refactor: use results for deletion failures

src/deleter.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use futures_util::TryStreamExt;
 use sqlx::{postgres::PgPool, Row};
 use std::cmp::max;
+use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt::Display;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use time::ext::NumericalStdDuration;
 use time::OffsetDateTime;
@@ -8,26 +10,27 @@ use tokio::fs;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver;
 use tokio::time::timeout;
 
-pub(crate) async fn delete_old_files(mut receiver: Receiver<()>, db: PgPool, files_dir: PathBuf) {
+pub(crate) async fn delete_old_files(
+    mut receiver: Receiver<()>,
+    db: PgPool,
+    files_dir: PathBuf,
+) -> Result<(), DeletionError> {
     loop {
-        wait_for_file_expiry(&mut receiver, &db).await;
+        wait_for_file_expiry(&mut receiver, &db).await?;
 
         let now = OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
         let mut rows = sqlx::query("SELECT file_id FROM files WHERE files.valid_till < $1")
             .bind(now)
             .fetch(&db);
-        while let Some(row) = rows.try_next().await.expect("could not load expired files") {
+        while let Some(row) = rows.try_next().await? {
             let file_id: String = row.try_get("file_id").expect("we selected this column");
-            delete_content(&file_id, &files_dir)
+            delete_content(&file_id, &files_dir).await?
-                .await
-                .expect("could not delete file");
         }
 
         sqlx::query("DELETE FROM files WHERE valid_till < $1")
             .bind(now)
             .execute(&db)
-            .await
+            .await?;
-            .expect("could not delete expired files from database");
     }
 }
 
@@ -55,12 +58,14 @@ async fn delete_content(file_id: &str, files_dir: &Path) -> Result<(), std::io::
     Ok(())
 }
 
-async fn wait_for_file_expiry(receiver: &mut Receiver<()>, db: &PgPool) {
+async fn wait_for_file_expiry(
+    receiver: &mut Receiver<()>,
+    db: &PgPool,
+) -> Result<(), DeletionError> {
     let valid_till: (Option<OffsetDateTime>,) =
         sqlx::query_as("SELECT MIN(valid_till) as min from files")
             .fetch_one(db)
-            .await
+            .await?;
-            .expect("could not fetch expiring files from database");
     let next_timeout = match valid_till.0 {
         Some(valid_till) => (max(
             0,
@@ -70,4 +75,41 @@ async fn wait_for_file_expiry(receiver: &mut Receiver<()>, db: &PgPool) {
         None => 1_u64.std_days(),
     };
     let _ = timeout(next_timeout, receiver.recv()).await;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum DeletionError {
+    Db(sqlx::Error),
+    Fs(std::io::Error),
+}
+
+impl From<sqlx::Error> for DeletionError {
+    fn from(value: sqlx::Error) -> Self {
+        DeletionError::Db(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<std::io::Error> for DeletionError {
+    fn from(value: std::io::Error) -> Self {
+        DeletionError::Fs(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for DeletionError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            DeletionError::Db(_) => write!(f, "Failed to fetch expired files from database"),
+            DeletionError::Fs(_) => write!(f, "Failed to delete file from filesystem"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for DeletionError {
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + 'static)> {
+        match self {
+            DeletionError::Db(err) => Some(err),
+            DeletionError::Fs(err) => Some(err),
+        }
+    }
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -123,9 +123,11 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     .bind(bind_address)?
     .run();
 
-    // exit when http_server exits OR when deleter panics
+    // exit when http_server exits OR when deleter errors
     tokio::select! {
         result = http_server => result,
-        _ = deleter => panic!("deleter never returns")
+        result = deleter => {
+            result?.map(|_| unreachable!("deletion runs infinitely")).expect("deletion may not fail")
+        },
     }
 }