ipn/ipnserver: on Windows in unattended mode, wait for Engine forever

Updates #1187

ipn/ipnserver/server.go

@@ -537,6 +537,46 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, logf logger.Logf, logid string, getEngine func() (
 	eng, err := getEngine()
 	if err != nil {
 		logf("ipnserver: initial getEngine call: %v", err)
+
+		// Issue 1187: on Windows, in unattended mode,
+		// sometimes we try 5 times and fail to create the
+		// engine before the system's ready. Hack until the
+		// bug if fixed properly: if we're running in
+		// unattended mode on Windows, keep trying forever,
+		// waiting for the machine to be ready (networking to
+		// come up?) and then dial our own safesocket TCP
+		// listener to wake up the usual mechanism that lets
+		// us surface getEngine errors to UI clients. (We
+		// don't want to just call getEngine in a loop without
+		// the listener.Accept, as we do want to handle client
+		// connections so we can tell them about errors)
+
+		bootRaceWaitForEngine, bootRaceWaitForEngineCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
+		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" && opts.AutostartStateKey != "" {
+			logf("ipnserver: in unattended mode, waiting for engine availability")
+			getEngine = getEngineUntilItWorksWrapper(getEngine)
+			// Wait for it to be ready.
+			go func() {
+				defer bootRaceWaitForEngineCancel()
+				t0 := time.Now()
+				for {
+					time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
+					if _, err := getEngine(); err != nil {
+						logf("ipnserver: unattended mode engine load: %v", err)
+						continue
+					}
+					c, err := net.Dial("tcp", listen.Addr().String())
+					logf("ipnserver: engine created after %v; waking up Accept: Dial error: %v", time.Since(t0).Round(time.Second), err)
+					if err == nil {
+						c.Close()
+					}
+					break
+				}
+			}()
+		} else {
+			bootRaceWaitForEngineCancel()
+		}
+
 		for i := 1; ctx.Err() == nil; i++ {
 			c, err := listen.Accept()
 			if err != nil {
@@ -544,6 +584,7 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, logf logger.Logf, logid string, getEngine func() (
 				bo.BackOff(ctx, err)
 				continue
 			}
+			<-bootRaceWaitForEngine.Done()
 			logf("ipnserver: try%d: trying getEngine again...", i)
 			eng, err = getEngine()
 			if err == nil {
@@ -756,6 +797,27 @@ func FixedEngine(eng wgengine.Engine) func() (wgengine.Engine, error) {
 	return func() (wgengine.Engine, error) { return eng, nil }
 }
 
+// getEngineUntilItWorksWrapper returns a getEngine wrapper that does
+// not call getEngine concurrently and stops calling getEngine once
+// it's returned a working engine.
+func getEngineUntilItWorksWrapper(getEngine func() (wgengine.Engine, error)) func() (wgengine.Engine, error) {
+	var mu sync.Mutex
+	var engGood wgengine.Engine
+	return func() (wgengine.Engine, error) {
+		mu.Lock()
+		defer mu.Unlock()
+		if engGood != nil {
+			return engGood, nil
+		}
+		e, err := getEngine()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		engGood = e
+		return e, nil
+	}
+}
+
 type dummyAddr string
 type oneConnListener struct {
 	conn net.Conn