net/http: make client await response concurrently with writing request

If the server replies with an HTTP response before we're done
writing our body (for instance "401 Unauthorized" response), we
were previously ignoring that, since we returned our write
error ("broken pipe", etc) before ever reading the response.
Now we read and write at the same time.

Fixes #3595

R=rsc, adg
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/6238043

src/pkg/net/http/transport.go

@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ func (t *Transport) getConn(cm *connectMethod) (*persistConn, error) {
 		cacheKey: cm.String(),
 		conn:     conn,
 		reqch:    make(chan requestAndChan, 50),
+		writech:  make(chan writeRequest, 50),
 	}
 
 	switch {
@@ -380,6 +381,7 @@ func (t *Transport) getConn(cm *connectMethod) (*persistConn, error) {
 	pconn.br = bufio.NewReader(pconn.conn)
 	pconn.bw = bufio.NewWriter(pconn.conn)
 	go pconn.readLoop()
+	go pconn.writeLoop()
 	return pconn, nil
 }
 
@@ -487,7 +489,8 @@ type persistConn struct {
 	closed   bool                // whether conn has been closed
 	br       *bufio.Reader       // from conn
 	bw       *bufio.Writer       // to conn
-	reqch    chan requestAndChan // written by roundTrip(); read by readLoop()
+	reqch    chan requestAndChan // written by roundTrip; read by readLoop
+	writech  chan writeRequest   // written by roundTrip; read by writeLoop
 	isProxy  bool
 
 	// mutateHeaderFunc is an optional func to modify extra
@@ -519,6 +522,7 @@ func remoteSideClosed(err error) bool {
 }
 
 func (pc *persistConn) readLoop() {
+	defer close(pc.writech)
 	alive := true
 	var lastbody io.ReadCloser // last response body, if any, read on this connection
 
@@ -579,7 +583,7 @@ func (pc *persistConn) readLoop() {
 				if alive && !pc.t.putIdleConn(pc) {
 					alive = false
 				}
-				if !alive {
+				if !alive || pc.isBroken() {
 					pc.close()
 				}
 				waitForBodyRead <- true
@@ -615,6 +619,23 @@ func (pc *persistConn) readLoop() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (pc *persistConn) writeLoop() {
+	for wr := range pc.writech {
+		if pc.isBroken() {
+			wr.ch <- errors.New("http: can't write HTTP request on broken connection")
+			continue
+		}
+		err := wr.req.Request.write(pc.bw, pc.isProxy, wr.req.extra)
+		if err == nil {
+			err = pc.bw.Flush()
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			pc.markBroken()
+		}
+		wr.ch <- err
+	}
+}
+
 type responseAndError struct {
 	res *Response
 	err error
@@ -630,6 +651,15 @@ type requestAndChan struct {
 	addedGzip bool
 }
 
+// A writeRequest is sent by the readLoop's goroutine to the
+// writeLoop's goroutine to write a request while the read loop
+// concurrently waits on both the write response and the server's
+// reply.
+type writeRequest struct {
+	req *transportRequest
+	ch  chan<- error
+}
+
 func (pc *persistConn) roundTrip(req *transportRequest) (resp *Response, err error) {
 	if pc.mutateHeaderFunc != nil {
 		pc.mutateHeaderFunc(req.extraHeaders())
@@ -652,16 +682,29 @@ func (pc *persistConn) roundTrip(req *transportRequest) (resp *Response, err err
 	pc.numExpectedResponses++
 	pc.lk.Unlock()
 
-	err = req.Request.write(pc.bw, pc.isProxy, req.extra)
-	if err != nil {
-		pc.close()
-		return
+	// Write the request concurrently with waiting for a response,
+	// in case the server decides to reply before reading our full
+	// request body.
+	writeErrCh := make(chan error, 1)
+	pc.writech <- writeRequest{req, writeErrCh}
+
+	resc := make(chan responseAndError, 1)
+	pc.reqch <- requestAndChan{req.Request, resc, requestedGzip}
+
+	var re responseAndError
+WaitResponse:
+	for {
+		select {
+		case err := <-writeErrCh:
+			if err != nil {
+				re = responseAndError{nil, err}
+				break WaitResponse
+			}
+		case re = <-resc:
+			break WaitResponse
+		}
 	}
-	pc.bw.Flush()
 
-	ch := make(chan responseAndError, 1)
-	pc.reqch <- requestAndChan{req.Request, ch, requestedGzip}
-	re := <-ch
 	pc.lk.Lock()
 	pc.numExpectedResponses--
 	pc.lk.Unlock()
@@ -669,6 +712,15 @@ func (pc *persistConn) roundTrip(req *transportRequest) (resp *Response, err err
 	return re.res, re.err
 }
 
+// markBroken marks a connection as broken (so it's not reused).
+// It differs from close in that it doesn't close the underlying
+// connection for use when it's still being read.
+func (pc *persistConn) markBroken() {
+	pc.lk.Lock()
+	defer pc.lk.Unlock()
+	pc.broken = true
+}
+
 func (pc *persistConn) close() {
 	pc.lk.Lock()
 	defer pc.lk.Unlock()

src/pkg/net/http/transport_test.go

@@ -833,6 +833,30 @@ func TestIssue3644(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Test that a client receives a server's reply, even if the server doesn't read
+// the entire request body.
+func TestIssue3595(t *testing.T) {
+	const deniedMsg = "sorry, denied."
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(HandlerFunc(func(w ResponseWriter, r *Request) {
+		Error(w, deniedMsg, StatusUnauthorized)
+	}))
+	defer ts.Close()
+	tr := &Transport{}
+	c := &Client{Transport: tr}
+	res, err := c.Post(ts.URL, "application/octet-stream", neverEnding('a'))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Post: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	got, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Body ReadAll: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(got), deniedMsg) {
+		t.Errorf("Known bug: response %q does not contain %q", got, deniedMsg)
+	}
+}
+
 type fooProto struct{}
 
 func (fooProto) RoundTrip(req *Request) (*Response, error) {