Add AsyncLazy<T>.SuppressRelevance() method

src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading/AsyncLazy`1.cs

@@ -261,6 +261,65 @@ public T GetValue(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Marks the code that follows as irrelevant to the receiving <see cref="AsyncLazy{T}"/> value factory.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns>A value to dispose of to restore relevance into the value factory.</returns>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// <para>In some cases asynchronous work may be spun off inside a value factory.
+    /// When the value factory does <em>not</em> require this work to finish before the value factory can complete,
+    /// it can be useful to use this method to mark that code as irrelevant to the value factory.
+    /// In particular, this can be necessary when the spun off task may actually include code that may itself
+    /// await the completion of the value factory itself.
+    /// Such a situation would lead to an <see cref="InvalidOperationException"/> being thrown from
+    /// <see cref="GetValueAsync(CancellationToken)"/> if the value factory has not completed already,
+    /// which can introduce non-determinstic failures in the program.</para>
+    /// <para>A <c>using</c> block around the spun off code can help your program achieve reliable behavior, as shown below.</para>
+    /// <example>
+    /// <code><![CDATA[
+    /// class MyClass {
+    ///   private readonly AsyncLazy<int> numberOfApples;
+    ///
+    ///   public MyClass() {
+    ///     this.numberOfApples = new AsyncLazy<int>(async delegate {
+    ///       // We have some fire-and-forget code to run.
+    ///       // This is *not* relevant to the value factory, which is allowed to complete without waiting for this code to finish.
+    ///       using (this.numberOfApples.SuppressRelevance()) {
+    ///         this.FireOffNotificationsAsync();
+    ///       }
+    ///
+    ///       // This code is relevant to the value factory, and must complete before the value factory can complete.
+    ///       return await this.CountNumberOfApplesAsync();
+    ///     });
+    ///   }
+    ///
+    ///   public event EventHandler? ApplesCountingHasBegun;
+    ///
+    ///   public async Task<int> GetApplesCountAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) {
+    ///     return await this.numberOfApples.GetValueAsync(cancellationToken);
+    ///   }
+    ///
+    ///   private async Task<int> CountNumberOfApplesAsync() {
+    ///     await Task.Delay(1000);
+    ///     return 5;
+    ///   }
+    ///
+    ///   private async Task FireOffNotificationsAsync() {
+    ///     // This may call to 3rd party code, which may happen to call back into GetApplesCountAsync (and thus into our AsyncLazy instance),
+    ///     // but such calls should *not* be interpreted as value factory reentrancy. They should just wait for the value factory to finish.
+    ///     // We accomplish this by suppressing relevance of the value factory while this code runs (see the caller of this method above).
+    ///     this.ApplesCountingHasBegun?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
+    ///   }
+    /// }
+    /// ]]></code>
+    /// </example>
+    /// <para>If the <see cref="AsyncLazy{T}"/> was created with a <see cref="JoinableTaskFactory"/>,
+    /// this method also calls <see cref="JoinableTaskContext.SuppressRelevance"/> on the <see cref="JoinableTaskFactory.Context"/>
+    /// associated with that factory.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </remarks>
+    public RevertRelevance SuppressRelevance() => new RevertRelevance(this);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Disposes of the lazily-initialized value if disposable, and causes all subsequent attempts to obtain the value to fail.
     /// </summary>
@@ -373,4 +432,40 @@ public override string ToString()
             ? (this.value.Status == TaskStatus.RanToCompletion ? $"{this.value.Result}" : Strings.LazyValueFaulted)
             : Strings.LazyValueNotCreated;
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A structure that hides relevance of a block of code from a particular <see cref="AsyncLazy{T}"/> and the <see cref="JoinableTaskContext"/> it was created with.
+    /// </summary>
+    public readonly struct RevertRelevance : IDisposable
+    {
+        private readonly AsyncLazy<T>? owner;
+        private readonly object? oldCheckValue;
+        private readonly JoinableTaskContext.RevertRelevance? joinableRelevance;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="RevertRelevance"/> struct.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="owner">The instance that created this value.</param>
+        internal RevertRelevance(AsyncLazy<T> owner)
+        {
+            Requires.NotNull(owner, nameof(owner));
+            this.owner = owner;
+
+            (this.oldCheckValue, owner.recursiveFactoryCheck.Value) = (owner.recursiveFactoryCheck.Value, null);
+            this.joinableRelevance = owner.jobFactory?.Context.SuppressRelevance();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reverts the async local and thread static values to their original values.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            if (this.owner is object)
+            {
+                this.owner.recursiveFactoryCheck.Value = this.oldCheckValue;
+            }
+
+            this.joinableRelevance?.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
 }

src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading/net472/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt

@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncCrossProcessMutex.Name.get -> string!
 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncCrossProcessMutex.TryEnterAsync(System.TimeSpan timeout) -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncCrossProcessMutex.LockReleaser?>!
 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.DisposeValue() -> void
 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.DisposeValueAsync() -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task!
-Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.IsValueDisposed.get -> bool
+Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.IsValueDisposed.get -> bool
+Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.RevertRelevance
+Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.RevertRelevance.Dispose() -> void
+Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.SuppressRelevance() -> Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.RevertRelevance

src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading/net6.0-windows/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt

@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncCrossProcessMutex.Name.get -> string!
 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncCrossProcessMutex.TryEnterAsync(System.TimeSpan timeout) -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncCrossProcessMutex.LockReleaser?>!
 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.DisposeValue() -> void
 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.DisposeValueAsync() -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task!
-Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.IsValueDisposed.get -> bool
+Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.IsValueDisposed.get -> bool
+Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.RevertRelevance
+Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.RevertRelevance.Dispose() -> void
+Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.SuppressRelevance() -> Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.RevertRelevance

src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading/net6.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt

@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncCrossProcessMutex.Name.get -> string!
 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncCrossProcessMutex.TryEnterAsync(System.TimeSpan timeout) -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncCrossProcessMutex.LockReleaser?>!
 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.DisposeValue() -> void
 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.DisposeValueAsync() -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task!
-Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.IsValueDisposed.get -> bool
+Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.IsValueDisposed.get -> bool
+Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.RevertRelevance
+Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.RevertRelevance.Dispose() -> void
+Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.SuppressRelevance() -> Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.RevertRelevance

src/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading/netstandard2.0/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt

@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncCrossProcessMutex.Name.get -> string!
 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncCrossProcessMutex.TryEnterAsync(System.TimeSpan timeout) -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncCrossProcessMutex.LockReleaser?>!
 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.DisposeValue() -> void
 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.DisposeValueAsync() -> System.Threading.Tasks.Task!
-Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.IsValueDisposed.get -> bool
+Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.IsValueDisposed.get -> bool
+Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.RevertRelevance
+Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.RevertRelevance.Dispose() -> void
+Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.SuppressRelevance() -> Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.AsyncLazy<T>.RevertRelevance

test/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Tests/AsyncLazyTests.cs

@@ -652,6 +652,102 @@ public async Task ExecutionContextFlowsFromFirstCaller_JTF()
         await asyncLazy.GetValueAsync();
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SuppressRelevance_WithoutJTF()
+    {
+        AsyncManualResetEvent allowValueFactoryToFinish = new();
+        Task<int>? fireAndForgetTask = null;
+        AsyncLazy<int> asyncLazy = null!;
+        asyncLazy = new AsyncLazy<int>(
+            async delegate
+            {
+                using (asyncLazy.SuppressRelevance())
+                {
+                    fireAndForgetTask = FireAndForgetCodeAsync();
+                }
+
+                await allowValueFactoryToFinish;
+                return 1;
+            },
+            null);
+
+        bool fireAndForgetCodeAsyncEntered = false;
+        Task<int> lazyValue = asyncLazy.GetValueAsync();
+        Assert.True(fireAndForgetCodeAsyncEntered);
+        allowValueFactoryToFinish.Set();
+
+        // Assert that the value factory was allowed to finish.
+        Assert.Equal(1, await lazyValue.WithCancellation(this.TimeoutToken));
+
+        // Assert that the fire-and-forget task was allowed to finish and did so without throwing.
+        Assert.Equal(1, await fireAndForgetTask!.WithCancellation(this.TimeoutToken));
+
+        async Task<int> FireAndForgetCodeAsync()
+        {
+            fireAndForgetCodeAsyncEntered = true;
+            return await asyncLazy.GetValueAsync();
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task SuppressRelevance_WithJTF()
+    {
+        JoinableTaskContext? context = this.InitializeJTCAndSC();
+        SingleThreadedTestSynchronizationContext.IFrame frame = SingleThreadedTestSynchronizationContext.NewFrame();
+
+        JoinableTaskFactory? jtf = context.Factory;
+        AsyncManualResetEvent allowValueFactoryToFinish = new();
+        Task<int>? fireAndForgetTask = null;
+        AsyncLazy<int> asyncLazy = null!;
+        asyncLazy = new AsyncLazy<int>(
+            async delegate
+            {
+                using (asyncLazy.SuppressRelevance())
+                {
+                    fireAndForgetTask = FireAndForgetCodeAsync();
+                }
+
+                await allowValueFactoryToFinish;
+                return 1;
+            },
+            jtf);
+
+        bool fireAndForgetCodeAsyncEntered = false;
+        bool fireAndForgetCodeAsyncReachedUIThread = false;
+        jtf.Run(async delegate
+        {
+            Task<int> lazyValue = asyncLazy.GetValueAsync();
+            Assert.True(fireAndForgetCodeAsyncEntered);
+            await Task.Delay(AsyncDelay);
+            Assert.False(fireAndForgetCodeAsyncReachedUIThread);
+            allowValueFactoryToFinish.Set();
+
+            // Assert that the value factory was allowed to finish.
+            Assert.Equal(1, await lazyValue.WithCancellation(this.TimeoutToken));
+        });
+
+        // Run a main thread pump so the fire-and-forget task can finish.
+        SingleThreadedTestSynchronizationContext.PushFrame(SynchronizationContext.Current!, frame);
+
+        // Assert that the fire-and-forget task was allowed to finish and did so without throwing.
+        Assert.Equal(1, await fireAndForgetTask!.WithCancellation(this.TimeoutToken));
+
+        async Task<int> FireAndForgetCodeAsync()
+        {
+            fireAndForgetCodeAsyncEntered = true;
+
+            // Yield the caller's thread.
+            // Resuming will require the main thread, since the caller was on the main thread.
+            await Task.Yield();
+
+            fireAndForgetCodeAsyncReachedUIThread = true;
+
+            int result = await asyncLazy.GetValueAsync();
+            frame.Continue = false;
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task Dispose_ValueType_Completed()
     {