Do not send echo when inactivity check in progress

This commit skips spawning another goroutine to send echo when another
echo check is already in progress. It also throws error if inactivity
timeout value is lesser than reconnect timeout value while initializing
client with WithInactivityCheck option.

Signed-off-by: Periyasamy Palanisamy <[email protected]>

client/client.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
@@ -1202,6 +1203,7 @@ func (o *ovsdbClient) handleInactivityProbes() {
 	stopCh := o.stopCh
 	trafficSeen := o.trafficSeen
 	timer := time.NewTimer(o.options.inactivityTimeout)
+	var echoInProgress atomic.Bool
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-stopCh:
@@ -1212,15 +1214,22 @@ func (o *ovsdbClient) handleInactivityProbes() {
 				<-timer.C
 			}
 		case <-timer.C:
-			// Otherwise send an echo in a goroutine so that transactions don't block
+			// When echo request is already in the fly, ignore sending another
+			// echo message
+			if echoInProgress.Load() {
+				continue
+			}
+			// Send an echo in a goroutine so that transactions don't block
 			go func() {
+				echoInProgress.Store(true)
 				ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), o.options.timeout)
 				err := o.Echo(ctx)
 				if err != nil {
 					o.logger.V(3).Error(err, "server echo reply error")
 					o.Disconnect()
 				}
 				cancel()
+				echoInProgress.Store(false)
 			}()
 		}
 		timer.Reset(o.options.inactivityTimeout)

client/options.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"errors"
 	"net/url"
 	"time"
 
@@ -120,6 +121,9 @@ func WithReconnect(timeout time.Duration, backoff backoff.BackOff) Option {
 func WithInactivityCheck(inactivityTimeout, reconnectTimeout time.Duration,
 	reconnectBackoff backoff.BackOff) Option {
 	return func(o *options) error {
+		if reconnectTimeout >= inactivityTimeout {
+			return errors.New("inactivity timeout value should be greater than reconnect timeout value")
+		}
 		o.reconnect = true
 		o.timeout = reconnectTimeout
 		o.backoff = reconnectBackoff