Restart PipelineClient worker on error

client.go

@@ -2389,20 +2389,28 @@ func (c *pipelineConnClient) init() {
 			c.chW = make(chan *pipelineWork, maxPendingRequests)
 		}
 		go func() {
-			if err := c.worker(); err != nil {
-				c.logger().Printf("error in PipelineClient(%q): %s", c.Addr, err)
-				if netErr, ok := err.(net.Error); ok && netErr.Temporary() {
-					// Throttle client reconnections on temporary errors
-					time.Sleep(time.Second)
+			// Keep restarting the worker if it fails (connection errors for example).
+			for {
+				if err := c.worker(); err != nil {
+					c.logger().Printf("error in PipelineClient(%q): %s", c.Addr, err)
+					if netErr, ok := err.(net.Error); ok && netErr.Temporary() {
+						// Throttle client reconnections on temporary errors
+						time.Sleep(time.Second)
+					}
+				} else {
+					c.chLock.Lock()
+					stop := len(c.chR) == 0 && len(c.chW) == 0
+					if !stop {
+						c.chR = nil
+						c.chW = nil
+					}
+					c.chLock.Unlock()
+
+					if stop {
+						break
+					}
 				}
 			}
-
-			c.chLock.Lock()
-			// Do not reset c.chW to nil, since it may contain
-			// pending requests, which could be served on the next
-			// connection to the host.
-			c.chR = nil
-			c.chLock.Unlock()
 		}()
 	}
 	c.chLock.Unlock()

client_test.go

@@ -20,6 +20,71 @@ import (
 	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp/fasthttputil"
 )
 
+func TestPipelineClientIssue832(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	req := AcquireRequest()
+	defer ReleaseRequest(req)
+	req.SetHost(ln.Addr().String())
+
+	res := AcquireResponse()
+	defer ReleaseResponse(res)
+
+	client := PipelineClient{
+		Addr:          ln.Addr().String(),
+		DialDualStack: true,
+		ReadTimeout:   time.Millisecond * 100,
+		Logger:        &testLogger{}, // Ignore log output.
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		if err := ln.Close(); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	attempts := 4
+	go func() {
+		for i := 0; i < attempts; i++ {
+			c, err := ln.Accept()
+			if err != nil {
+				// "use of closed network connection" is returned by Accept() when the connection is closed.
+				if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "use of closed network connection") {
+					t.Error(err)
+				}
+			}
+			if c != nil {
+				go func() {
+					time.Sleep(time.Second)
+					c.Close()
+				}()
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	done := make(chan int)
+	go func() {
+		defer close(done)
+
+		for i := 0; i < attempts; i++ {
+			if err := client.Do(req, res); err == nil {
+				t.Error("error expected")
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-time.After(time.Second * 4):
+		t.Fatal("PipelineClient did not restart worker")
+	case <-done:
+	}
+}
+
 func TestClientInvalidURI(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()