
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/17752
Reviewed-by: David Symonds <dsymonds@golang.org>
Run-TryBot: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>

src/net/http/export_test.go

@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ func SetPendingDialHooks(before, after func()) {
 func SetTestHookServerServe(fn func(*Server, net.Listener)) { testHookServerServe = fn }
 
 func NewTestTimeoutHandler(handler Handler, ch <-chan time.Time) Handler {
-	f := func() <-chan time.Time {
+	return &timeoutHandler{
-		return ch
+		handler: handler,
+		timeout: func() <-chan time.Time { return ch },
+		// (no body and nil cancelTimer)
 	}
-	return &timeoutHandler{handler, f, ""}
 }
 
 func ResetCachedEnvironment() {

src/net/http/serve_test.go

@@ -1785,6 +1785,60 @@ func TestTimeoutHandlerRaceHeader(t *testing.T) {
 	wg.Wait()
 }
 
+// Issue 9162
+func TestTimeoutHandlerRaceHeaderTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	defer afterTest(t)
+	sendHi := make(chan bool, 1)
+	writeErrors := make(chan error, 1)
+	sayHi := HandlerFunc(func(w ResponseWriter, r *Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain")
+		<-sendHi
+		_, werr := w.Write([]byte("hi"))
+		writeErrors <- werr
+	})
+	timeout := make(chan time.Time, 1) // write to this to force timeouts
+	cst := newClientServerTest(t, h1Mode, NewTestTimeoutHandler(sayHi, timeout))
+	defer cst.close()
+
+	// Succeed without timing out:
+	sendHi <- true
+	res, err := cst.c.Get(cst.ts.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	if g, e := res.StatusCode, StatusOK; g != e {
+		t.Errorf("got res.StatusCode %d; expected %d", g, e)
+	}
+	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if g, e := string(body), "hi"; g != e {
+		t.Errorf("got body %q; expected %q", g, e)
+	}
+	if g := <-writeErrors; g != nil {
+		t.Errorf("got unexpected Write error on first request: %v", g)
+	}
+
+	// Times out:
+	timeout <- time.Time{}
+	res, err = cst.c.Get(cst.ts.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	if g, e := res.StatusCode, StatusServiceUnavailable; g != e {
+		t.Errorf("got res.StatusCode %d; expected %d", g, e)
+	}
+	body, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if !strings.Contains(string(body), "<title>Timeout</title>") {
+		t.Errorf("expected timeout body; got %q", string(body))
+	}
+
+	// Now make the previously-timed out handler speak again,
+	// which verifies the panic is handled:
+	sendHi <- true
+	if g, e := <-writeErrors, ErrHandlerTimeout; g != e {
+		t.Errorf("expected Write error of %v; got %v", e, g)
+	}
+}
+
 // Verifies we don't path.Clean() on the wrong parts in redirects.
 func TestRedirectMunging(t *testing.T) {
 	req, _ := NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com/", nil)

src/net/http/server.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package http
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -2101,11 +2102,20 @@ func (srv *Server) onceSetNextProtoDefaults() {
 // (If msg is empty, a suitable default message will be sent.)
 // After such a timeout, writes by h to its ResponseWriter will return
 // ErrHandlerTimeout.
+//
+// TimeoutHandler buffers all Handler writes to memory and does not
+// support the Hijacker or Flusher interfaces.
 func TimeoutHandler(h Handler, dt time.Duration, msg string) Handler {
-	f := func() <-chan time.Time {
+	t := time.NewTimer(dt)
-		return time.After(dt)
+	return &timeoutHandler{
+		handler: h,
+		body:    msg,
+
+		// Effectively storing a *time.Timer, but decomposed
+		// for testing:
+		timeout:     func() <-chan time.Time { return t.C },
+		cancelTimer: t.Stop,
 	}
-	return &timeoutHandler{h, f, msg}
 }
 
 // ErrHandlerTimeout is returned on ResponseWriter Write calls
@@ -2114,8 +2124,13 @@ var ErrHandlerTimeout = errors.New("http: Handler timeout")
 
 type timeoutHandler struct {
 	handler Handler
-	timeout func() <-chan time.Time // returns channel producing a timeout
 	body    string
+
+	// timeout returns the channel of a *time.Timer and
+	// cancelTimer cancels it.  They're stored separately for
+	// testing purposes.
+	timeout     func() <-chan time.Time // returns channel producing a timeout
+	cancelTimer func() bool             // optional
 }
 
 func (h *timeoutHandler) errorBody() string {
@@ -2126,46 +2141,61 @@ func (h *timeoutHandler) errorBody() string {
 }
 
 func (h *timeoutHandler) ServeHTTP(w ResponseWriter, r *Request) {
-	done := make(chan bool, 1)
+	done := make(chan struct{})
-	tw := &timeoutWriter{w: w}
+	tw := &timeoutWriter{
+		w: w,
+		h: make(Header),
+	}
 	go func() {
 		h.handler.ServeHTTP(tw, r)
-		done <- true
+		close(done)
 	}()
 	select {
 	case <-done:
-		return
+		tw.mu.Lock()
+		defer tw.mu.Unlock()
+		dst := w.Header()
+		for k, vv := range tw.h {
+			dst[k] = vv
+		}
+		w.WriteHeader(tw.code)
+		w.Write(tw.wbuf.Bytes())
+		if h.cancelTimer != nil {
+			h.cancelTimer()
+		}
 	case <-h.timeout():
 		tw.mu.Lock()
 		defer tw.mu.Unlock()
-		if !tw.wroteHeader {
+		w.WriteHeader(StatusServiceUnavailable)
-			tw.w.WriteHeader(StatusServiceUnavailable)
+		io.WriteString(w, h.errorBody())
-			tw.w.Write([]byte(h.errorBody()))
-		}
 		tw.timedOut = true
+		return
 	}
 }
 
 type timeoutWriter struct {
-	w ResponseWriter
+	w    ResponseWriter
+	h    Header
+	wbuf bytes.Buffer
 
 	mu          sync.Mutex
 	timedOut    bool
 	wroteHeader bool
+	code        int
 }
 
-func (tw *timeoutWriter) Header() Header {
+func (tw *timeoutWriter) Header() Header { return tw.h }
-	return tw.w.Header()
-}
 
 func (tw *timeoutWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	tw.mu.Lock()
 	defer tw.mu.Unlock()
-	tw.wroteHeader = true // implicitly at least
 	if tw.timedOut {
 		return 0, ErrHandlerTimeout
 	}
-	return tw.w.Write(p)
+	if !tw.wroteHeader {
+		tw.writeHeader(StatusOK)
+	}
+	return tw.wbuf.Write(p)
 }
 
 func (tw *timeoutWriter) WriteHeader(code int) {
@@ -2174,8 +2204,12 @@ func (tw *timeoutWriter) WriteHeader(code int) {
 	if tw.timedOut || tw.wroteHeader {
 		return
 	}
+	tw.writeHeader(code)
+}
+
+func (tw *timeoutWriter) writeHeader(code int) {
 	tw.wroteHeader = true
-	tw.w.WriteHeader(code)
+	tw.code = code
 }
 
 // tcpKeepAliveListener sets TCP keep-alive timeouts on accepted