avoid allocs for guest alert etags

use phrase file modtime instead of instance start time for routeAPIPhrases to avoid cache churn

common/common.go

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
-	qgen "github.com/Azareal/Gosora/query_gen"
 	meta "github.com/Azareal/Gosora/common/meta"
+	qgen "github.com/Azareal/Gosora/query_gen"
 )
 
 var SoftwareVersion = Version{Major: 0, Minor: 3, Patch: 0, Tag: "dev"}
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ const Terabyte int = Gigabyte * 1024
 const Petabyte int = Terabyte * 1024
 
 var StartTime time.Time
+var GzipStartEtag string
+var StartEtag string
 var TmplPtrMap = make(map[string]interface{})
 
 // Anti-spam token with rotated key

common/files.go

@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func (list SFileList) Init() error {
 			return err
 		}
 		path = strings.TrimPrefix(path, "public/")
-		var ext = filepath.Ext("/public/" + path)
+		ext := filepath.Ext("/public/" + path)
 		mimetype := mime.TypeByExtension(ext)
 
 		// Get a checksum for CSPs and cache busting

common/phrases/phrases.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // TODO: Add a phrase store?
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ type LevelPhrases struct {
 type LanguagePack struct {
 	Name    string
 	IsoCode string
+	ModTime time.Time
 	//LastUpdated string
 
 	// Should we use a sync map or a struct for these? It would be nice, if we could keep all the phrases consistent.
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ func InitPhrases(lang string) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		langPack.ModTime = f.ModTime()
 
 		langPack.ErrorsBytes = make(map[string][]byte)
 		for name, phrase := range langPack.Errors {

main.go

@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ func afterDBInit() (err error) {
 	}
 	log.Print("Exitted storeInit")
 
+	c.GzipStartEtag = "\"" + strconv.FormatInt(c.StartTime.Unix(), 10) + "-ng\""
+	c.StartEtag = "\"" + strconv.FormatInt(c.StartTime.Unix(), 10) + "-n\""
+
 	var uids []int
 	tc := c.Topics.GetCache()
 	if tc != nil {

routes.go

@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ func routeAPI(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, user c.User) c.RouteError
 			var etag string
 			_, ok := w.(c.GzipResponseWriter)
 			if ok {
-				etag = "\"" + strconv.FormatInt(c.StartTime.Unix(), 10) + "-ng\""
+				etag = c.GzipStartEtag
 			} else {
-				etag = "\"" + strconv.FormatInt(c.StartTime.Unix(), 10) + "-n\""
+				etag = c.StartEtag
 			}
 			w.Header().Set("ETag", etag)
 			if match := r.Header.Get("If-None-Match"); match != "" {
@@ -219,15 +219,15 @@ func routeAPIPhrases(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, user c.User) c.Rout
 		queryBit = strings.TrimSpace(queryBit)
 		if queryBit[0] == '!' && len(queryBit) > 1 {
 			queryBit = strings.TrimPrefix(queryBit, "!")
-			for _, char := range queryBit {
+			for _, ch := range queryBit {
-				if !unicode.IsLetter(char) && char != '-' && char != '_' {
+				if !unicode.IsLetter(ch) && ch != '-' && ch != '_' {
 					return c.PreErrorJS("No symbols allowed, only - and _", w, r)
 				}
 			}
 			negations = append(negations, queryBit)
 		} else {
-			for _, char := range queryBit {
+			for _, ch := range queryBit {
-				if !unicode.IsLetter(char) && char != '-' && char != '_' {
+				if !unicode.IsLetter(ch) && ch != '-' && ch != '_' {
 					return c.PreErrorJS("No symbols allowed, only - and _", w, r)
 				}
 			}
@@ -242,14 +242,14 @@ func routeAPIPhrases(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, user c.User) c.Rout
 	var etag string
 	_, ok := w.(c.GzipResponseWriter)
 	if ok {
-		etag = "\"" + strconv.FormatInt(c.StartTime.Unix(), 10) + "-g\""
+		etag = "\"" + strconv.FormatInt(phrases.GetCurrentLangPack().ModTime.Unix(), 10) + "-ng\""
 	} else {
-		etag = "\"" + strconv.FormatInt(c.StartTime.Unix(), 10) + "\""
+		etag = "\"" + strconv.FormatInt(phrases.GetCurrentLangPack().ModTime.Unix(), 10) + "-n\""
 	}
 
 	var plist map[string]string
 	var notModified, private bool
-	var posLoop = func(positive string) c.RouteError {
+	posLoop := func(positive string) c.RouteError {
 		// ! Constrain it to a subset of phrases for now
 		for _, item := range phraseWhitelist {
 			if strings.HasPrefix(positive, item) {