Deadlock scenario:
1. Due to scheduling, the state runner sends one snapshot into
snapCh and then attempts to send a second. The first send succeeds
because the channel is buffered, but the second blocks.
2. Separately, Manager.Watch is called by the xDS server after
getting a discovery request from Envoy. This function acquires the
manager lock and then blocks on receiving the CurrentSnapshot from
the state runner.
3. Separately, there is a Manager goroutine that reads the snapshots
from the channel in step 1. These reads are done to notify proxy
watchers, but they require holding the manager lock. This goroutine
goes to acquire that lock, but can't because it is held by step 2.
Now, the goroutine from step 3 is waiting on the one from step 2 to
release the lock. The goroutine from step 2 won't release the lock until
the goroutine in step 1 advances. But the goroutine in step 1 is waiting
for the one in step 3. Deadlock.
By making this send non-blocking step 1 above can proceed. The coalesce
timer will be reset and a new valid snapshot will be delivered after it
elapses or when one is requested by xDS.
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