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+// Copyright © 2021 The Things Network Foundation, The Things Industries B.V.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package workerpool
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.thethings.network/lorawan-stack/v3/pkg/component"
+	"go.thethings.network/lorawan-stack/v3/pkg/util/test"
+	"go.thethings.network/lorawan-stack/v3/pkg/util/test/assertions/should"
+)
+
+func TestAtomicConditionals(t *testing.T) {
+	var release sync.WaitGroup
+	release.Add(1)
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+	var increaseFailures sync.Map
+	var decreaseFailures sync.Map
+
+	value := int32(5_000)
+	lowerBound := int32(100)
+	upperBound := int32(10_000)
+	for k := 0; k < 100_000; k++ {
+		k := k
+
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			release.Wait()
+			defer wg.Done()
+			if incrementIfSmallerThan(&value, upperBound) {
+				if v := atomic.LoadInt32(&value); v > upperBound {
+					increaseFailures.Store(k, v)
+				}
+			}
+		}()
+
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			release.Wait()
+			defer wg.Done()
+			if decrementIfGreaterThan(&value, lowerBound) {
+				if v := atomic.LoadInt32(&value); v < lowerBound {
+					decreaseFailures.Store(k, v)
+				}
+			}
+		}()
+
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			release.Wait()
+			defer wg.Done()
+			if v := atomic.LoadInt32(&value); v > upperBound {
+				increaseFailures.Store(k, v)
+			}
+			if v := atomic.LoadInt32(&value); v < lowerBound {
+				decreaseFailures.Store(k, v)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	release.Done()
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	increaseFailures.Range(func(ki interface{}, vi interface{}) bool {
+		k, v := ki.(int), vi.(int32)
+		t.Errorf("Value %v exceeded upper bound %v in test %v", v, upperBound, k)
+		return true
+	})
+
+	decreaseFailures.Range(func(ki interface{}, vi interface{}) bool {
+		k, v := ki.(int), vi.(int32)
+		t.Errorf("Value %v exceeded lower bound %v in test %v", v, lowerBound, k)
+		return true
+	})
+}
+
+var (
+	fastTimeout = test.Delay
+	slowTimeout = 10 * test.Delay
+	testTimeout = 100 * test.Delay
+)
+
+func TestWorkerPool(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, workerIdleTimeout := range []time.Duration{slowTimeout, fastTimeout} {
+		for _, queueSize := range []int{-1, 0, 1} {
+			for _, minWorkers := range []int{-1, 0, 1} {
+				for _, maxWorkers := range []int{0, 1} {
+					name := fmt.Sprintf(
+						"minWorkers/%v/maxWorkers/%v/queueSize/%v/idleTimeout/%v",
+						minWorkers,
+						maxWorkers,
+						queueSize,
+						workerIdleTimeout,
+					)
+					t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+						t.Parallel()
+						testWorkerPool(t, minWorkers, maxWorkers, queueSize, workerIdleTimeout)
+					})
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func testWorkerPool(t *testing.T, minWorkers int, maxWorkers int, queueSize int, workerIdleTimeout time.Duration) {
+	a, ctx := test.New(t)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	workCtx := context.WithValue(ctx, "foo", "bar")
+
+	var workToBeDone, workDone, workFailed, duplicatedWork sync.Map
+	handlerCalls := int32(0)
+	handler := func(ctx context.Context, item interface{}) {
+		atomic.AddInt32(&handlerCalls, 1)
+		a.So(ctx, should.HaveParentContextOrEqual, workCtx)
+		if item == -1 {
+			panic("boom")
+		}
+		if _, exists := workDone.LoadOrStore(item, 0); exists {
+			duplicatedWork.Store(item, 0)
+		}
+	}
+
+	wp := NewWorkerPool(Config{
+		Component:         &mockComponent{},
+		Context:           ctx,
+		Handler:           handler,
+		MinWorkers:        minWorkers,
+		MaxWorkers:        maxWorkers,
+		QueueSize:         queueSize,
+		WorkerIdleTimeout: workerIdleTimeout,
+	})
+
+	totalWork := 100_000
+	expectedHandlerCalls := int32(0)
+	for i := 0; i < totalWork; i++ {
+		if err := wp.Publish(workCtx, i); err != nil {
+			workFailed.Store(i, 0)
+		} else {
+			workToBeDone.Store(i, 0)
+			expectedHandlerCalls++
+		}
+
+		if rand.Intn(100) < 5 {
+			if err := wp.Publish(workCtx, -1); err == nil {
+				expectedHandlerCalls++
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	time.Sleep(testTimeout)
+	cancel()
+	wp.Wait()
+
+	var countDone, countToBeDone, countFailed int
+	workDone.Range(func(k, v interface{}) bool {
+		_, failed := workFailed.Load(k)
+		a.So(failed, should.BeFalse)
+
+		_, toBeDone := workToBeDone.Load(k)
+		a.So(toBeDone, should.BeTrue)
+
+		countDone++
+
+		return true
+	})
+	workToBeDone.Range(func(k, v interface{}) bool {
+		_, done := workDone.Load(k)
+		a.So(done, should.BeTrue)
+
+		countToBeDone++
+
+		return true
+	})
+	workFailed.Range(func(k, v interface{}) bool {
+		countFailed++
+
+		return true
+	})
+	duplicatedWork.Range(func(k, v interface{}) bool {
+		t.Fatalf("Item %v was processed multiple times", k)
+		return true
+	})
+
+	a.So(countDone, should.Equal, countToBeDone)
+	a.So(countFailed, should.Equal, totalWork-countDone)
+	a.So(handlerCalls, should.Equal, expectedHandlerCalls)
+}
+
+type mockComponent struct{}
+
+func (*mockComponent) StartTask(cfg *component.TaskConfig) {
+	component.DefaultStartTask(cfg)
+}
+
+func (*mockComponent) FromRequestContext(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
+	return ctx
+}