Read backlog; handle messages in the correct order

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/connector/external/external.go b/connector/external/external.go
index 741802c..9a4137d 100644
--- a/connector/external/external.go
+++ b/connector/external/external.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ type External struct {
 	generation int
 	proc       *exec.Cmd
 
+	handlerChan      chan *extMessageWithData
 	counter          uint64
 	inflightRequests map[uint64]chan *extMessageWithData
 	lock             sync.Mutex
@@ -110,6 +111,9 @@ func (ext *External) Configure(c Configuration) error {
 
 	ext.generation += 1
 
+	ext.handlerChan = make(chan *extMessageWithData)
+	go ext.handlerLoop(ext.generation)
+
 	err = ext.setupProc()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -254,7 +258,17 @@ func (ext *External) recvLoop() {
 				}
 			}()
 		} else {
-			go ext.handleCmd(&msg)
+			ext.handlerChan <- &msg
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (ext *External) handlerLoop(generation int) {
+	for ext.handlerChan != nil && ext.generation == generation {
+		select {
+		case msg := <-ext.handlerChan:
+			ext.handleCmd(msg)
+		case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -311,6 +325,7 @@ func (ext *External) Close() {
 	ext.recv = nil
 	ext.send = nil
 	ext.sendJson = nil
+	ext.handlerChan = nil
 
 	go func() {
 		time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)