Replace on-disk lock by in-memory lock

lib/handlers/patch.js

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ async function patchHandler (req, res, next) {
     }
 
     // Patch the graph and write it back to the file
-    const result = await withLock(path, { mustExist: false }, async () => {
+    const result = await withLock(path, async () => {
       const graph = await readGraph(resource)
       await applyPatch(patchObject, graph, url)
       return writeGraph(graph, resource, ldp.resourceMapper.resolveFilePath(req.hostname), ldp.serverUri)

lib/ldp.js

@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class LDP {
     }
 
     // Directory created, now write the file
-    return withLock(path, { mustExist: false }, () => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    return withLock(path, () => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       // HACK: the middleware in webid-oidc.js uses body-parser, thus ending the stream of data
       // for JSON bodies. So, the stream needs to be reset
       if (contentType.includes('application/json')) {
@@ -445,15 +445,15 @@ class LDP {
     const linkPath = this.resourceMapper._removeDollarExtension(path)
     try {
       // first delete file, then links with write permission only (atomic delete)
-      await withLock(path, { mustExist: false }, () => promisify(fs.unlink)(path))
+      await withLock(path, () => promisify(fs.unlink)(path))
 
       const aclPath = `${linkPath}${this.suffixAcl}`
       if (await promisify(fs.exists)(aclPath)) {
-        await withLock(aclPath, { mustExist: false }, () => promisify(fs.unlink)(aclPath))
+        await withLock(aclPath, () => promisify(fs.unlink)(aclPath))
       }
       const metaPath = `${linkPath}${this.suffixMeta}`
       if (await promisify(fs.exists)(metaPath)) {
-        await withLock(metaPath, { mustExist: false }, () => promisify(fs.unlink)(metaPath))
+        await withLock(metaPath, () => promisify(fs.unlink)(metaPath))
       }
     } catch (err) {
       debug.container('DELETE -- unlink() error: ' + err)

lib/lock.js

@@ -1,33 +1,10 @@
-/* eslint-disable no-async-promise-executor */
+const AsyncLock = require('async-lock')
 
-const { lock } = require('proper-lockfile')
+const lock = new AsyncLock({ timeout: 30 * 1000 })
 
-const staleSeconds = 30
-
-// Obtains a lock on the path, and maintains it until the callback finishes
-function withLock (path, options = {}, callback = options) {
-  return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
-    let releaseLock, result
-    try {
-      // Obtain the lock
-      releaseLock = await lock(path, {
-        retries: 10,
-        update: 1000,
-        stale: staleSeconds * 1000,
-        realpath: !!options.mustExist,
-        onCompromised: () =>
-          reject(new Error(`The file at ${path} was not updated within ${staleSeconds}s.`))
-      })
-      // Hold on to the lock until the callback's returned promise resolves
-      result = await callback()
-    } catch (error) {
-      reject(error)
-    // Ensure the lock is always released
-    } finally {
-      await releaseLock()
-    }
-    resolve(result)
-  })
+// Obtains a lock on the path, and maintains it until the task finishes
+async function withLock (path, executeTask) {
+  return await lock.acquire(path, executeTask)
 }
 
 module.exports = withLock

package.json

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@solid/acl-check": "^0.3.0",
     "@solid/oidc-auth-manager": "^0.22.0",
+    "async-lock": "^1.2.4",
     "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
     "bootstrap": "^3.4.1",
     "busboy": "^0.3.1",
@@ -92,7 +93,6 @@
     "nodemailer": "^6.4.11",
     "oidc-op-express": "^0.0.3",
     "owasp-password-strength-test": "^1.3.0",
-    "proper-lockfile": "^4.1.1",
     "rdflib": "^1.3.1",
     "recursive-readdir": "^2.2.2",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",