Merge pull request #2061 from zsfelfoldi/rpc-context

rpc: optionally passing context argument to rpc v2 api methods

8 files changed, 1122 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index b467215d1..06f4b3b2d 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@
 			"Rev": "4ed45ec682102c643324fae5dff8dab085b6c300"
 		},
 		{
+			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/net/context",
+			"Rev": "e0403b4e005737430c05a57aac078479844f919c"
+		},
+		{
 			"ImportPath": "golang.org/x/net/html",
 			"Rev": "e0403b4e005737430c05a57aac078479844f919c"
 		},
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context/context.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context/context.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7ee376c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context/context.go
@@ -0,0 +1,447 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Package context defines the Context type, which carries deadlines,
+// cancelation signals, and other request-scoped values across API boundaries
+// and between processes.
+//
+// Incoming requests to a server should create a Context, and outgoing calls to
+// servers should accept a Context.  The chain of function calls between must
+// propagate the Context, optionally replacing it with a modified copy created
+// using WithDeadline, WithTimeout, WithCancel, or WithValue.
+//
+// Programs that use Contexts should follow these rules to keep interfaces
+// consistent across packages and enable static analysis tools to check context
+// propagation:
+//
+// Do not store Contexts inside a struct type; instead, pass a Context
+// explicitly to each function that needs it.  The Context should be the first
+// parameter, typically named ctx:
+//
+// 	func DoSomething(ctx context.Context, arg Arg) error {
+// 		// ... use ctx ...
+// 	}
+//
+// Do not pass a nil Context, even if a function permits it.  Pass context.TODO
+// if you are unsure about which Context to use.
+//
+// Use context Values only for request-scoped data that transits processes and
+// APIs, not for passing optional parameters to functions.
+//
+// The same Context may be passed to functions running in different goroutines;
+// Contexts are safe for simultaneous use by multiple goroutines.
+//
+// See http://blog.golang.org/context for example code for a server that uses
+// Contexts.
+package context // import "golang.org/x/net/context"
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// A Context carries a deadline, a cancelation signal, and other values across
+// API boundaries.
+//
+// Context's methods may be called by multiple goroutines simultaneously.
+type Context interface {
+	// Deadline returns the time when work done on behalf of this context
+	// should be canceled.  Deadline returns ok==false when no deadline is
+	// set.  Successive calls to Deadline return the same results.
+	Deadline() (deadline time.Time, ok bool)
+
+	// Done returns a channel that's closed when work done on behalf of this
+	// context should be canceled.  Done may return nil if this context can
+	// never be canceled.  Successive calls to Done return the same value.
+	//
+	// WithCancel arranges for Done to be closed when cancel is called;
+	// WithDeadline arranges for Done to be closed when the deadline
+	// expires; WithTimeout arranges for Done to be closed when the timeout
+	// elapses.
+	//
+	// Done is provided for use in select statements:
+	//
+	//  // Stream generates values with DoSomething and sends them to out
+	//  // until DoSomething returns an error or ctx.Done is closed.
+	//  func Stream(ctx context.Context, out <-chan Value) error {
+	//  	for {
+	//  		v, err := DoSomething(ctx)
+	//  		if err != nil {
+	//  			return err
+	//  		}
+	//  		select {
+	//  		case <-ctx.Done():
+	//  			return ctx.Err()
+	//  		case out <- v:
+	//  		}
+	//  	}
+	//  }
+	//
+	// See http://blog.golang.org/pipelines for more examples of how to use
+	// a Done channel for cancelation.
+	Done() <-chan struct{}
+
+	// Err returns a non-nil error value after Done is closed.  Err returns
+	// Canceled if the context was canceled or DeadlineExceeded if the
+	// context's deadline passed.  No other values for Err are defined.
+	// After Done is closed, successive calls to Err return the same value.
+	Err() error
+
+	// Value returns the value associated with this context for key, or nil
+	// if no value is associated with key.  Successive calls to Value with
+	// the same key returns the same result.
+	//
+	// Use context values only for request-scoped data that transits
+	// processes and API boundaries, not for passing optional parameters to
+	// functions.
+	//
+	// A key identifies a specific value in a Context.  Functions that wish
+	// to store values in Context typically allocate a key in a global
+	// variable then use that key as the argument to context.WithValue and
+	// Context.Value.  A key can be any type that supports equality;
+	// packages should define keys as an unexported type to avoid
+	// collisions.
+	//
+	// Packages that define a Context key should provide type-safe accessors
+	// for the values stores using that key:
+	//
+	// 	// Package user defines a User type that's stored in Contexts.
+	// 	package user
+	//
+	// 	import "golang.org/x/net/context"
+	//
+	// 	// User is the type of value stored in the Contexts.
+	// 	type User struct {...}
+	//
+	// 	// key is an unexported type for keys defined in this package.
+	// 	// This prevents collisions with keys defined in other packages.
+	// 	type key int
+	//
+	// 	// userKey is the key for user.User values in Contexts.  It is
+	// 	// unexported; clients use user.NewContext and user.FromContext
+	// 	// instead of using this key directly.
+	// 	var userKey key = 0
+	//
+	// 	// NewContext returns a new Context that carries value u.
+	// 	func NewContext(ctx context.Context, u *User) context.Context {
+	// 		return context.WithValue(ctx, userKey, u)
+	// 	}
+	//
+	// 	// FromContext returns the User value stored in ctx, if any.
+	// 	func FromContext(ctx context.Context) (*User, bool) {
+	// 		u, ok := ctx.Value(userKey).(*User)
+	// 		return u, ok
+	// 	}
+	Value(key interface{}) interface{}
+}
+
+// Canceled is the error returned by Context.Err when the context is canceled.
+var Canceled = errors.New("context canceled")
+
+// DeadlineExceeded is the error returned by Context.Err when the context's
+// deadline passes.
+var DeadlineExceeded = errors.New("context deadline exceeded")
+
+// An emptyCtx is never canceled, has no values, and has no deadline.  It is not
+// struct{}, since vars of this type must have distinct addresses.
+type emptyCtx int
+
+func (*emptyCtx) Deadline() (deadline time.Time, ok bool) {
+	return
+}
+
+func (*emptyCtx) Done() <-chan struct{} {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (*emptyCtx) Err() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (*emptyCtx) Value(key interface{}) interface{} {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (e *emptyCtx) String() string {
+	switch e {
+	case background:
+		return "context.Background"
+	case todo:
+		return "context.TODO"
+	}
+	return "unknown empty Context"
+}
+
+var (
+	background = new(emptyCtx)
+	todo       = new(emptyCtx)
+)
+
+// Background returns a non-nil, empty Context. It is never canceled, has no
+// values, and has no deadline.  It is typically used by the main function,
+// initialization, and tests, and as the top-level Context for incoming
+// requests.
+func Background() Context {
+	return background
+}
+
+// TODO returns a non-nil, empty Context.  Code should use context.TODO when
+// it's unclear which Context to use or it's is not yet available (because the
+// surrounding function has not yet been extended to accept a Context
+// parameter).  TODO is recognized by static analysis tools that determine
+// whether Contexts are propagated correctly in a program.
+func TODO() Context {
+	return todo
+}
+
+// A CancelFunc tells an operation to abandon its work.
+// A CancelFunc does not wait for the work to stop.
+// After the first call, subsequent calls to a CancelFunc do nothing.
+type CancelFunc func()
+
+// WithCancel returns a copy of parent with a new Done channel. The returned
+// context's Done channel is closed when the returned cancel function is called
+// or when the parent context's Done channel is closed, whichever happens first.
+//
+// Canceling this context releases resources associated with it, so code should
+// call cancel as soon as the operations running in this Context complete.
+func WithCancel(parent Context) (ctx Context, cancel CancelFunc) {
+	c := newCancelCtx(parent)
+	propagateCancel(parent, &c)
+	return &c, func() { c.cancel(true, Canceled) }
+}
+
+// newCancelCtx returns an initialized cancelCtx.
+func newCancelCtx(parent Context) cancelCtx {
+	return cancelCtx{
+		Context: parent,
+		done:    make(chan struct{}),
+	}
+}
+
+// propagateCancel arranges for child to be canceled when parent is.
+func propagateCancel(parent Context, child canceler) {
+	if parent.Done() == nil {
+		return // parent is never canceled
+	}
+	if p, ok := parentCancelCtx(parent); ok {
+		p.mu.Lock()
+		if p.err != nil {
+			// parent has already been canceled
+			child.cancel(false, p.err)
+		} else {
+			if p.children == nil {
+				p.children = make(map[canceler]bool)
+			}
+			p.children[child] = true
+		}
+		p.mu.Unlock()
+	} else {
+		go func() {
+			select {
+			case <-parent.Done():
+				child.cancel(false, parent.Err())
+			case <-child.Done():
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+}
+
+// parentCancelCtx follows a chain of parent references until it finds a
+// *cancelCtx.  This function understands how each of the concrete types in this
+// package represents its parent.
+func parentCancelCtx(parent Context) (*cancelCtx, bool) {
+	for {
+		switch c := parent.(type) {
+		case *cancelCtx:
+			return c, true
+		case *timerCtx:
+			return &c.cancelCtx, true
+		case *valueCtx:
+			parent = c.Context
+		default:
+			return nil, false
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// removeChild removes a context from its parent.
+func removeChild(parent Context, child canceler) {
+	p, ok := parentCancelCtx(parent)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	p.mu.Lock()
+	if p.children != nil {
+		delete(p.children, child)
+	}
+	p.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+// A canceler is a context type that can be canceled directly.  The
+// implementations are *cancelCtx and *timerCtx.
+type canceler interface {
+	cancel(removeFromParent bool, err error)
+	Done() <-chan struct{}
+}
+
+// A cancelCtx can be canceled.  When canceled, it also cancels any children
+// that implement canceler.
+type cancelCtx struct {
+	Context
+
+	done chan struct{} // closed by the first cancel call.
+
+	mu       sync.Mutex
+	children map[canceler]bool // set to nil by the first cancel call
+	err      error             // set to non-nil by the first cancel call
+}
+
+func (c *cancelCtx) Done() <-chan struct{} {
+	return c.done
+}
+
+func (c *cancelCtx) Err() error {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+	return c.err
+}
+
+func (c *cancelCtx) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v.WithCancel", c.Context)
+}
+
+// cancel closes c.done, cancels each of c's children, and, if
+// removeFromParent is true, removes c from its parent's children.
+func (c *cancelCtx) cancel(removeFromParent bool, err error) {
+	if err == nil {
+		panic("context: internal error: missing cancel error")
+	}
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	if c.err != nil {
+		c.mu.Unlock()
+		return // already canceled
+	}
+	c.err = err
+	close(c.done)
+	for child := range c.children {
+		// NOTE: acquiring the child's lock while holding parent's lock.
+		child.cancel(false, err)
+	}
+	c.children = nil
+	c.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if removeFromParent {
+		removeChild(c.Context, c)
+	}
+}
+
+// WithDeadline returns a copy of the parent context with the deadline adjusted
+// to be no later than d.  If the parent's deadline is already earlier than d,
+// WithDeadline(parent, d) is semantically equivalent to parent.  The returned
+// context's Done channel is closed when the deadline expires, when the returned
+// cancel function is called, or when the parent context's Done channel is
+// closed, whichever happens first.
+//
+// Canceling this context releases resources associated with it, so code should
+// call cancel as soon as the operations running in this Context complete.
+func WithDeadline(parent Context, deadline time.Time) (Context, CancelFunc) {
+	if cur, ok := parent.Deadline(); ok && cur.Before(deadline) {
+		// The current deadline is already sooner than the new one.
+		return WithCancel(parent)
+	}
+	c := &timerCtx{
+		cancelCtx: newCancelCtx(parent),
+		deadline:  deadline,
+	}
+	propagateCancel(parent, c)
+	d := deadline.Sub(time.Now())
+	if d <= 0 {
+		c.cancel(true, DeadlineExceeded) // deadline has already passed
+		return c, func() { c.cancel(true, Canceled) }
+	}
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+	if c.err == nil {
+		c.timer = time.AfterFunc(d, func() {
+			c.cancel(true, DeadlineExceeded)
+		})
+	}
+	return c, func() { c.cancel(true, Canceled) }
+}
+
+// A timerCtx carries a timer and a deadline.  It embeds a cancelCtx to
+// implement Done and Err.  It implements cancel by stopping its timer then
+// delegating to cancelCtx.cancel.
+type timerCtx struct {
+	cancelCtx
+	timer *time.Timer // Under cancelCtx.mu.
+
+	deadline time.Time
+}
+
+func (c *timerCtx) Deadline() (deadline time.Time, ok bool) {
+	return c.deadline, true
+}
+
+func (c *timerCtx) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v.WithDeadline(%s [%s])", c.cancelCtx.Context, c.deadline, c.deadline.Sub(time.Now()))
+}
+
+func (c *timerCtx) cancel(removeFromParent bool, err error) {
+	c.cancelCtx.cancel(false, err)
+	if removeFromParent {
+		// Remove this timerCtx from its parent cancelCtx's children.
+		removeChild(c.cancelCtx.Context, c)
+	}
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	if c.timer != nil {
+		c.timer.Stop()
+		c.timer = nil
+	}
+	c.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+// WithTimeout returns WithDeadline(parent, time.Now().Add(timeout)).
+//
+// Canceling this context releases resources associated with it, so code should
+// call cancel as soon as the operations running in this Context complete:
+//
+// 	func slowOperationWithTimeout(ctx context.Context) (Result, error) {
+// 		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 100*time.Millisecond)
+// 		defer cancel()  // releases resources if slowOperation completes before timeout elapses
+// 		return slowOperation(ctx)
+// 	}
+func WithTimeout(parent Context, timeout time.Duration) (Context, CancelFunc) {
+	return WithDeadline(parent, time.Now().Add(timeout))
+}
+
+// WithValue returns a copy of parent in which the value associated with key is
+// val.
+//
+// Use context Values only for request-scoped data that transits processes and
+// APIs, not for passing optional parameters to functions.
+func WithValue(parent Context, key interface{}, val interface{}) Context {
+	return &valueCtx{parent, key, val}
+}
+
+// A valueCtx carries a key-value pair.  It implements Value for that key and
+// delegates all other calls to the embedded Context.
+type valueCtx struct {
+	Context
+	key, val interface{}
+}
+
+func (c *valueCtx) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v.WithValue(%#v, %#v)", c.Context, c.key, c.val)
+}
+
+func (c *valueCtx) Value(key interface{}) interface{} {
+	if c.key == key {
+		return c.val
+	}
+	return c.Context.Value(key)
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context/context_test.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context/context_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..faf67722a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context/context_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,575 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package context
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// otherContext is a Context that's not one of the types defined in context.go.
+// This lets us test code paths that differ based on the underlying type of the
+// Context.
+type otherContext struct {
+	Context
+}
+
+func TestBackground(t *testing.T) {
+	c := Background()
+	if c == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Background returned nil")
+	}
+	select {
+	case x := <-c.Done():
+		t.Errorf("<-c.Done() == %v want nothing (it should block)", x)
+	default:
+	}
+	if got, want := fmt.Sprint(c), "context.Background"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Background().String() = %q want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTODO(t *testing.T) {
+	c := TODO()
+	if c == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("TODO returned nil")
+	}
+	select {
+	case x := <-c.Done():
+		t.Errorf("<-c.Done() == %v want nothing (it should block)", x)
+	default:
+	}
+	if got, want := fmt.Sprint(c), "context.TODO"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("TODO().String() = %q want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWithCancel(t *testing.T) {
+	c1, cancel := WithCancel(Background())
+
+	if got, want := fmt.Sprint(c1), "context.Background.WithCancel"; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("c1.String() = %q want %q", got, want)
+	}
+
+	o := otherContext{c1}
+	c2, _ := WithCancel(o)
+	contexts := []Context{c1, o, c2}
+
+	for i, c := range contexts {
+		if d := c.Done(); d == nil {
+			t.Errorf("c[%d].Done() == %v want non-nil", i, d)
+		}
+		if e := c.Err(); e != nil {
+			t.Errorf("c[%d].Err() == %v want nil", i, e)
+		}
+
+		select {
+		case x := <-c.Done():
+			t.Errorf("<-c.Done() == %v want nothing (it should block)", x)
+		default:
+		}
+	}
+
+	cancel()
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond) // let cancelation propagate
+
+	for i, c := range contexts {
+		select {
+		case <-c.Done():
+		default:
+			t.Errorf("<-c[%d].Done() blocked, but shouldn't have", i)
+		}
+		if e := c.Err(); e != Canceled {
+			t.Errorf("c[%d].Err() == %v want %v", i, e, Canceled)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParentFinishesChild(t *testing.T) {
+	// Context tree:
+	// parent -> cancelChild
+	// parent -> valueChild -> timerChild
+	parent, cancel := WithCancel(Background())
+	cancelChild, stop := WithCancel(parent)
+	defer stop()
+	valueChild := WithValue(parent, "key", "value")
+	timerChild, stop := WithTimeout(valueChild, 10000*time.Hour)
+	defer stop()
+
+	select {
+	case x := <-parent.Done():
+		t.Errorf("<-parent.Done() == %v want nothing (it should block)", x)
+	case x := <-cancelChild.Done():
+		t.Errorf("<-cancelChild.Done() == %v want nothing (it should block)", x)
+	case x := <-timerChild.Done():
+		t.Errorf("<-timerChild.Done() == %v want nothing (it should block)", x)
+	case x := <-valueChild.Done():
+		t.Errorf("<-valueChild.Done() == %v want nothing (it should block)", x)
+	default:
+	}
+
+	// The parent's children should contain the two cancelable children.
+	pc := parent.(*cancelCtx)
+	cc := cancelChild.(*cancelCtx)
+	tc := timerChild.(*timerCtx)
+	pc.mu.Lock()
+	if len(pc.children) != 2 || !pc.children[cc] || !pc.children[tc] {
+		t.Errorf("bad linkage: pc.children = %v, want %v and %v",
+			pc.children, cc, tc)
+	}
+	pc.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if p, ok := parentCancelCtx(cc.Context); !ok || p != pc {
+		t.Errorf("bad linkage: parentCancelCtx(cancelChild.Context) = %v, %v want %v, true", p, ok, pc)
+	}
+	if p, ok := parentCancelCtx(tc.Context); !ok || p != pc {
+		t.Errorf("bad linkage: parentCancelCtx(timerChild.Context) = %v, %v want %v, true", p, ok, pc)
+	}
+
+	cancel()
+
+	pc.mu.Lock()
+	if len(pc.children) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("pc.cancel didn't clear pc.children = %v", pc.children)
+	}
+	pc.mu.Unlock()
+
+	// parent and children should all be finished.
+	check := func(ctx Context, name string) {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+		default:
+			t.Errorf("<-%s.Done() blocked, but shouldn't have", name)
+		}
+		if e := ctx.Err(); e != Canceled {
+			t.Errorf("%s.Err() == %v want %v", name, e, Canceled)
+		}
+	}
+	check(parent, "parent")
+	check(cancelChild, "cancelChild")
+	check(valueChild, "valueChild")
+	check(timerChild, "timerChild")
+
+	// WithCancel should return a canceled context on a canceled parent.
+	precanceledChild := WithValue(parent, "key", "value")
+	select {
+	case <-precanceledChild.Done():
+	default:
+		t.Errorf("<-precanceledChild.Done() blocked, but shouldn't have")
+	}
+	if e := precanceledChild.Err(); e != Canceled {
+		t.Errorf("precanceledChild.Err() == %v want %v", e, Canceled)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestChildFinishesFirst(t *testing.T) {
+	cancelable, stop := WithCancel(Background())
+	defer stop()
+	for _, parent := range []Context{Background(), cancelable} {
+		child, cancel := WithCancel(parent)
+
+		select {
+		case x := <-parent.Done():
+			t.Errorf("<-parent.Done() == %v want nothing (it should block)", x)
+		case x := <-child.Done():
+			t.Errorf("<-child.Done() == %v want nothing (it should block)", x)
+		default:
+		}
+
+		cc := child.(*cancelCtx)
+		pc, pcok := parent.(*cancelCtx) // pcok == false when parent == Background()
+		if p, ok := parentCancelCtx(cc.Context); ok != pcok || (ok && pc != p) {
+			t.Errorf("bad linkage: parentCancelCtx(cc.Context) = %v, %v want %v, %v", p, ok, pc, pcok)
+		}
+
+		if pcok {
+			pc.mu.Lock()
+			if len(pc.children) != 1 || !pc.children[cc] {
+				t.Errorf("bad linkage: pc.children = %v, cc = %v", pc.children, cc)
+			}
+			pc.mu.Unlock()
+		}
+
+		cancel()
+
+		if pcok {
+			pc.mu.Lock()
+			if len(pc.children) != 0 {
+				t.Errorf("child's cancel didn't remove self from pc.children = %v", pc.children)
+			}
+			pc.mu.Unlock()
+		}
+
+		// child should be finished.
+		select {
+		case <-child.Done():
+		default:
+			t.Errorf("<-child.Done() blocked, but shouldn't have")
+		}
+		if e := child.Err(); e != Canceled {
+			t.Errorf("child.Err() == %v want %v", e, Canceled)
+		}
+
+		// parent should not be finished.
+		select {
+		case x := <-parent.Done():
+			t.Errorf("<-parent.Done() == %v want nothing (it should block)", x)
+		default:
+		}
+		if e := parent.Err(); e != nil {
+			t.Errorf("parent.Err() == %v want nil", e)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func testDeadline(c Context, wait time.Duration, t *testing.T) {
+	select {
+	case <-time.After(wait):
+		t.Fatalf("context should have timed out")
+	case <-c.Done():
+	}
+	if e := c.Err(); e != DeadlineExceeded {
+		t.Errorf("c.Err() == %v want %v", e, DeadlineExceeded)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeadline(t *testing.T) {
+	c, _ := WithDeadline(Background(), time.Now().Add(100*time.Millisecond))
+	if got, prefix := fmt.Sprint(c), "context.Background.WithDeadline("; !strings.HasPrefix(got, prefix) {
+		t.Errorf("c.String() = %q want prefix %q", got, prefix)
+	}
+	testDeadline(c, 200*time.Millisecond, t)
+
+	c, _ = WithDeadline(Background(), time.Now().Add(100*time.Millisecond))
+	o := otherContext{c}
+	testDeadline(o, 200*time.Millisecond, t)
+
+	c, _ = WithDeadline(Background(), time.Now().Add(100*time.Millisecond))
+	o = otherContext{c}
+	c, _ = WithDeadline(o, time.Now().Add(300*time.Millisecond))
+	testDeadline(c, 200*time.Millisecond, t)
+}
+
+func TestTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	c, _ := WithTimeout(Background(), 100*time.Millisecond)
+	if got, prefix := fmt.Sprint(c), "context.Background.WithDeadline("; !strings.HasPrefix(got, prefix) {
+		t.Errorf("c.String() = %q want prefix %q", got, prefix)
+	}
+	testDeadline(c, 200*time.Millisecond, t)
+
+	c, _ = WithTimeout(Background(), 100*time.Millisecond)
+	o := otherContext{c}
+	testDeadline(o, 200*time.Millisecond, t)
+
+	c, _ = WithTimeout(Background(), 100*time.Millisecond)
+	o = otherContext{c}
+	c, _ = WithTimeout(o, 300*time.Millisecond)
+	testDeadline(c, 200*time.Millisecond, t)
+}
+
+func TestCanceledTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	c, _ := WithTimeout(Background(), 200*time.Millisecond)
+	o := otherContext{c}
+	c, cancel := WithTimeout(o, 400*time.Millisecond)
+	cancel()
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond) // let cancelation propagate
+	select {
+	case <-c.Done():
+	default:
+		t.Errorf("<-c.Done() blocked, but shouldn't have")
+	}
+	if e := c.Err(); e != Canceled {
+		t.Errorf("c.Err() == %v want %v", e, Canceled)
+	}
+}
+
+type key1 int
+type key2 int
+
+var k1 = key1(1)
+var k2 = key2(1) // same int as k1, different type
+var k3 = key2(3) // same type as k2, different int
+
+func TestValues(t *testing.T) {
+	check := func(c Context, nm, v1, v2, v3 string) {
+		if v, ok := c.Value(k1).(string); ok == (len(v1) == 0) || v != v1 {
+			t.Errorf(`%s.Value(k1).(string) = %q, %t want %q, %t`, nm, v, ok, v1, len(v1) != 0)
+		}
+		if v, ok := c.Value(k2).(string); ok == (len(v2) == 0) || v != v2 {
+			t.Errorf(`%s.Value(k2).(string) = %q, %t want %q, %t`, nm, v, ok, v2, len(v2) != 0)
+		}
+		if v, ok := c.Value(k3).(string); ok == (len(v3) == 0) || v != v3 {
+			t.Errorf(`%s.Value(k3).(string) = %q, %t want %q, %t`, nm, v, ok, v3, len(v3) != 0)
+		}
+	}
+
+	c0 := Background()
+	check(c0, "c0", "", "", "")
+
+	c1 := WithValue(Background(), k1, "c1k1")
+	check(c1, "c1", "c1k1", "", "")
+
+	if got, want := fmt.Sprint(c1), `context.Background.WithValue(1, "c1k1")`; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("c.String() = %q want %q", got, want)
+	}
+
+	c2 := WithValue(c1, k2, "c2k2")
+	check(c2, "c2", "c1k1", "c2k2", "")
+
+	c3 := WithValue(c2, k3, "c3k3")
+	check(c3, "c2", "c1k1", "c2k2", "c3k3")
+
+	c4 := WithValue(c3, k1, nil)
+	check(c4, "c4", "", "c2k2", "c3k3")
+
+	o0 := otherContext{Background()}
+	check(o0, "o0", "", "", "")
+
+	o1 := otherContext{WithValue(Background(), k1, "c1k1")}
+	check(o1, "o1", "c1k1", "", "")
+
+	o2 := WithValue(o1, k2, "o2k2")
+	check(o2, "o2", "c1k1", "o2k2", "")
+
+	o3 := otherContext{c4}
+	check(o3, "o3", "", "c2k2", "c3k3")
+
+	o4 := WithValue(o3, k3, nil)
+	check(o4, "o4", "", "c2k2", "")
+}
+
+func TestAllocs(t *testing.T) {
+	bg := Background()
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		desc       string
+		f          func()
+		limit      float64
+		gccgoLimit float64
+	}{
+		{
+			desc:       "Background()",
+			f:          func() { Background() },
+			limit:      0,
+			gccgoLimit: 0,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: fmt.Sprintf("WithValue(bg, %v, nil)", k1),
+			f: func() {
+				c := WithValue(bg, k1, nil)
+				c.Value(k1)
+			},
+			limit:      3,
+			gccgoLimit: 3,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "WithTimeout(bg, 15*time.Millisecond)",
+			f: func() {
+				c, _ := WithTimeout(bg, 15*time.Millisecond)
+				<-c.Done()
+			},
+			limit:      8,
+			gccgoLimit: 13,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "WithCancel(bg)",
+			f: func() {
+				c, cancel := WithCancel(bg)
+				cancel()
+				<-c.Done()
+			},
+			limit:      5,
+			gccgoLimit: 8,
+		},
+		{
+			desc: "WithTimeout(bg, 100*time.Millisecond)",
+			f: func() {
+				c, cancel := WithTimeout(bg, 100*time.Millisecond)
+				cancel()
+				<-c.Done()
+			},
+			limit:      8,
+			gccgoLimit: 25,
+		},
+	} {
+		limit := test.limit
+		if runtime.Compiler == "gccgo" {
+			// gccgo does not yet do escape analysis.
+			// TOOD(iant): Remove this when gccgo does do escape analysis.
+			limit = test.gccgoLimit
+		}
+		if n := testing.AllocsPerRun(100, test.f); n > limit {
+			t.Errorf("%s allocs = %f want %d", test.desc, n, int(limit))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSimultaneousCancels(t *testing.T) {
+	root, cancel := WithCancel(Background())
+	m := map[Context]CancelFunc{root: cancel}
+	q := []Context{root}
+	// Create a tree of contexts.
+	for len(q) != 0 && len(m) < 100 {
+		parent := q[0]
+		q = q[1:]
+		for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
+			ctx, cancel := WithCancel(parent)
+			m[ctx] = cancel
+			q = append(q, ctx)
+		}
+	}
+	// Start all the cancels in a random order.
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(len(m))
+	for _, cancel := range m {
+		go func(cancel CancelFunc) {
+			cancel()
+			wg.Done()
+		}(cancel)
+	}
+	// Wait on all the contexts in a random order.
+	for ctx := range m {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+		case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
+			buf := make([]byte, 10<<10)
+			n := runtime.Stack(buf, true)
+			t.Fatalf("timed out waiting for <-ctx.Done(); stacks:\n%s", buf[:n])
+		}
+	}
+	// Wait for all the cancel functions to return.
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		wg.Wait()
+		close(done)
+	}()
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+	case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
+		buf := make([]byte, 10<<10)
+		n := runtime.Stack(buf, true)
+		t.Fatalf("timed out waiting for cancel functions; stacks:\n%s", buf[:n])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestInterlockedCancels(t *testing.T) {
+	parent, cancelParent := WithCancel(Background())
+	child, cancelChild := WithCancel(parent)
+	go func() {
+		parent.Done()
+		cancelChild()
+	}()
+	cancelParent()
+	select {
+	case <-child.Done():
+	case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
+		buf := make([]byte, 10<<10)
+		n := runtime.Stack(buf, true)
+		t.Fatalf("timed out waiting for child.Done(); stacks:\n%s", buf[:n])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLayersCancel(t *testing.T) {
+	testLayers(t, time.Now().UnixNano(), false)
+}
+
+func TestLayersTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	testLayers(t, time.Now().UnixNano(), true)
+}
+
+func testLayers(t *testing.T, seed int64, testTimeout bool) {
+	rand.Seed(seed)
+	errorf := func(format string, a ...interface{}) {
+		t.Errorf(fmt.Sprintf("seed=%d: %s", seed, format), a...)
+	}
+	const (
+		timeout   = 200 * time.Millisecond
+		minLayers = 30
+	)
+	type value int
+	var (
+		vals      []*value
+		cancels   []CancelFunc
+		numTimers int
+		ctx       = Background()
+	)
+	for i := 0; i < minLayers || numTimers == 0 || len(cancels) == 0 || len(vals) == 0; i++ {
+		switch rand.Intn(3) {
+		case 0:
+			v := new(value)
+			ctx = WithValue(ctx, v, v)
+			vals = append(vals, v)
+		case 1:
+			var cancel CancelFunc
+			ctx, cancel = WithCancel(ctx)
+			cancels = append(cancels, cancel)
+		case 2:
+			var cancel CancelFunc
+			ctx, cancel = WithTimeout(ctx, timeout)
+			cancels = append(cancels, cancel)
+			numTimers++
+		}
+	}
+	checkValues := func(when string) {
+		for _, key := range vals {
+			if val := ctx.Value(key).(*value); key != val {
+				errorf("%s: ctx.Value(%p) = %p want %p", when, key, val, key)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		errorf("ctx should not be canceled yet")
+	default:
+	}
+	if s, prefix := fmt.Sprint(ctx), "context.Background."; !strings.HasPrefix(s, prefix) {
+		t.Errorf("ctx.String() = %q want prefix %q", s, prefix)
+	}
+	t.Log(ctx)
+	checkValues("before cancel")
+	if testTimeout {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+		case <-time.After(timeout + timeout/10):
+			errorf("ctx should have timed out")
+		}
+		checkValues("after timeout")
+	} else {
+		cancel := cancels[rand.Intn(len(cancels))]
+		cancel()
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+		default:
+			errorf("ctx should be canceled")
+		}
+		checkValues("after cancel")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCancelRemoves(t *testing.T) {
+	checkChildren := func(when string, ctx Context, want int) {
+		if got := len(ctx.(*cancelCtx).children); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("%s: context has %d children, want %d", when, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+
+	ctx, _ := WithCancel(Background())
+	checkChildren("after creation", ctx, 0)
+	_, cancel := WithCancel(ctx)
+	checkChildren("with WithCancel child ", ctx, 1)
+	cancel()
+	checkChildren("after cancelling WithCancel child", ctx, 0)
+
+	ctx, _ = WithCancel(Background())
+	checkChildren("after creation", ctx, 0)
+	_, cancel = WithTimeout(ctx, 60*time.Minute)
+	checkChildren("with WithTimeout child ", ctx, 1)
+	cancel()
+	checkChildren("after cancelling WithTimeout child", ctx, 0)
+}
diff --git a/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context/withtimeout_test.go b/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context/withtimeout_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6754dc36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Godeps/_workspace/src/golang.org/x/net/context/withtimeout_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package context_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+)
+
+func ExampleWithTimeout() {
+	// Pass a context with a timeout to tell a blocking function that it
+	// should abandon its work after the timeout elapses.
+	ctx, _ := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 100*time.Millisecond)
+	select {
+	case <-time.After(200 * time.Millisecond):
+		fmt.Println("overslept")
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		fmt.Println(ctx.Err()) // prints "context deadline exceeded"
+	}
+	// Output:
+	// context deadline exceeded
+}
diff --git a/rpc/v2/server.go b/rpc/v2/server.go
index ff6b69015..4c04f04d2 100644
--- a/rpc/v2/server.go
+++ b/rpc/v2/server.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger/glog"
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
 
 // NewServer will create a new server instance with no registered handlers.
@@ -120,6 +121,9 @@ func (s *Server) ServeCodec(codec ServerCodec) {
 		codec.Close()
 	}()
 
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
 	for {
 		reqs, batch, err := s.readRequest(codec)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -129,9 +133,9 @@ func (s *Server) ServeCodec(codec ServerCodec) {
 		}
 
 		if batch {
-			go s.execBatch(codec, reqs)
+			go s.execBatch(ctx, codec, reqs)
 		} else {
-			go s.exec(codec, reqs[0])
+			go s.exec(ctx, codec, reqs[0])
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -220,7 +224,7 @@ func (s *Server) unsubscribe(subid string) bool {
 }
 
 // handle executes a request and returns the response from the callback.
-func (s *Server) handle(codec ServerCodec, req *serverRequest) interface{} {
+func (s *Server) handle(ctx context.Context, codec ServerCodec, req *serverRequest) interface{} {
 	if req.err != nil {
 		return codec.CreateErrorResponse(&req.id, req.err)
 	}
@@ -255,6 +259,9 @@ func (s *Server) handle(codec ServerCodec, req *serverRequest) interface{} {
 	}
 
 	arguments := []reflect.Value{req.callb.rcvr}
+	if req.callb.hasCtx {
+		arguments = append(arguments, reflect.ValueOf(ctx))
+	}
 	if len(req.args) > 0 {
 		arguments = append(arguments, req.args...)
 	}
@@ -277,12 +284,12 @@ func (s *Server) handle(codec ServerCodec, req *serverRequest) interface{} {
 }
 
 // exec executes the given request and writes the result back using the codec.
-func (s *Server) exec(codec ServerCodec, req *serverRequest) {
+func (s *Server) exec(ctx context.Context, codec ServerCodec, req *serverRequest) {
 	var response interface{}
 	if req.err != nil {
 		response = codec.CreateErrorResponse(&req.id, req.err)
 	} else {
-		response = s.handle(codec, req)
+		response = s.handle(ctx, codec, req)
 	}
 
 	if err := codec.Write(response); err != nil {
@@ -293,13 +300,13 @@ func (s *Server) exec(codec ServerCodec, req *serverRequest) {
 
 // execBatch executes the given requests and writes the result back using the codec. It will only write the response
 // back when the last request is processed.
-func (s *Server) execBatch(codec ServerCodec, requests []*serverRequest) {
+func (s *Server) execBatch(ctx context.Context, codec ServerCodec, requests []*serverRequest) {
 	responses := make([]interface{}, len(requests))
 	for i, req := range requests {
 		if req.err != nil {
 			responses[i] = codec.CreateErrorResponse(&req.id, req.err)
 		} else {
-			responses[i] = s.handle(codec, req)
+			responses[i] = s.handle(ctx, codec, req)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/rpc/v2/server_test.go b/rpc/v2/server_test.go
index f4f77672f..f250c184f 100644
--- a/rpc/v2/server_test.go
+++ b/rpc/v2/server_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
 
 type Service struct{}
@@ -27,6 +29,10 @@ func (s *Service) Echo(str string, i int, args *Args) Result {
 	return Result{str, i, args}
 }
 
+func (s *Service) EchoWithCtx(ctx context.Context, str string, i int, args *Args) Result {
+	return Result{str, i, args}
+}
+
 func (s *Service) Rets() (string, error) {
 	return "", nil
 }
@@ -64,8 +70,8 @@ func TestServerRegisterName(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected service calc to be registered")
 	}
 
-	if len(svc.callbacks) != 3 {
-		t.Errorf("Expected 3 callbacks for service 'calc', got %d", len(svc.callbacks))
+	if len(svc.callbacks) != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 4 callbacks for service 'calc', got %d", len(svc.callbacks))
 	}
 
 	if len(svc.subscriptions) != 1 {
@@ -217,3 +223,33 @@ func TestServerMethodExecution(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected %s, got %s\n", expected, codec.output)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestServerMethodWithCtx(t *testing.T) {
+	server := NewServer()
+	service := new(Service)
+
+	if err := server.RegisterName("test", service); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("%v", err)
+	}
+
+	id := int64(12345)
+	req := jsonRequest{
+		Method:  "echoWithCtx",
+		Version: "2.0",
+		Id:      &id,
+	}
+	args := []interface{}{"string arg", 1122, &Args{"qwerty"}}
+	req.Payload, _ = json.Marshal(&args)
+
+	input, _ := json.Marshal(&req)
+	codec := &ServerTestCodec{input: input, closer: make(chan interface{})}
+	go server.ServeCodec(codec)
+
+	<-codec.closer
+
+	expected := `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":12345,"result":{"String":"string arg","Int":1122,"Args":{"S":"qwerty"}}}`
+
+	if expected != codec.output {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %s, got %s\n", expected, codec.output)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/rpc/v2/types.go b/rpc/v2/types.go
index d538e0a3f..8e638726f 100644
--- a/rpc/v2/types.go
+++ b/rpc/v2/types.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"math/big"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
-
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event"
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@ type callback struct {
 	rcvr        reflect.Value  // receiver of method
 	method      reflect.Method // callback
 	argTypes    []reflect.Type // input argument types
+	hasCtx      bool           // method's first argument is a context (not included in argTypes)
 	errPos      int            // err return idx, of -1 when method cannot return error
 	isSubscribe bool           // indication if the callback is a subscription
 }
diff --git a/rpc/v2/utils.go b/rpc/v2/utils.go
index a564b2473..ca37924a3 100644
--- a/rpc/v2/utils.go
+++ b/rpc/v2/utils.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"unicode"
 	"unicode/utf8"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
 
 // Is this an exported - upper case - name?
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ func isBlockNumber(t reflect.Type) bool {
 	return t == blockNumberType
 }
 
+var contextType = reflect.TypeOf(new(context.Context)).Elem()
+
 // suitableCallbacks iterates over the methods of the given type. It will determine if a method satisfies the criteria
 // for a RPC callback or a subscription callback and adds it to the collection of callbacks or subscriptions. See server
 // documentation for a summary of these criteria.
@@ -129,12 +133,19 @@ METHODS:
 		h.method = method
 		h.errPos = -1
 
+		firstArg := 1
+		numIn := mtype.NumIn()
+		if numIn >= 2 && mtype.In(1) == contextType {
+			h.hasCtx = true
+			firstArg = 2
+		}
+
 		if h.isSubscribe {
-			h.argTypes = make([]reflect.Type, mtype.NumIn()-1) // skip rcvr type
-			for i := 1; i < mtype.NumIn(); i++ {
+			h.argTypes = make([]reflect.Type, numIn-firstArg) // skip rcvr type
+			for i := firstArg; i < numIn; i++ {
 				argType := mtype.In(i)
 				if isExportedOrBuiltinType(argType) {
-					h.argTypes[i-1] = argType
+					h.argTypes[i-firstArg] = argType
 				} else {
 					continue METHODS
 				}
@@ -144,17 +155,15 @@ METHODS:
 			continue METHODS
 		}
 
-		numIn := mtype.NumIn()
-
 		// determine method arguments, ignore first arg since it's the receiver type
 		// Arguments must be exported or builtin types
-		h.argTypes = make([]reflect.Type, numIn-1)
-		for i := 1; i < numIn; i++ {
+		h.argTypes = make([]reflect.Type, numIn-firstArg)
+		for i := firstArg; i < numIn; i++ {
 			argType := mtype.In(i)
 			if !isExportedOrBuiltinType(argType) {
 				continue METHODS
 			}
-			h.argTypes[i-1] = argType
+			h.argTypes[i-firstArg] = argType
 		}
 
 		// check that all returned values are exported or builtin types