do not lose concurrent update when creator fails by mr-git · Pull Request #400 · evolution-gaming/scache

mr-git · 2026-09-30T07:59:41Z

Accidentally found edge-case bug

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Bug Fixes
- Fixed a concurrency issue where a failed modification could interfere with a concurrent update or remove an existing value. Concurrent updates can now complete, and their values remain available.
- Failed attempts to create a value no longer leave a stale cache entry behind, allowing waiting operations to retry.
- Cancellation before an update begins leaves the cache unchanged, and updates completed before permit acquisition remain visible.

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SerialMap.modify removes a cache entry only when it still contains the same SerialRef. A None result or a failure from State.Empty removes that reference. Failures in other states preserve it. Cache lookup and modification now run in the same uncancelable region.

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SerialMap concurrent failure handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Reference-specific cleanup `scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/SerialMap.scala`	Removal checks that the cache still contains the same `SerialRef`. A `None` result or a failure from `State.Empty` removes that reference. Failures in other states preserve it. When the state is `Removed`, the operation removes its reference, yields, and retries. Cache lookup and modification share an uncancelable region.
Concurrent update and cancellation tests `scache/src/test/scala/com/evolution/scache/SerialMapSpec.scala`	Tests coordinate failed or delayed modifications with concurrent puts, clearing, removal, and cancellation. Test cache wrappers intercept selected calls and delegate other operations.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: stasimus

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 3ff6b

The change makes SerialMap cleanup reference-specific so a concurrent update is not lost when a creator fails. It adds regression tests for the concurrency and cancellation cases. No concrete merge-blocking risk is evident from the supplied review.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 3ff6b

Reference-specific cleanup protects concurrent replacement values. The remaining risk is delayed cancellation: operations waiting for a supplied cache to finish loading can no longer be interrupted during lookup. No attacker-facing use or privilege expansion was established.

Retained concerns

Low · reliability · inferred: The enlarged uncancelable region weakens cancellation-based failure containment for caller-supplied caches. If an existing cache load does not terminate, a modifying operation cannot finish cancellation until that load completes. This wait was outside SerialMap's mask before the PR. Attacker reachability and deployment-wide impact are not established.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

inferred — The demonstrated impact concerns operations and entries in a SerialMap's backing cache. Service, tenant, credential, and environment exposure cannot be determined from this library implementation and its tests.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

observed — Reference identity combined with atomic Cache.modify prevents stale cleanup from removing a replacement entry. This strengthens concurrent-state ownership without granting callers a new capability; arbitrary callback effects were already part of the public contract.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

inferred — Cancellation masking closes the interruption window that could leave an Empty entry behind, but transfers responsibility for terminating lookup waits to the backing cache. The incremental concern is strongest for supplied caches with long-running loads; serialized callback execution was already uncancelable before this PR.

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Review comments at @scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/SerialMap.scala:
- Line 152: In the creator cleanup branch of SerialMap, restrict the added-state
removal logic to cases where state is State.Empty, preserving any update already
written by a concurrent put. Add a deterministic regression test for a put
completing after publication but before the creator acquires the permit.

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mr-git · 2026-09-30T08:12:02Z

Codacy analysis is wrong, the added: Ref[F, Boolean] is not an Option

* `A` creates a `serialRef` (`key -> Empty`) and puts it in the map * `A` starts `f` to produce the value * `B` calls `cache.clear` and removes the `key -> Empty` mapping (`A` still keeps own reference to `serialRef`) * `B` (or something else) creates new entry (new `serialRef`) `key -> Empty` and puts it in the map * `B` executes `f` and updates entry in map to `key -> Full(B)` * `A` gets the failure from `f` and removes `key -> Full(B)` because `A` holds to `serialRef`, but `remove(key)` happens by `key`

mr-git added 3 commits September 29, 2026 18:43

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mr-git force-pushed the m/serialmap-bug branch from 6065aa1 to e307360 Compare September 30, 2026 09:33

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