fn: GoroutineManager.Go returns bool, not error

This was requested in https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/9140#discussion_r1821181787

fn/goroutine_manager.go

@@ -2,13 +2,9 @@ package fn
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"sync"
 )
 
-// ErrStopping is returned when trying to add a new goroutine while stopping.
-var ErrStopping = errors.New("can not add goroutine, stopping")
-
 // GoroutineManager is used to launch goroutines until context expires or the
 // manager is stopped. The Stop method blocks until all started goroutines stop.
 type GoroutineManager struct {
@@ -29,8 +25,10 @@ func NewGoroutineManager(ctx context.Context) *GoroutineManager {
 	}
 }
 
-// Go starts a new goroutine if the manager is not stopping.
+// Go tries to start a new goroutine and returns a boolean indicating its
-func (g *GoroutineManager) Go(f func(ctx context.Context)) error {
+// success. It fails iff the goroutine manager is stopping or its context passed
+// to NewGoroutineManager has expired.
+func (g *GoroutineManager) Go(f func(ctx context.Context)) bool {
 	// Calling wg.Add(1) and wg.Wait() when wg's counter is 0 is a race
 	// condition, since it is not clear should Wait() block or not. This
 	// kind of race condition is detected by Go runtime and results in a
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ func (g *GoroutineManager) Go(f func(ctx context.Context)) error {
 	defer g.mu.Unlock()
 
 	if g.ctx.Err() != nil {
-		return ErrStopping
+		return false
 	}
 
 	g.wg.Add(1)
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ func (g *GoroutineManager) Go(f func(ctx context.Context)) error {
 		f(g.ctx)
 	}()
 
-	return nil
+	return true
 }
 
 // Stop prevents new goroutines from being added and waits for all running
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ func (g *GoroutineManager) Stop() {
 	// safe, since it can't run in parallel with wg.Add(1) call in Go, since
 	// we just cancelled the context and even if Go call starts running here
 	// after acquiring the mutex, it would see that the context has expired
-	// and return ErrStopping instead of calling wg.Add(1).
+	// and return false instead of calling wg.Add(1).
 	g.wg.Wait()
 }
 

fn/goroutine_manager_test.go

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func TestGoroutineManager(t *testing.T) {
 
 	taskChan := make(chan struct{})
 
-	require.NoError(t, m.Go(func(ctx context.Context) {
+	require.True(t, m.Go(func(ctx context.Context) {
 		<-taskChan
 	}))
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestGoroutineManager(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Greater(t, stopDelay, time.Second)
 
 	// Make sure new goroutines do not start after Stop.
-	require.ErrorIs(t, m.Go(func(ctx context.Context) {}), ErrStopping)
+	require.False(t, m.Go(func(ctx context.Context) {}))
 
 	// When Stop() is called, the internal context expires and m.Done() is
 	// closed. Test this.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestGoroutineManagerContextExpires(t *testing.T) {
 
 	m := NewGoroutineManager(ctx)
 
-	require.NoError(t, m.Go(func(ctx context.Context) {
+	require.True(t, m.Go(func(ctx context.Context) {
 		<-ctx.Done()
 	}))
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestGoroutineManagerContextExpires(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Make sure new goroutines do not start after context expiry.
-	require.ErrorIs(t, m.Go(func(ctx context.Context) {}), ErrStopping)
+	require.False(t, m.Go(func(ctx context.Context) {}))
 
 	// Stop will wait for all goroutines to stop.
 	m.Stop()
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ func TestGoroutineManagerStress(t *testing.T) {
 	// implementation, this test crashes under `-race`.
 	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
 		taskChan := make(chan struct{})
-		err := m.Go(func(ctx context.Context) {
+		ok := m.Go(func(ctx context.Context) {
 			close(taskChan)
 		})
 		// If goroutine was started, wait for its completion.
-		if err == nil {
+		if ok {
 			<-taskChan
 		}
 	}
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ func TestGoroutineManagerStopsStress(t *testing.T) {
 	jobChan := make(chan struct{})
 
 	// Start a task and wait inside it until we start calling Stop() method.
-	err := m.Go(func(ctx context.Context) {
+	ok := m.Go(func(ctx context.Context) {
 		<-jobChan
 	})
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.True(t, ok)
 
 	// Now launch many gorotines calling Stop() method in parallel.
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup