use atomic pointer for map access synchronization

Signed-off-by: Vladislav Yarmak <[email protected]>

htgroup.go

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 )
 
 // Data structure for users and theirs groups (map).
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ type userGroupMap map[string][]string
 // A HTGroup encompasses an Apache-style group file.
 type HTGroup struct {
 	filePath   string
-	mutex      sync.RWMutex
-	userGroups userGroupMap
+	userGroups atomic.Pointer[userGroupMap]
 }
 
 // NewGroups creates a HTGroup from an Apache-style group file.
@@ -56,10 +55,7 @@ func NewGroupsFromReader(r io.Reader, bad BadLineHandler) (*HTGroup, error) {
 
 // ReloadGroups rereads the group file.
 func (htGroup *HTGroup) ReloadGroups(bad BadLineHandler) error {
-	htGroup.mutex.Lock()
-	filename := htGroup.filePath
-	htGroup.mutex.Unlock()
-	file, err := os.Open(filename)
+	file, err := os.Open(htGroup.filePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -83,9 +79,7 @@ func (htGroup *HTGroup) ReloadGroupsFromReader(r io.Reader, bad BadLineHandler)
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error scanning group file: %s", scannerErr.Error())
 	}
 
-	htGroup.mutex.Lock()
-	htGroup.userGroups = userGroups
-	htGroup.mutex.Unlock()
+	htGroup.userGroups.Store(&userGroups)
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -123,9 +117,7 @@ func (htGroup *HTGroup) IsUserInGroup(user string, group string) bool {
 // GetUserGroups reads all groups of a user.
 // Returns all groups as a string array or an empty array.
 func (htGroup *HTGroup) GetUserGroups(user string) []string {
-	htGroup.mutex.RLock()
-	groups := htGroup.userGroups[user]
-	htGroup.mutex.RUnlock()
+	groups := (*htGroup.userGroups.Load())[user]
 
 	if groups == nil {
 		return []string{}

htpasswd.go

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 )
 
 // An EncodedPasswd is created from the encoded password in a password file by a PasswdParser.
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ type BadLineHandler func(err error)
 // An File encompasses an Apache-style htpasswd file for HTTP Basic authentication
 type File struct {
 	filePath string
-	mutex    sync.RWMutex
-	passwds  passwdTable
+	passwds  atomic.Pointer[passwdTable]
 	parsers  []PasswdParser
 }
 
@@ -104,9 +103,7 @@ func NewFromReader(r io.Reader, parsers []PasswdParser, bad BadLineHandler) (*Fi
 // Match checks the username and password combination to see if it represents
 // a valid account from the htpassword file.
 func (bf *File) Match(username, password string) bool {
-	bf.mutex.RLock()
-	matcher, ok := bf.passwds[username]
-	bf.mutex.RUnlock()
+	matcher, ok := (*bf.passwds.Load())[username]
 
 	if ok && matcher.MatchesPassword(password) {
 		// we are good
@@ -154,9 +151,7 @@ func (bf *File) ReloadFromReader(r io.Reader, bad BadLineHandler) error {
 	}
 
 	// .. finally, safely swap in the new map
-	bf.mutex.Lock()
-	bf.passwds = newPasswdMap
-	bf.mutex.Unlock()
+	bf.passwds.Store(&newPasswdMap)
 
 	return nil
 }