aercmsg: add AercFuncMsg and QueueFunc

Introduce AercFuncMsg and QueueFunc. These are used in combination to
queue a function to be run in the main goroutine. This can be used to
prevent data races in delayed function calls (ie from debounce
functions).

Signed-off-by: Tim Culverhouse <tim@timculverhouse.com>
Acked-by: Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/ui/ui.go b/lib/ui/ui.go
index 313f90d8..ea181d33 100644
--- a/lib/ui/ui.go
+++ b/lib/ui/ui.go
@@ -13,12 +13,22 @@ const (
 
 var MsgChannel = make(chan AercMsg, 50)
 
+type AercFuncMsg struct {
+	Func func()
+}
+
 // QueueRedraw sends a nil message into the MsgChannel. Nothing will handle this
 // message, but a redraw will occur if the UI is marked as invalid
 func QueueRedraw() {
 	MsgChannel <- nil
 }
 
+// QueueFunc queues a function to be called in the main goroutine. This can be
+// used to prevent race conditions from delayed functions
+func QueueFunc(fn func()) {
+	MsgChannel <- &AercFuncMsg{Func: fn}
+}
+
 // dirty is the dirty state of the UI. Any value other than 0 means the UI is in
 // a dirty state. Dirty should only be accessed via atomic operations to
 // maintain thread safety