Handle overflow cases

backoff.go

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func WithCappedDuration(cap time.Duration, next Backoff) Backoff {
  return 0, true
  }
 
- if val > cap {
+ if val <= 0 || val > cap {
  val = cap
  }
  return val, false
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func WithMaxDuration(timeout time.Duration, next Backoff) Backoff {
  return 0, true
  }
 
- if val > diff {
+ if val <= 0 || val > diff {
  val = diff
  }
  return val, false

backoff_exponential.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package retry
 
 import (
  "context"
+ "math"
  "sync/atomic"
  "time"
 )
@@ -11,17 +12,19 @@ type exponentialBackoff struct {
  attempt uint64
 }
 
-// Exponential is a wrapper around Retry that uses an exponential backoff. It's
-// very efficient, but does not check for overflow, so ensure you bound the
-// retry. It panics if the given base is less than zero.
+// Exponential is a wrapper around Retry that uses an exponential backoff. See
+// NewExponential.
 func Exponential(ctx context.Context, base time.Duration, f RetryFunc) error {
  return Do(ctx, NewExponential(base), f)
 }
 
 // NewExponential creates a new exponential backoff using the starting value of
 // base and doubling on each failure (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64...), up to max.
-// It's very efficient, but does not check for overflow, so ensure you bound the
-// retry. It panics if the given base is less than 0.
+//
+// Once it overflows, the function constantly returns the maximum time.Duration
+// for a 64-bit integer.
+//
+// It panics if the given base is less than zero.
 func NewExponential(base time.Duration) Backoff {
  if base <= 0 {
  panic("base must be greater than 0")
@@ -34,5 +37,11 @@ func NewExponential(base time.Duration) Backoff {
 
 // Next implements Backoff. It is safe for concurrent use.
 func (b *exponentialBackoff) Next() (time.Duration, bool) {
- return b.base << (atomic.AddUint64(&b.attempt, 1) - 1), false
+ next := b.base << (atomic.AddUint64(&b.attempt, 1) - 1)
+ if next <= 0 {
+ atomic.AddUint64(&b.attempt, ^uint64(0))
+ next = math.MaxInt64
+ }
+
+ return next, false
 }

backoff_exponential_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package retry_test
 
 import (
  "fmt"
+ "math"
  "reflect"
  "sort"
  "testing"
@@ -48,6 +49,23 @@ func TestExponentialBackoff(t *testing.T) {
  8192 * time.Nanosecond,
  },
  },
+ {
+ name: "overflow",
+ base: 100_000 * time.Hour,
+ tries: 10,
+ exp: []time.Duration{
+ 100_000 * time.Hour,
+ 200_000 * time.Hour,
+ 400_000 * time.Hour,
+ 800_000 * time.Hour,
+ 1_600_000 * time.Hour,
+ math.MaxInt64,
+ math.MaxInt64,
+ math.MaxInt64,
+ math.MaxInt64,
+ math.MaxInt64,
+ },
+ },
  }
 
  for _, tc := range cases {

backoff_fibonacci.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package retry
 
 import (
  "context"
+ "math"
  "sync/atomic"
  "time"
  "unsafe"
@@ -13,16 +14,20 @@ type fibonacciBackoff struct {
  state unsafe.Pointer
 }
 
-// Fibonacci is a wrapper around Retry that uses a Fibonacci backoff. It panics
-// if the given base is less than zero.
+// Fibonacci is a wrapper around Retry that uses a Fibonacci backoff. See
+// NewFibonacci.
 func Fibonacci(ctx context.Context, base time.Duration, f RetryFunc) error {
  return Do(ctx, NewFibonacci(base), f)
 }
 
 // NewFibonacci creates a new Fibonacci backoff using the starting value of
 // base. The wait time is the sum of the previous two wait times on each failed
-// attempt (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13...). It panics if the given base is less than
-// zero.
+// attempt (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13...).
+//
+// Once it overflows, the function constantly returns the maximum time.Duration
+// for a 64-bit integer.
+//
+// It panics if the given base is less than zero.
 func NewFibonacci(base time.Duration) Backoff {
  if base <= 0 {
  panic("base must be greater than 0")
@@ -40,6 +45,10 @@ func (b *fibonacciBackoff) Next() (time.Duration, bool) {
  currState := (*state)(curr)
  next := currState[0] + currState[1]
 
+ if next <= 0 {
+ return math.MaxInt64, false
+ }
+
  if atomic.CompareAndSwapPointer(&b.state, curr, unsafe.Pointer(&state{currState[1], next})) {
  return next, false
  }

backoff_fibonacci_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package retry_test
 
 import (
  "fmt"
+ "math"
  "reflect"
  "sort"
  "testing"
@@ -60,6 +61,23 @@ func TestFibonacciBackoff(t *testing.T) {
  610 * time.Nanosecond,
  },
  },
+ {
+ name: "overflow",
+ base: 100_000 * time.Hour,
+ tries: 10,
+ exp: []time.Duration{
+ 100_000 * time.Hour,
+ 200_000 * time.Hour,
+ 300_000 * time.Hour,
+ 500_000 * time.Hour,
+ 800_000 * time.Hour,
+ 1_300_000 * time.Hour,
+ 2_100_000 * time.Hour,
+ math.MaxInt64,
+ math.MaxInt64,
+ math.MaxInt64,
+ },
+ },
  }
 
  for _, tc := range cases {