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NullPointerException on stream cancellation  #757

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@SerCeMan

Hi, RSocket maintainers!

We noticed that in some cases we observe NPEs on cancelling streams. E.g.

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at io.rsocket.util.ByteBufPayload.sliceData(ByteBufPayload.java:149)
	at io.rsocket.RSocketRequester$3$1.hookOnNext(RSocketRequester.java:351)
	at io.rsocket.RSocketRequester$3$1.hookOnNext(RSocketRequester.java:333)
	at reactor.core.publisher.BaseSubscriber.onNext(BaseSubscriber.java:160)
	at io.rsocket.internal.RateLimitableRequestPublisher$InnerOperator.onNext(RateLimitableRequestPublisher.java:173)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxJust$WeakScalarSubscription.request(FluxJust.java:99)
	at io.rsocket.internal.RateLimitableRequestPublisher.requestN(RateLimitableRequestPublisher.java:124)
	at io.rsocket.internal.RateLimitableRequestPublisher.access$400(RateLimitableRequestPublisher.java:29)
	at io.rsocket.internal.RateLimitableRequestPublisher$InnerOperator.onSubscribe(RateLimitableRequestPublisher.java:167)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxJust.subscribe(FluxJust.java:70)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Flux.subscribe(Flux.java:8134)
	at io.rsocket.internal.RateLimitableRequestPublisher.subscribe(RateLimitableRequestPublisher.java:74)
	at io.rsocket.RSocketRequester$3.accept(RSocketRequester.java:332)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.request(FluxPeekFuseable.java:131)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.request(FluxPeekFuseable.java:137)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.request(FluxPeekFuseable.java:137)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxDoFinally$DoFinallySubscriber.request(FluxDoFinally.java:150)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxCancelOn$CancelSubscriber.request(FluxCancelOn.java:111)
	at reactor.core.publisher.LambdaSubscriber.onSubscribe(LambdaSubscriber.java:119)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxCancelOn$CancelSubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxCancelOn.java:70)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxDoFinally$DoFinallySubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxDoFinally.java:117)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxPeekFuseable.java:171)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxPeekFuseable.java:171)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxPeekFuseable$PeekFuseableSubscriber.onSubscribe(FluxPeekFuseable.java:171)
	at reactor.core.publisher.UnicastProcessor.subscribe(UnicastProcessor.java:422)
	at reactor.core.publisher.InternalFluxOperator.subscribe(InternalFluxOperator.java:53)
	at reactor.core.publisher.FluxDefer.subscribe(FluxDefer.java:54)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Flux.subscribe(Flux.java:8134)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Flux.subscribeWith(Flux.java:8298)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Flux.subscribe(Flux.java:8105)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Flux.subscribe(Flux.java:8032)
	at reactor.core.publisher.Flux.subscribe(Flux.java:7950)

Recently, I found a way to trigger this by subscribing on a cancelled stream twice, here's a reproducer.

  @Test
  public void testCancellation() {
    TcpServerTransport serverTransport = TcpServerTransport.create("localhost", 0);

    CloseableChannel server =
        RSocketFactory.receive()
            .acceptor((setup, rsocket) -> Mono.just(new EchoRSocket()))
            .transport(serverTransport)
            .start()
            .block(Duration.ofSeconds(10));

    TcpClientTransport transport = TcpClientTransport.create(server.address());

    RSocket client =
        RSocketFactory.connect().transport(transport).start().block(Duration.ofSeconds(10));

    Flux<Payload> channel = client.requestChannel(Flux.just(ByteBufPayload.create("foo")));
    Flux<Payload> channel = client.requestChannel(Flux.just(ByteBufPayload.create("foo")));
    channel.subscribe().dispose();
    // operates on a released payload
    channel.subscribe();
  }

However, I'm not entirely sure how a patch for this would look like. IIUC, cancelling Flux requests all elements, and the same payload gets processed twice after being released. However, maybe it's expected behaviour since the stream is cancelled.

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