Add --timeout flag to configure the read/write timeout

This might be needed for slow Modbus devices (#9)

Author: IngmarStein

cmd/server.go

@@ -27,15 +27,19 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ingmarstein/tcp-multiplexer/pkg/message"
 	"github.com/ingmarstein/tcp-multiplexer/pkg/multiplexer"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-var port string
-var targetServer string
-var applicationProtocol string
+var (
+	port                string
+	targetServer        string
+	applicationProtocol string
+	timeout             int
+)
 
 // serverCmd represents the server command
 var serverCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ var serverCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			os.Exit(2)
 		}
 
-		mux := multiplexer.New(targetServer, port, msgReader)
+		mux := multiplexer.New(targetServer, port, msgReader, time.Duration(timeout)*time.Second)
 		go func() {
 			err := mux.Start()
 			if err != nil {
@@ -87,4 +91,5 @@ func init() {
 	serverCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&port, "listen", "l", "8000", "multiplexer will listen on")
 	serverCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&targetServer, "targetServer", "t", "127.0.0.1:1234", "multiplexer will forward message to")
 	serverCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&applicationProtocol, "applicationProtocol", "p", "echo", "multiplexer will parse to message echo/http/iso8583/modbus")
+	serverCmd.Flags().IntVar(&timeout, "timeout", 60, "timeout in seconds")
 }

pkg/multiplexer/multiplexer.go

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type (
 		targetServer  string
 		port          string
 		messageReader message.Reader
+		timeout       time.Duration
 		l             net.Listener
 		quit          chan struct{}
 		wg            *sync.WaitGroup
@@ -42,19 +43,20 @@ const (
 	Packet
 )
 
-func deadline() time.Time {
-	return time.Now().Add(60 * time.Second)
-}
-
-func New(targetServer, port string, messageReader message.Reader) Multiplexer {
+func New(targetServer, port string, messageReader message.Reader, timeout time.Duration) Multiplexer {
 	return Multiplexer{
 		targetServer:  targetServer,
 		port:          port,
 		messageReader: messageReader,
 		quit:          make(chan struct{}),
+		timeout:       timeout,
 	}
 }
 
+func (mux *Multiplexer) deadline() time.Time {
+	return time.Now().Add(mux.timeout)
+}
+
 func (mux *Multiplexer) Start() error {
 	var err error
 	mux.l, err = net.Listen("tcp", ":"+mux.port)
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ func (mux *Multiplexer) handleConnection(conn net.Conn, sender chan<- *reqContai
 	callback := make(chan *respContainer)
 
 	for {
-		err := conn.SetReadDeadline(deadline())
+		err := conn.SetReadDeadline(mux.deadline())
 		if err != nil {
 			slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("error setting read deadline: %v", err))
 		}
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ func (mux *Multiplexer) handleConnection(conn net.Conn, sender chan<- *reqContai
 		}
 
 		// write back
-		err = conn.SetWriteDeadline(deadline())
+		err = conn.SetWriteDeadline(mux.deadline())
 		if err != nil {
 			slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("error setting write deadline: %v", err))
 		}
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ func (mux *Multiplexer) targetConnLoop(requestQueue <-chan *reqContainer) {
 			conn = mux.createTargetConn()
 		}
 
-		err := conn.SetWriteDeadline(deadline())
+		err := conn.SetWriteDeadline(mux.deadline())
 		if err != nil {
 			slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("error setting write deadline: %v", err))
 		}
@@ -222,7 +224,7 @@ func (mux *Multiplexer) targetConnLoop(requestQueue <-chan *reqContainer) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		err = conn.SetReadDeadline(deadline())
+		err = conn.SetReadDeadline(mux.deadline())
 		if err != nil {
 			slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("error setting read deadline: %v", err))
 		}