feat(pubsub): Enable server side flow control by default with the option to turn it off (#3154)

* feat: Enable server side flow control by default with the option to turn it off

This change enables sending flow control settings automatically to the server.
If ReceiveSettings.MaxOutstandingMessages > 0 or ReceiveSettings.MaxOutstandingBytes > 0,
flow control will be enforced at the server side (in addition to the client side).

This behavior is enabled by default and ReceiveSettings.UseLegacyFlowControl can be set for users
who would like to opt-out of this feature in case they encounter issues with server side flow
control.

* Update subscription.go

* use unexported field in pulloptions

* use short variable declaration

Co-authored-by: Alex Hong <9397363+hongalex@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: fayssalmartanigcp

pubsub/iterator.go

@@ -76,7 +76,13 @@ type messageIterator struct {
 func newMessageIterator(subc *vkit.SubscriberClient, subName string, maxExtensionPeriod *time.Duration, po *pullOptions) *messageIterator {
 	var ps *pullStream
 	if !po.synchronous {
-		ps = newPullStream(context.Background(), subc.StreamingPull, subName, po.maxOutstandingMessages, po.maxOutstandingBytes)
+		maxMessages := po.maxOutstandingMessages
+		maxBytes := po.maxOutstandingBytes
+		if po.useLegacyFlowControl {
+			maxMessages = 0
+			maxBytes = 0
+		}
+		ps = newPullStream(context.Background(), subc.StreamingPull, subName, maxMessages, maxBytes)
 	}
 	// The period will update each tick based on the distribution of acks. We'll start by arbitrarily sending
 	// the first keepAlive halfway towards the minimum ack deadline.

pubsub/subscription.go

@@ -489,6 +489,12 @@ type ReceiveSettings struct {
 	// for unprocessed messages.
 	MaxOutstandingBytes int
 
+	// UseLegacyFlowControl disables enforcing flow control settings at the Cloud
+	// PubSub server and the less accurate method of only enforcing flow control
+	// at the client side is used.
+	// The default is false.
+	UseLegacyFlowControl bool
+
 	// NumGoroutines is the number of goroutines that each datastructure along
 	// the Receive path will spawn. Adjusting this value adjusts concurrency
 	// along the receive path.
@@ -820,6 +826,7 @@ func (s *Subscription) Receive(ctx context.Context, f func(context.Context, *Mes
 		synchronous:            s.ReceiveSettings.Synchronous,
 		maxOutstandingMessages: maxCount,
 		maxOutstandingBytes:    maxBytes,
+		useLegacyFlowControl:   s.ReceiveSettings.UseLegacyFlowControl,
 	}
 	fc := newFlowController(maxCount, maxBytes)
 
@@ -950,4 +957,5 @@ type pullOptions struct {
 	synchronous            bool
 	maxOutstandingMessages int
 	maxOutstandingBytes    int
+	useLegacyFlowControl   bool
 }