Fixes an issue with late close of file handles.

Although in the command running loop we defer'd the close of stdout, so
we technically were safe, because that was in a loop the defer wasn't
closed until a lot later than necessary, and on large batches can cause
ulimit to be exceeded.

This fix moves the command exection to its own function which fixes the
late defer, and also makes the code more easy to read.

littlejohn.go

@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/jawher/mow.cli"
+	cli "github.com/jawher/mow.cli"
 )
 
 func openCSV(filename string) (*csv.Reader, []string, error) {
 	file, err := os.Open(filename)
-    if err != nil {
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
-    }
-    reader := csv.NewReader(file)
+	}
+	reader := csv.NewReader(file)
 
 	raw_argnames, err := reader.Read()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -35,7 +35,53 @@ func openCSV(filename string) (*csv.Reader, []string, error) {
 	return reader, argnames, nil
 }
 
-func runner(command string, parallelism int, dryrun bool, csvfile string, fixedargs []string, outputfile string) error {
+func run_command(command string, fullarglist []string, output_channel chan string) {
+
+	cmd := &exec.Cmd{
+		Path:   command,
+		Args:   fullarglist,
+		Stderr: os.Stderr,
+	}
+	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Failed to get output pipe for %v: %v", fullarglist, err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer stdout.Close()
+
+	err = cmd.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Failed to run %v: %v", fullarglist, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	buf := bufio.NewReader(stdout)
+	count := 0
+	for {
+		line, _, err := buf.ReadLine()
+		if err != nil {
+			if err != io.EOF {
+				log.Printf("Error reading process %v: %v", fullarglist, err)
+			}
+			break
+		}
+		result := fullarglist[0]
+		for _, arg := range fullarglist[1:] {
+			result = fmt.Sprintf("%v, %v", result, arg)
+		}
+		result = fmt.Sprintf("%v, %d, %v", result, count, string(line))
+		output_channel <- result
+		count += 1
+	}
+
+	err = cmd.Wait()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Failed to wait %v: %v", fullarglist, err)
+		return
+	}
+}
+
+func cmd_main(command string, parallelism int, dryrun bool, csvfile string, fixedargs []string, outputfile string) error {
 
 	argreader, argnames, err := openCSV(csvfile)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -54,8 +100,8 @@ func runner(command string, parallelism int, dryrun bool, csvfile string, fixeda
 
 	output_channel := make(chan string, 1)
 	go func() {
-		for ;; {
-			res := <- output_channel
+		for {
+			res := <-output_channel
 			output.Write([]byte(res + "\n"))
 		}
 	}()
@@ -68,7 +114,7 @@ func runner(command string, parallelism int, dryrun bool, csvfile string, fixeda
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func() {
 			for {
-				args := <- distribution
+				args := <-distribution
 				if len(args) == 0 {
 					break
 				}
@@ -78,11 +124,9 @@ func runner(command string, parallelism int, dryrun bool, csvfile string, fixeda
 					continue
 				}
 
-				fullarglist := make([]string, 1, (len(args) * 2) + len(fixedargs) + 1)
+				fullarglist := make([]string, 1, (len(args)*2)+len(fixedargs)+1)
 				fullarglist[0] = command
-				for _, arg := range fixedargs {
-					fullarglist = append(fullarglist, arg)
-				}
+				fullarglist = append(fullarglist, fixedargs...)
 				for argindex := 0; argindex < len(args); argindex += 1 {
 					fullarglist = append(fullarglist, argnames[argindex])
 					fullarglist = append(fullarglist, args[argindex])
@@ -92,49 +136,9 @@ func runner(command string, parallelism int, dryrun bool, csvfile string, fixeda
 					fmt.Printf("%s\n", strings.Join(fullarglist, " "))
 					continue
 				}
+				fmt.Printf("%s\n", strings.Join(fullarglist, " "))
 
-				cmd := &exec.Cmd{
-					Path: command,
-					Args: fullarglist,
-					Stderr: os.Stderr,
-				}
-				stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Printf("Failed to get output pipe for %v: %v", fullarglist, err)
-					continue
-				}
-				defer stdout.Close()
-
-				err = cmd.Start()
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Printf("Failed to run %v: %v", fullarglist, err)
-					continue
-				}
-
-				buf := bufio.NewReader(stdout)
-				count := 0
-				for ;; {
-					line, _, err := buf.ReadLine()
-					if err != nil {
-						if err != io.EOF {
-							log.Printf("Error reading process %v: %v", fullarglist, err)
-						}
-						break
-					}
-					result := fullarglist[0]
-					for _, arg := range fullarglist[1:] {
-						result = fmt.Sprintf("%v, %v", result, arg)
-					}
-					result = fmt.Sprintf("%v, %d, %v", result, count, string(line))
-					output_channel <- result
-					count += 1
-				}
-
-				err = cmd.Wait()
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Printf("Failed to wait %v: %v", fullarglist, err)
-					continue
-				}
+				run_command(command, fullarglist, output_channel)
 			}
 			wg.Done()
 		}()
@@ -172,8 +176,8 @@ func main() {
 	args := app.StringsArg("ARGS", nil, "Fixed arguments to all child programs")
 
 	app.Action = func() {
-		runner(*command, *parallelism, *dryrun, *csv, *args, *output)
+		cmd_main(*command, *parallelism, *dryrun, *csv, *args, *output)
 	}
 
 	app.Run(os.Args)
-}
+}