gotosocial/internal/federation/federatingdb/lock.go

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*/

package federatingdb

import (
	"context"
	"errors"
	"net/url"
)

// Lock takes a lock for the object at the specified id. If an error
// is returned, the lock must not have been taken.
//
// The lock must be able to succeed for an id that does not exist in
// the database. This means acquiring the lock does not guarantee the
// entry exists in the database.
//
// Locks are encouraged to be lightweight and in the Go layer, as some
// processes require tight loops acquiring and releasing locks.
//
// Used to ensure race conditions in multiple requests do not occur.
func (f *federatingDB) Lock(c context.Context, id *url.URL) (func(), error) {
	if id == nil {
		return nil, errors.New("Lock: id was nil")
	}
	unlock := f.locks.Lock(id.String())
	return unlock, nil
}