don't count connections in the grace period against the limit

fixes #46

connmgr.go

@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ func (cm *BasicConnMgr) getConnsToClose(ctx context.Context) []network.Conn {
 
 	npeers := cm.segments.countPeers()
 	candidates := make([]*peerInfo, 0, npeers)
+	ncandidates := 0
 	cm.plk.RLock()
 	for _, s := range cm.segments {
 		s.Lock()
@@ -229,12 +230,26 @@ func (cm *BasicConnMgr) getConnsToClose(ctx context.Context) []network.Conn {
 				// skip over protected peer.
 				continue
 			}
+			if inf.firstSeen.Add(cm.gracePeriod).After(now) {
+				// skip peers in the grace period.
+				continue
+			}
 			candidates = append(candidates, inf)
+			ncandidates += len(inf.conns)
 		}
 		s.Unlock()
 	}
 	cm.plk.RUnlock()
 
+	if ncandidates < cm.lowWater {
+		log.Info("open connection count above limit but too many are in the grace period")
+		// We have too many connections but fewer than lowWater
+		// connections out of the grace period.
+		//
+		// If we trimmed now, we'd kill potentially useful connections.
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// Sort peers according to their value.
 	sort.Slice(candidates, func(i, j int) bool {
 		left, right := candidates[i], candidates[j]
@@ -246,7 +261,7 @@ func (cm *BasicConnMgr) getConnsToClose(ctx context.Context) []network.Conn {
 		return left.value < right.value
 	})
 
-	target := nconns - cm.lowWater
+	target := ncandidates - cm.lowWater
 
 	// slightly overallocate because we may have more than one conns per peer
 	selected := make([]network.Conn, 0, target+10)
@@ -255,10 +270,6 @@ func (cm *BasicConnMgr) getConnsToClose(ctx context.Context) []network.Conn {
 		if target <= 0 {
 			break
 		}
-		// TODO: should we be using firstSeen or the time associated with the connection itself?
-		if inf.firstSeen.Add(cm.gracePeriod).After(now) {
-			continue
-		}
 
 		// lock this to protect from concurrent modifications from connect/disconnect events
 		s := cm.segments.get(inf.id)

connmgr_test.go

@@ -303,6 +303,63 @@ func TestDisconnected(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestGracePeriod(t *testing.T) {
+	if detectrace.WithRace() {
+		t.Skip("race detector is unhappy with this test")
+	}
+
+	SilencePeriod = 0
+	cm := NewConnManager(10, 20, 100*time.Millisecond)
+	SilencePeriod = 10 * time.Second
+
+	not := cm.Notifee()
+
+	var conns []network.Conn
+
+	// Add a connection and wait the grace period.
+	{
+		rc := randConn(t, not.Disconnected)
+		conns = append(conns, rc)
+		not.Connected(nil, rc)
+
+		time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
+
+		if rc.(*tconn).closed {
+			t.Fatal("expected conn to remain open")
+		}
+	}
+
+	// quickly add 30 connections (sending us above the high watermark)
+	for i := 0; i < 30; i++ {
+		rc := randConn(t, not.Disconnected)
+		conns = append(conns, rc)
+		not.Connected(nil, rc)
+	}
+
+	cm.TrimOpenConns(context.Background())
+
+	for _, c := range conns {
+		if c.(*tconn).closed {
+			t.Fatal("expected no conns to be closed")
+		}
+	}
+
+	time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	cm.TrimOpenConns(context.Background())
+
+	closed := 0
+	for _, c := range conns {
+		if c.(*tconn).closed {
+			closed++
+		}
+	}
+
+	if closed != 21 {
+		t.Fatal("expected to have closed 21 connections")
+	}
+}
+
 // see https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-connmgr/issues/23
 func TestQuickBurstRespectsSilencePeriod(t *testing.T) {
 	if detectrace.WithRace() {
@@ -350,13 +407,17 @@ func TestPeerProtectionSingleTag(t *testing.T) {
 
 	not := cm.Notifee()
 
-	// produce 20 connections with unique peers.
 	var conns []network.Conn
-	for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
+	addConn := func(value int) {
 		rc := randConn(t, not.Disconnected)
 		conns = append(conns, rc)
 		not.Connected(nil, rc)
-		cm.TagPeer(rc.RemotePeer(), "test", 20)
+		cm.TagPeer(rc.RemotePeer(), "test", value)
+	}
+
+	// produce 20 connections with unique peers.
+	for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
+		addConn(20)
 	}
 
 	// protect the first 5 peers.
@@ -368,8 +429,21 @@ func TestPeerProtectionSingleTag(t *testing.T) {
 		cm.TagPeer(c.RemotePeer(), "test", -100)
 	}
 
-	// add one more connection, sending the connection manager overboard.
-	not.Connected(nil, randConn(t, not.Disconnected))
+	// add 1 more conn, this shouldn't send us over the limit as protected conns don't count
+	addConn(20)
+
+	cm.TrimOpenConns(context.Background())
+
+	for _, c := range conns {
+		if c.(*tconn).closed {
+			t.Error("connection was closed by connection manager")
+		}
+	}
+
+	// add 5 more connection, sending the connection manager overboard.
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		addConn(20)
+	}
 
 	cm.TrimOpenConns(context.Background())
 
@@ -379,15 +453,22 @@ func TestPeerProtectionSingleTag(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	closed := 0
+	for _, c := range conns {
+		if c.(*tconn).closed {
+			closed++
+		}
+	}
+	if closed != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 2 connection to be closed, found %d", closed)
+	}
+
 	// unprotect the first peer.
 	cm.Unprotect(protected[0].RemotePeer(), "global")
 
 	// add 2 more connections, sending the connection manager overboard again.
 	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
-		rc := randConn(t, not.Disconnected)
-		conns = append(conns, rc)
-		not.Connected(nil, rc)
-		cm.TagPeer(rc.RemotePeer(), "test", 20)
+		addConn(20)
 	}
 
 	cm.TrimOpenConns(context.Background())