balancer/endpointsharding: Call ExitIdle() on child if child reports IDLE (#7782)

Author: zasweq

balancer/endpointsharding/endpointsharding.go

@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ type endpointSharding struct {
 	cc    balancer.ClientConn
 	bOpts balancer.BuildOptions
 
+	childMu  sync.Mutex // syncs balancer.Balancer calls into children
 	children atomic.Pointer[resolver.EndpointMap]
+	closed   bool
 
 	// inhibitChildUpdates is set during UpdateClientConnState/ResolverError
 	// calls (calls to children will each produce an update, only want one
@@ -83,6 +85,9 @@ type endpointSharding struct {
 // addresses it will ignore that endpoint. Otherwise, returns first error found
 // from a child, but fully processes the new update.
 func (es *endpointSharding) UpdateClientConnState(state balancer.ClientConnState) error {
+	es.childMu.Lock()
+	defer es.childMu.Unlock()
+
 	es.inhibitChildUpdates.Store(true)
 	defer func() {
 		es.inhibitChildUpdates.Store(false)
@@ -145,6 +150,8 @@ func (es *endpointSharding) UpdateClientConnState(state balancer.ClientConnState
 // children and sends a single synchronous update of the childStates at the end
 // of the ResolverError operation.
 func (es *endpointSharding) ResolverError(err error) {
+	es.childMu.Lock()
+	defer es.childMu.Unlock()
 	es.inhibitChildUpdates.Store(true)
 	defer func() {
 		es.inhibitChildUpdates.Store(false)
@@ -162,11 +169,14 @@ func (es *endpointSharding) UpdateSubConnState(balancer.SubConn, balancer.SubCon
 }
 
 func (es *endpointSharding) Close() {
+	es.childMu.Lock()
+	defer es.childMu.Unlock()
 	children := es.children.Load()
 	for _, child := range children.Values() {
 		bal := child.(balancer.Balancer)
 		bal.Close()
 	}
+	es.closed = true
 }
 
 // updateState updates this component's state. It sends the aggregated state,
@@ -274,6 +284,17 @@ func (bw *balancerWrapper) UpdateState(state balancer.State) {
 	bw.es.mu.Lock()
 	bw.childState.State = state
 	bw.es.mu.Unlock()
+	// When a child balancer says it's IDLE, ping it to exit idle and reconnect.
+	// TODO: In the future, perhaps make this a knob in configuration.
+	if ei, ok := bw.Balancer.(balancer.ExitIdler); state.ConnectivityState == connectivity.Idle && ok {
+		go func() {
+			bw.es.childMu.Lock()
+			if !bw.es.closed {
+				ei.ExitIdle()
+			}
+			bw.es.childMu.Unlock()
+		}()
+	}
 	bw.es.updateState()
 }