Add remote context allocation api to service daemon

This allows for more deterministically managing long running sub-daemon
services under `pikerd` using the new context api from `tractor`.
The contexts are allocated in an async exit stack and torn down at root
daemon termination. Spawn brokerds using this method by changing the
persistence entry point to be a `@tractor.context`.

piker/_daemon.py

@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ Structured, daemon tree service management.
 
 """
 from functools import partial
-from typing import Optional, Union
-from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+from typing import Optional, Union, Callable
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager, AsyncExitStack
+from collections import defaultdict
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 import trio
@@ -44,10 +45,34 @@ class Services(BaseModel):
     actor_n: tractor._trionics.ActorNursery
     service_n: trio.Nursery
     debug_mode: bool  # tractor sub-actor debug mode flag
+    ctx_stack: AsyncExitStack
 
     class Config:
         arbitrary_types_allowed = True
 
+    async def open_remote_ctx(
+        self,
+        portal: tractor.Portal,
+        target: Callable,
+        **kwargs,
+
+    ) -> tractor.Context:
+        '''
+        Open a context in a service sub-actor, add to a stack
+        that gets unwound at ``pikerd`` tearodwn.
+
+        This allows for allocating long-running sub-services in our main
+        daemon and explicitly controlling their lifetimes.
+
+        '''
+        ctx, first = await self.ctx_stack.enter_async_context(
+            portal.open_context(
+                target,
+            **kwargs,
+            )
+        )
+        return ctx
+
 
 _services: Optional[Services] = None
 
@@ -62,14 +87,14 @@ async def open_pikerd(
     debug_mode: bool = False,
 
 ) -> Optional[tractor._portal.Portal]:
-    """
+    '''
     Start a root piker daemon who's lifetime extends indefinitely
     until cancelled.
 
     A root actor nursery is created which can be used to create and keep
     alive underling services (see below).
 
-    """
+    '''
     global _services
     assert _services is None
 
@@ -91,14 +116,18 @@ async def open_pikerd(
     ) as _, tractor.open_nursery() as actor_nursery:
         async with trio.open_nursery() as service_nursery:
 
-            # assign globally for future daemon/task creation
-            _services = Services(
-                actor_n=actor_nursery,
-                service_n=service_nursery,
-                debug_mode=debug_mode,
-            )
+            # setup service mngr singleton instance
+            async with AsyncExitStack() as stack:
 
-            yield _services
+                # assign globally for future daemon/task creation
+                _services = Services(
+                    actor_n=actor_nursery,
+                    service_n=service_nursery,
+                    debug_mode=debug_mode,
+                    ctx_stack=stack,
+                )
+
+                yield _services
 
 
 @asynccontextmanager
@@ -195,17 +224,19 @@ async def spawn_brokerd(
     # call with and then have the ability to unwind the call whenevs.
 
     # non-blocking setup of brokerd service nursery
-    _services.service_n.start_soon(
-        partial(
-            portal.run,
-            _setup_persistent_brokerd,
-            brokername=brokername,
-        )
+    await _services.open_remote_ctx(
+        portal,
+        _setup_persistent_brokerd,
+        brokername=brokername,
     )
 
     return dname
 
 
+class Brokerd:
+    locks = defaultdict(trio.Lock)
+
+
 @asynccontextmanager
 async def maybe_spawn_brokerd(
 
@@ -224,9 +255,15 @@ async def maybe_spawn_brokerd(
 
     dname = f'brokerd.{brokername}'
 
+    # serialize access to this section to avoid
+    # 2 or more tasks racing to create a daemon
+    lock = Brokerd.locks[brokername]
+    await lock.acquire()
+
     # attach to existing brokerd if possible
     async with tractor.find_actor(dname) as portal:
         if portal is not None:
+            lock.release()
             yield portal
             return
 
@@ -251,6 +288,7 @@ async def maybe_spawn_brokerd(
             )
 
         async with tractor.wait_for_actor(dname) as portal:
+            lock.release()
             yield portal
 
 

piker/data/feed.py

@@ -116,7 +116,11 @@ def get_feed_bus(
     return _bus
 
 
-async def _setup_persistent_brokerd(brokername:  str) -> None:
+@tractor.context
+async def _setup_persistent_brokerd(
+    ctx: tractor.Context,
+    brokername: str
+) -> None:
     """Allocate a actor-wide service nursery in ``brokerd``
     such that feeds can be run in the background persistently by
     the broker backend as needed.
@@ -129,6 +133,9 @@ async def _setup_persistent_brokerd(brokername:  str) -> None:
             # background tasks from clients
             bus = get_feed_bus(brokername, service_nursery)
 
+            # unblock caller
+            await ctx.started()
+
             # we pin this task to keep the feeds manager active until the
             # parent actor decides to tear it down
             await trio.sleep_forever()
@@ -232,7 +239,7 @@ async def attach_feed_bus(
     brokername: str,
     symbol: str,
     loglevel: str,
-):
+) -> None:
 
     # try:
     if loglevel is None:
@@ -274,6 +281,8 @@ async def attach_feed_bus(
 
     # send this even to subscribers to existing feed?
     await ctx.send_yield(init_msg)
+
+    # deliver a first quote asap
     await ctx.send_yield(first_quote)
 
     if sub_only: