xP: parallelize event reception and sending

Still trying to make the frontend load tolerably fast,
still unsuccessfully.

xP/xP.go

@@ -25,23 +25,61 @@ var (
 	addressWS      string
 )
 
-func clientToRelay(
-	ctx context.Context, ws *websocket.Conn, conn net.Conn) bool {
-	t, b, err := ws.Read(ctx)
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+func relayReadJSON(conn net.Conn) []byte {
+	var length uint32
+	if err := binary.Read(conn, binary.BigEndian, &length); err != nil {
+		log.Println("Event receive failed: " + err.Error())
+		return nil
+	}
+	b := make([]byte, length)
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(conn, b); err != nil {
+		log.Println("Event receive failed: " + err.Error())
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("<? %v\n", b)
+
+	var m RelayEventMessage
+	if after, ok := m.ConsumeFrom(b); !ok {
+		log.Println("Event deserialization failed")
+		return nil
+	} else if len(after) != 0 {
+		log.Println("Event deserialization failed: trailing data")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	j, err := json.Marshal(&m)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Println("Command receive failed: " + err.Error())
-		return false
+		log.Println("Event marshalling failed: " + err.Error())
+		return nil
 	}
-	if t != websocket.MessageText {
-		log.Println("Command receive failed: " +
-			"binary messages are not supported")
-		return false
+	return j
+}
+
+func relayMakeReceiver(ctx context.Context, conn net.Conn) <-chan []byte {
+	p := make(chan []byte, 1)
+	go func() {
+		defer close(p)
+		for {
+			j := relayReadJSON(conn)
+			if j == nil {
+				return
 			}
+			select {
+			case p <- j:
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+	return p
+}
 
-	log.Printf("?> %s\n", b)
-
+func relayWriteJSON(conn net.Conn, j []byte) bool {
 	var m RelayCommandMessage
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &m); err != nil {
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(j, &m); err != nil {
 		log.Println("Command unmarshalling failed: " + err.Error())
 		return false
 	}
@@ -61,45 +99,33 @@ func clientToRelay(
 	return true
 }
 
-func relayToClient(
-	ctx context.Context, ws *websocket.Conn, conn net.Conn) bool {
-	var length uint32
-	if err := binary.Read(conn, binary.BigEndian, &length); err != nil {
-		log.Println("Event receive failed: " + err.Error())
-		return false
-	}
-	b := make([]byte, length)
-	if _, err := io.ReadFull(conn, b); err != nil {
-		log.Println("Event receive failed: " + err.Error())
-		return false
-	}
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-	log.Printf("<? %v\n", b)
-
-	var m RelayEventMessage
-	if after, ok := m.ConsumeFrom(b); !ok {
-		log.Println("Event deserialization failed")
-		return false
-	} else if len(after) != 0 {
-		log.Println("Event deserialization failed: trailing data")
-		return false
-	}
-
-	j, err := json.Marshal(&m)
+func clientReadJSON(ctx context.Context, ws *websocket.Conn) []byte {
+	t, j, err := ws.Read(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Println("Event marshalling failed: " + err.Error())
-		return false
+		log.Println("Command receive failed: " + err.Error())
+		return nil
 	}
+	if t != websocket.MessageText {
+		log.Println(
+			"Command receive failed: " + "binary messages are not supported")
+		return nil
+	}
+	log.Printf("?> %s\n", j)
+	return j
+}
+
+func clientWriteJSON(ctx context.Context, ws *websocket.Conn, j []byte) bool {
 	if err := ws.Write(ctx, websocket.MessageText, j); err != nil {
 		log.Println("Event send failed: " + err.Error())
 		return false
 	}
-
 	log.Printf("<- %s\n", j)
 	return true
 }
 
-func errorToClient(ctx context.Context, ws *websocket.Conn, err error) bool {
+func clientWriteError(ctx context.Context, ws *websocket.Conn, err error) bool {
 	j, err := json.Marshal(&RelayEventMessage{
 		EventSeq: 0,
 		Data: RelayEventData{
@@ -114,25 +140,21 @@ func errorToClient(ctx context.Context, ws *websocket.Conn, err error) bool {
 		log.Println("Event marshalling failed: " + err.Error())
 		return false
 	}
-	if err := ws.Write(ctx, websocket.MessageText, j); err != nil {
-		log.Println("Event send failed: " + err.Error())
-		return false
-	}
-	return true
+	return clientWriteJSON(ctx, ws, j)
 }
 
 func handleWS(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	ws, err := websocket.Accept(w, r, &websocket.AcceptOptions{
 		InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+		// Note that Safari can be broken with compression.
 		CompressionMode: websocket.CompressionContextTakeover,
-		// This is for the payload, and happens to trigger on all messages.
-		CompressionThreshold: 16,
+		// This is for the payload; set higher to avoid overhead.
+		CompressionThreshold: 64 << 10,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("Client rejected: " + err.Error())
 		return
 	}
-
 	defer ws.Close(websocket.StatusGoingAway, "Goodbye")
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(r.Context())
@@ -140,24 +162,40 @@ func handleWS(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", addressConnect)
 	if err != nil {
-		errorToClient(ctx, ws, err)
+		clientWriteError(ctx, ws, err)
 		return
 	}
+	defer conn.Close()
 
 	// We don't need to intervene, so it's just two separate pipes so far.
+	// However, to decrease latencies, events are received and decoded
+	// in parallel to their sending.
+	relayJSON := relayMakeReceiver(ctx, conn)
 	go func() {
-		for clientToRelay(ctx, ws, conn) {
+		defer cancel()
+		for {
+			j := clientReadJSON(ctx, ws)
+			if j == nil {
+				return
+			}
+			relayWriteJSON(conn, j)
 		}
-		cancel()
 	}()
 	go func() {
-		for relayToClient(ctx, ws, conn) {
+		defer cancel()
+		for {
+			j, ok := <-relayJSON
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
+			clientWriteJSON(ctx, ws, j)
 		}
-		cancel()
 	}()
 	<-ctx.Done()
 }
 
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 var staticHandler = http.FileServer(http.Dir("."))
 
 var page = template.Must(template.New("/").Parse(`<!DOCTYPE html>