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Updates tailscale/corp#26058

Change-Id: Ib46161fbb2e79c080f886083665961f02cbf5949
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Brad Fitzpatrick 2025-01-30 07:23:36 +00:00 committed by Brad Fitzpatrick
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control/controlclient/auto.go
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@ -620,12 +620,17 @@ func (c *Auto) sendStatus(who string, err error, url string, nm *netmap.NetworkM
}
}
c.observer.SetControlClientStatus(c, *newSt)
// Best effort stop retaining the memory now that
// we've sent it to the observer (LocalBackend).
// We CAS here because the caller goroutine is
// doing a Store which we want to want to win
// a race. This is only a memory optimization
// and is not for correctness:
// Best effort stop retaining the memory now that we've sent it to the
// observer (LocalBackend). We CAS here because the caller goroutine is
// doing a Store which we want to win a race. This is only a memory
// optimization and is not for correctness.
//
// If the CAS fails, that means somebody else's Store replaced our
// pointer (so mission accomplished: our netmap is no longer retained in
// any case) and that Store caller will be responsible for removing
// their own netmap (or losing their race too, down the chain).
// Eventually the last caller will win this CAS and zero lastStatus.
c.lastStatus.CompareAndSwap(newSt, nil)
})
}