Revert "EventEngine::RunAt - Subchannel connection retries (#29744)" (#29899)

This reverts commit f38ef257d2.

BUILD

@@ -3054,7 +3054,6 @@ grpc_cc_library(
         "absl/strings",
         "absl/strings:cord",
         "absl/strings:str_format",
-        "absl/time",
         "absl/types:optional",
         "absl/types:variant",
         "absl/status",
@@ -3071,7 +3070,6 @@ grpc_cc_library(
         "chunked_vector",
         "config",
         "debug_location",
-        "default_event_engine_factory_hdrs",
         "dual_ref_counted",
         "error",
         "gpr_base",

include/grpc/event_engine/event_engine.h

@@ -410,11 +410,6 @@ class EventEngine {
   /// If the associated callback has not been scheduled to run, it will be
   /// cancelled, and the associated std::function or \a Closure* will not be
   /// executed. In this case, Cancel will return true.
-  ///
-  /// Implementation note: closures should be destroyed in a timely manner after
-  /// execution or cancelliation (milliseconds), since any state bound to the
-  /// closure may need to be destroyed for things to progress (e.g., if a
-  /// closure holds a ref to some ref-counted object).
   virtual bool Cancel(TaskHandle handle) = 0;
 };
 

src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/subchannel.cc

@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 #include <utility>
 
 #include "absl/status/statusor.h"
-#include "absl/time/clock.h"
-#include "absl/time/time.h"
 
 #include <grpc/slice.h>
 #include <grpc/status.h>
@@ -52,7 +50,6 @@
 #include "src/core/lib/config/core_configuration.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/debug/stats.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/debug/trace.h"
-#include "src/core/lib/event_engine/event_engine_factory.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/gpr/alloc.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/gprpp/debug_location.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/gprpp/ref_counted_ptr.h"
@@ -85,7 +82,6 @@
                     GPR_ROUND_UP_TO_ALIGNMENT_SIZE(sizeof(SubchannelCall)))
 
 namespace grpc_core {
-using ::grpc_event_engine::experimental::GetDefaultEventEngine;
 
 TraceFlag grpc_trace_subchannel(false, "subchannel");
 DebugOnlyTraceFlag grpc_trace_subchannel_refcount(false, "subchannel_refcount");
@@ -652,6 +648,7 @@ Subchannel::Subchannel(SubchannelKey key,
   GRPC_STATS_INC_CLIENT_SUBCHANNELS_CREATED();
   GRPC_CLOSURE_INIT(&on_connecting_finished_, OnConnectingFinished, this,
                     grpc_schedule_on_exec_ctx);
+  GRPC_CLOSURE_INIT(&on_retry_timer_, OnRetryTimer, this, nullptr);
   // Check proxy mapper to determine address to connect to and channel
   // args to use.
   address_for_connect_ = key_.address();
@@ -788,15 +785,10 @@ void Subchannel::RequestConnection() {
 }
 
 void Subchannel::ResetBackoff() {
-  // Hold a ref to ensure cancellation and subsequent deletion of the closure
-  // does not eliminate the last ref and destroy the Subchannel before the
-  // method returns.
-  auto self = WeakRef(DEBUG_LOCATION, "ResetBackoff");
   MutexLock lock(&mu_);
   backoff_.Reset();
-  if (state_ == GRPC_CHANNEL_TRANSIENT_FAILURE &&
-      GetDefaultEventEngine()->Cancel(retry_timer_handle_)) {
-    OnRetryTimerLocked();
+  if (state_ == GRPC_CHANNEL_TRANSIENT_FAILURE) {
+    grpc_timer_cancel(&retry_timer_);
   } else if (state_ == GRPC_CHANNEL_CONNECTING) {
     next_attempt_time_ = ExecCtx::Get()->Now();
   }
@@ -881,9 +873,13 @@ void Subchannel::SetConnectivityStateLocked(grpc_connectivity_state state,
   health_watcher_map_.NotifyLocked(state, status);
 }
 
-void Subchannel::OnRetryTimer() {
-  MutexLock lock(&mu_);
-  OnRetryTimerLocked();
+void Subchannel::OnRetryTimer(void* arg, grpc_error_handle /*error*/) {
+  WeakRefCountedPtr<Subchannel> c(static_cast<Subchannel*>(arg));
+  {
+    MutexLock lock(&c->mu_);
+    c->OnRetryTimerLocked();
+  }
+  c.reset(DEBUG_LOCATION, "RetryTimer");
 }
 
 void Subchannel::OnRetryTimerLocked() {
@@ -943,8 +939,6 @@ void Subchannel::OnConnectingFinishedLocked(grpc_error_handle error) {
   if (connecting_result_.transport == nullptr || !PublishTransportLocked()) {
     const Duration time_until_next_attempt =
         next_attempt_time_ - ExecCtx::Get()->Now();
-    auto ee_deadline =
-        absl::Now() + absl::Milliseconds(time_until_next_attempt.millis());
     gpr_log(GPR_INFO,
             "subchannel %p %s: connect failed (%s), backing off for %" PRId64
             " ms",
@@ -952,12 +946,8 @@ void Subchannel::OnConnectingFinishedLocked(grpc_error_handle error) {
             time_until_next_attempt.millis());
     SetConnectivityStateLocked(GRPC_CHANNEL_TRANSIENT_FAILURE,
                                grpc_error_to_absl_status(error));
-    retry_timer_handle_ = GetDefaultEventEngine()->RunAt(
-        ee_deadline, [self = WeakRef(DEBUG_LOCATION, "RetryTimer")] {
-          ApplicationCallbackExecCtx callback_exec_ctx;
-          ExecCtx exec_ctx;
-          self->OnRetryTimer();
-        });
+    WeakRef(DEBUG_LOCATION, "RetryTimer").release();  // Ref held by callback.
+    grpc_timer_init(&retry_timer_, next_attempt_time_, &on_retry_timer_);
   }
   (void)GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(error);
 }

src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/subchannel.h

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "absl/status/status.h"
 #include "absl/types/optional.h"
 
-#include <grpc/event_engine/event_engine.h>
 #include <grpc/impl/codegen/connectivity_state.h>
 #include <grpc/impl/codegen/grpc_types.h>
 
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_fwd.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/polling_entity.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/resolved_address.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/timer.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/resource_quota/arena.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/slice/slice.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/transport/connectivity_state.h"
@@ -355,7 +355,8 @@ class Subchannel : public DualRefCounted<Subchannel> {
       ABSL_EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(mu_);
 
   // Methods for connection.
-  void OnRetryTimer() ABSL_LOCKS_EXCLUDED(mu_);
+  static void OnRetryTimer(void* arg, grpc_error_handle error)
+      ABSL_LOCKS_EXCLUDED(mu_);
   void OnRetryTimerLocked() ABSL_EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(mu_);
   void StartConnectingLocked() ABSL_EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(mu_);
   static void OnConnectingFinished(void* arg, grpc_error_handle error)
@@ -413,8 +414,8 @@ class Subchannel : public DualRefCounted<Subchannel> {
   // Backoff state.
   BackOff backoff_ ABSL_GUARDED_BY(mu_);
   Timestamp next_attempt_time_ ABSL_GUARDED_BY(mu_);
-  grpc_event_engine::experimental::EventEngine::TaskHandle retry_timer_handle_
-      ABSL_GUARDED_BY(mu_);
+  grpc_timer retry_timer_ ABSL_GUARDED_BY(mu_);
+  grpc_closure on_retry_timer_ ABSL_GUARDED_BY(mu_);
 
   // Keepalive time period (-1 for unset)
   int keepalive_time_ ABSL_GUARDED_BY(mu_) = -1;