Makes the flood goroutine more reusable.

consul/flood.go

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package consul
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/consul/servers"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/serf/serf"
+)
+
+// FloodNotify lets all the waiting Flood goroutines know that some change may
+// have affected them.
+func (s *Server) FloodNotify() {
+	s.floodLock.RLock()
+	defer s.floodLock.RUnlock()
+
+	for _, ch := range s.floodCh {
+		select {
+		case ch <- struct{}{}:
+		default:
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Flood is a long-running goroutine that floods servers from the LAN to the
+// given global Serf instance, such as the WAN. This will exit once either of
+// the Serf instances are shut down.
+func (s *Server) Flood(portFn servers.FloodPortFn, global *serf.Serf) {
+	s.floodLock.Lock()
+	floodCh := make(chan struct{})
+	s.floodCh = append(s.floodCh, floodCh)
+	s.floodLock.Unlock()
+
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(s.config.SerfFloodInterval)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	defer func() {
+		s.floodLock.Lock()
+		defer s.floodLock.Unlock()
+
+		for i, ch := range s.floodCh {
+			if ch == floodCh {
+				s.floodCh = append(s.floodCh[:i], s.floodCh[i+1:]...)
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		panic("flood channels out of sync")
+	}()
+
+	for {
+	WAIT:
+		select {
+		case <-s.serfLAN.ShutdownCh():
+			return
+
+		case <-global.ShutdownCh():
+			return
+
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			goto FLOOD
+
+		case <-floodCh:
+			goto FLOOD
+		}
+		goto WAIT
+
+	FLOOD:
+		servers.FloodJoins(s.logger, portFn, s.config.Datacenter, s.serfLAN, global)
+	}
+}

consul/serf.go

@@ -142,11 +142,8 @@ func (s *Server) lanNodeJoin(me serf.MemberEvent) {
 			s.maybeBootstrap()
 		}
 
-		// Kick the WAN flooder.
-		select {
-		case s.floodCh <- struct{}{}:
-		default:
-		}
+		// Kick the join flooders.
+		s.FloodNotify()
 	}
 }
 

consul/server.go

@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ type Server struct {
 	// which SHOULD only consist of Consul servers
 	serfWAN *serf.Serf
 
-	// floodCh is kicked whenever we should try to flood LAN servers into
-	// the WAN.
-	floodCh chan struct{}
+	// floodLock controls access to floodCh.
+	floodLock sync.RWMutex
+	floodCh   []chan struct{}
 
 	// sessionTimers track the expiration time of each Session that has
 	// a TTL. On expiration, a SessionDestroy event will occur, and
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ func NewServer(config *Config) (*Server, error) {
 		router:                servers.NewRouter(logger, shutdownCh, config.Datacenter),
 		rpcServer:             rpc.NewServer(),
 		rpcTLS:                incomingTLS,
-		floodCh:               make(chan struct{}),
 		tombstoneGC:           gc,
 		shutdownCh:            make(chan struct{}),
 	}
@@ -318,40 +317,15 @@ func NewServer(config *Config) (*Server, error) {
 	}
 	go servers.HandleSerfEvents(s.logger, s.router, types.AreaWAN, s.serfWAN.ShutdownCh(), s.eventChWAN)
 
-	// Fire up the LAN <-> WAN Serf join flooder.
-	go func() {
-		ticker := time.NewTicker(config.SerfFloodInterval)
-		defer ticker.Stop()
-
-		portFn := func(s *agent.Server) (int, bool) {
-			if s.WanJoinPort > 0 {
-				return s.WanJoinPort, true
-			} else {
-				return 0, false
-			}
+	// Fire up the LAN <-> WAN join flooder.
+	portFn := func(s *agent.Server) (int, bool) {
+		if s.WanJoinPort > 0 {
+			return s.WanJoinPort, true
+		} else {
+			return 0, false
 		}
-
-		for {
-		WAIT:
-			select {
-			case <-s.serfLAN.ShutdownCh():
-				return
-
-			case <-s.serfWAN.ShutdownCh():
-				return
-
-			case <-ticker.C:
-				goto FLOOD
-
-			case <-s.floodCh:
-				goto FLOOD
-			}
-			goto WAIT
-
-		FLOOD:
-			servers.FloodJoins(s.logger, portFn, config.Datacenter, s.serfLAN, s.serfWAN)
-		}
-	}()
+	}
+	go s.Flood(portFn, s.serfWAN)
 
 	// Start monitoring leadership. This must happen after Serf is set up
 	// since it can fire events when leadership is obtained.

consul/servers/serf_flooder.go

@@ -72,9 +72,13 @@ func FloodJoins(logger *log.Logger, portFn FloodPortFn,
 		}
 
 		// Do the join!
-		if _, err := globalSerf.Join([]string{addr}, true); err != nil {
+		n, err := globalSerf.Join([]string{addr}, true)
+		if err != nil {
 			logger.Printf("[DEBUG] consul: Failed to flood-join %q at %s: %v",
 				server.Name, addr, err)
+		} else if n > 0 {
+			logger.Printf("[INFO] consul: Successfully performed flood-join for %q at %s",
+				server.Name, addr)
 		}
 	}
 }