avoid close 'nil' panics if any (#18890)

brings a generic implementation that
prints a stack trace for 'nil' channel
closes(), if not safely closes it.

cmd/admin-handlers.go

@@ -2657,7 +2657,7 @@ func fetchHealthInfo(healthCtx context.Context, objectAPI ObjectLayer, query *ur
 	}
 
 	go func() {
-		defer close(healthInfoCh)
+		defer xioutil.SafeClose(healthInfoCh)
 
 		partialWrite(healthInfo) // Write first message with only version and deployment id populated
 		getAndWritePlatformInfo()
@@ -3046,7 +3046,7 @@ func getClusterMetaInfo(ctx context.Context) []byte {
 	resultCh := make(chan madmin.ClusterRegistrationInfo)
 
 	go func() {
-		defer close(resultCh)
+		defer xioutil.SafeClose(resultCh)
 
 		ci := madmin.ClusterRegistrationInfo{}
 		ci.Info.NoOfServerPools = len(globalEndpoints)

cmd/admin-heal-ops.go

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 )
 
@@ -800,7 +801,7 @@ func (h *healSequence) healItems(objAPI ObjectLayer, bucketsOnly bool) error {
 func (h *healSequence) traverseAndHeal(objAPI ObjectLayer) {
 	bucketsOnly := false // Heals buckets and objects also.
 	h.traverseAndHealDoneCh <- h.healItems(objAPI, bucketsOnly)
-	close(h.traverseAndHealDoneCh)
+	xioutil.SafeClose(h.traverseAndHealDoneCh)
 }
 
 // healMinioSysMeta - heals all files under a given meta prefix, returns a function

cmd/batch-expire.go

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7/pkg/tags"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/bucket/versioning"
 	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/internal/http"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/env"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/wildcard"
@@ -648,7 +649,7 @@ func (r *BatchJobExpire) Start(ctx context.Context, api ObjectLayer, job BatchJo
 		case expireCh <- toDel:
 		}
 	}
-	close(expireCh)
+	xioutil.SafeClose(expireCh)
 
 	wk.Wait() // waits for all expire goroutines to complete
 
@@ -658,7 +659,7 @@ func (r *BatchJobExpire) Start(ctx context.Context, api ObjectLayer, job BatchJo
 
 	// Close the saverQuitCh - this also triggers saving in-memory state
 	// immediately one last time before we exit this method.
-	close(saverQuitCh)
+	xioutil.SafeClose(saverQuitCh)
 
 	// Notify expire jobs final status to the configured endpoint
 	buf, _ := json.Marshal(ri)

cmd/batch-handlers.go

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/hash"
 	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/internal/http"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/console"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/env"
@@ -545,7 +546,7 @@ func (r BatchJobReplicateV1) writeAsArchive(ctx context.Context, objAPI ObjectLa
 	}
 
 	go func() {
-		defer close(input)
+		defer xioutil.SafeClose(input)
 
 		for _, entry := range entries {
 			gr, err := objAPI.GetObjectNInfo(ctx, r.Source.Bucket,
@@ -1038,7 +1039,7 @@ func (r *BatchJobReplicateV1) Start(ctx context.Context, api ObjectLayer, job Ba
 
 	if !*r.Source.Snowball.Disable && r.Source.Type.isMinio() && r.Target.Type.isMinio() {
 		go func() {
-			defer close(slowCh)
+			defer xioutil.SafeClose(slowCh)
 
 			// Snowball currently needs the high level minio-go Client, not the Core one
 			cl, err := miniogo.New(u.Host, &miniogo.Options{
@@ -1809,7 +1810,7 @@ func (j *BatchJobPool) queueJob(req *BatchJobRequest) error {
 	select {
 	case <-j.ctx.Done():
 		j.once.Do(func() {
-			close(j.jobCh)
+			xioutil.SafeClose(j.jobCh)
 		})
 	case j.jobCh <- req:
 	default:

cmd/bucket-lifecycle.go

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/bucket/lifecycle"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/event"
 	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/internal/http"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/s3select"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/env"
@@ -118,8 +119,8 @@ func (es *expiryState) PendingTasks() int {
 // close closes work channels exactly once.
 func (es *expiryState) close() {
 	es.once.Do(func() {
-		close(es.byDaysCh)
-		close(es.byNewerNoncurrentCh)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(es.byDaysCh)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(es.byNewerNoncurrentCh)
 	})
 }
 

cmd/bucket-replication.go

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/event"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/hash"
 	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/internal/http"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/tinylib/msgp/msgp"
 	"github.com/zeebo/xxh3"
@@ -1894,7 +1895,7 @@ func (p *ReplicationPool) AddLargeWorkers() {
 	go func() {
 		<-p.ctx.Done()
 		for i := 0; i < LargeWorkerCount; i++ {
-			close(p.lrgworkers[i])
+			xioutil.SafeClose(p.lrgworkers[i])
 		}
 	}()
 }
@@ -1953,7 +1954,7 @@ func (p *ReplicationPool) ResizeWorkers(n, checkOld int) {
 	for len(p.workers) > n {
 		worker := p.workers[len(p.workers)-1]
 		p.workers = p.workers[:len(p.workers)-1]
-		close(worker)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(worker)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2755,7 +2756,7 @@ func (s *replicationResyncer) resyncBucket(ctx context.Context, objectAPI Object
 	}
 	workers := make([]chan ReplicateObjectInfo, resyncParallelRoutines)
 	resultCh := make(chan TargetReplicationResyncStatus, 1)
-	defer close(resultCh)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(resultCh)
 	go func() {
 		for r := range resultCh {
 			s.incStats(r, opts)
@@ -2867,7 +2868,7 @@ func (s *replicationResyncer) resyncBucket(ctx context.Context, objectAPI Object
 		}
 	}
 	for i := 0; i < resyncParallelRoutines; i++ {
-		close(workers[i])
+		xioutil.SafeClose(workers[i])
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
 	resyncStatus = ResyncCompleted
@@ -3123,7 +3124,7 @@ func getReplicationDiff(ctx context.Context, objAPI ObjectLayer, bucket string,
 	}
 	diffCh := make(chan madmin.DiffInfo, 4000)
 	go func() {
-		defer close(diffCh)
+		defer xioutil.SafeClose(diffCh)
 		for obj := range objInfoCh {
 			if contextCanceled(ctx) {
 				// Just consume input...
@@ -3316,7 +3317,7 @@ func (p *ReplicationPool) persistMRF() {
 			mTimer.Reset(mrfSaveInterval)
 		case <-p.ctx.Done():
 			p.mrfStopCh <- struct{}{}
-			close(p.mrfSaveCh)
+			xioutil.SafeClose(p.mrfSaveCh)
 			// We try to save if possible, but we don't care beyond that.
 			saveMRFToDisk()
 			return
@@ -3551,7 +3552,7 @@ func (p *ReplicationPool) getMRF(ctx context.Context, bucket string) (ch <-chan
 
 	mrfCh := make(chan madmin.ReplicationMRF, 100)
 	go func() {
-		defer close(mrfCh)
+		defer xioutil.SafeClose(mrfCh)
 		for vID, e := range mrfRec.Entries {
 			if bucket != "" && e.Bucket != bucket {
 				continue

cmd/data-scanner.go

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/color"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/config/heal"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/event"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/console"
 	uatomic "go.uber.org/atomic"
@@ -1479,7 +1480,7 @@ func (d *dynamicSleeper) Update(factor float64, maxWait time.Duration) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 	// Update values and cycle waiting.
-	close(d.cycle)
+	xioutil.SafeClose(d.cycle)
 	d.factor = factor
 	d.maxSleep = maxWait
 	d.cycle = make(chan struct{})

cmd/erasure-decode.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 )
 
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ func (p *parallelReader) Read(dst [][]byte) ([][]byte, error) {
 	}
 
 	readTriggerCh := make(chan bool, len(p.readers))
-	defer close(readTriggerCh) // close the channel upon return
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(readTriggerCh) // close the channel upon return
 
 	for i := 0; i < p.dataBlocks; i++ {
 		// Setup read triggers for p.dataBlocks number of reads so that it reads in parallel.

cmd/erasure-object.go

@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ func (er erasureObjects) getObjectFileInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object s
 	}
 
 	mrfCheck := make(chan FileInfo)
-	defer close(mrfCheck)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(mrfCheck)
 
 	var rw sync.Mutex
 
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ func (er erasureObjects) getObjectFileInfo(ctx context.Context, bucket, object s
 		}
 
 		wg.Wait()
-		close(done)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(done)
 
 		fi, ok := <-mrfCheck
 		if !ok {

cmd/erasure-server-pool-rebalance.go

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v4"
 	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/hash"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/env"
 )
@@ -372,7 +373,7 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) IsPoolRebalancing(poolIndex int) bool {
 
 func (z *erasureServerPools) rebalanceBuckets(ctx context.Context, poolIdx int) (err error) {
 	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
-	defer close(doneCh)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(doneCh)
 
 	// Save rebalance.bin periodically.
 	go func() {

cmd/erasure-server-pool.go

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7/pkg/tags"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/bpool"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/config/storageclass"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/sync/errgroup"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/wildcard"
@@ -653,7 +654,7 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) StorageInfo(ctx context.Context, metrics bool) Stor
 
 func (z *erasureServerPools) NSScanner(ctx context.Context, updates chan<- DataUsageInfo, wantCycle uint32, healScanMode madmin.HealScanMode) error {
 	// Updates must be closed before we return.
-	defer close(updates)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(updates)
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	defer cancel()
@@ -680,7 +681,7 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) NSScanner(ctx context.Context, updates chan<- DataU
 			results = append(results, dataUsageCache{})
 			go func(i int, erObj *erasureObjects) {
 				updates := make(chan dataUsageCache, 1)
-				defer close(updates)
+				defer xioutil.SafeClose(updates)
 				// Start update collector.
 				go func() {
 					defer wg.Done()
@@ -739,7 +740,7 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) NSScanner(ctx context.Context, updates chan<- DataU
 				return
 			case v := <-updateCloser:
 				update()
-				close(v)
+				xioutil.SafeClose(v)
 				return
 			case <-updateTicker.C:
 				update()
@@ -1957,7 +1958,7 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) HealBucket(ctx context.Context, bucket string, opts
 func (z *erasureServerPools) Walk(ctx context.Context, bucket, prefix string, results chan<- ObjectInfo, opts WalkOptions) error {
 	if err := checkListObjsArgs(ctx, bucket, prefix, "", z); err != nil {
 		// Upon error close the channel.
-		close(results)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(results)
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -1966,7 +1967,7 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) Walk(ctx context.Context, bucket, prefix string, re
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	go func() {
 		defer cancel()
-		defer close(results)
+		defer xioutil.SafeClose(results)
 
 		for _, erasureSet := range z.serverPools {
 			var wg sync.WaitGroup

cmd/erasure-sets.go

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7/pkg/set"
 	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7/pkg/tags"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/dsync"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/console"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/sync/errgroup"
@@ -667,10 +668,10 @@ func (s *erasureSets) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
 	select {
 	case _, ok := <-s.setReconnectEvent:
 		if ok {
-			close(s.setReconnectEvent)
+			xioutil.SafeClose(s.setReconnectEvent)
 		}
 	default:
-		close(s.setReconnectEvent)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(s.setReconnectEvent)
 	}
 	return nil
 }

cmd/erasure.go

@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ func (er erasureObjects) nsScanner(ctx context.Context, buckets []BucketInfo, wa
 			bucketCh <- b
 		}
 	}
-	close(bucketCh)
+	xioutil.SafeClose(bucketCh)
 
 	bucketResults := make(chan dataUsageEntryInfo, len(disks))
 
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ func (er erasureObjects) nsScanner(ctx context.Context, buckets []BucketInfo, wa
 		}(i)
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
-	close(bucketResults)
+	xioutil.SafeClose(bucketResults)
 	saverWg.Wait()
 
 	return nil

cmd/ftp-server-driver.go

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7"
 	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7/pkg/credentials"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/auth"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	ftp "goftp.io/server/v2"
 )
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ func (driver *ftpDriver) DeleteDir(ctx *ftp.Context, path string) (err error) {
 
 	// Send object names that are needed to be removed to objectsCh
 	go func() {
-		defer close(objectsCh)
+		defer xioutil.SafeClose(objectsCh)
 		opts := minio.ListObjectsOptions{
 			Prefix:    prefix,
 			Recursive: true,

cmd/global-heal.go

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/color"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/config/storageclass"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/console"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/wildcard"
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@ func (er *erasureObjects) healErasureSet(ctx context.Context, buckets []string,
 			finished: nil,
 		})
 		jt.Wait() // synchronize all the concurrent heal jobs
-		close(results)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(results)
 		if err != nil {
 			// Set this such that when we return this function
 			// we let the caller retry this disk again for the

cmd/iam-object-store.go

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3"
 	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7/pkg/set"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/config"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/kms"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 )
@@ -575,7 +576,7 @@ func listIAMConfigItems(ctx context.Context, objAPI ObjectLayer, pathPrefix stri
 	ch := make(chan itemOrErr)
 
 	go func() {
-		defer close(ch)
+		defer xioutil.SafeClose(ch)
 
 		// Allocate new results channel to receive ObjectInfo.
 		objInfoCh := make(chan ObjectInfo)

cmd/iam.go

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/config/policy/opa"
 	polplugin "github.com/minio/minio/internal/config/policy/plugin"
 	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/internal/http"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/jwt"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/policy"
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ func (sys *IAMSys) Load(ctx context.Context, firstTime bool) error {
 	select {
 	case <-sys.configLoaded:
 	default:
-		close(sys.configLoaded)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(sys.configLoaded)
 	}
 	return nil
 }

cmd/metacache-entries.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/console"
 )
@@ -659,7 +660,7 @@ func (m *metaCacheEntriesSorted) forwardPast(s string) {
 // If the context is canceled the function will return the error,
 // otherwise the function will return nil.
 func mergeEntryChannels(ctx context.Context, in []chan metaCacheEntry, out chan<- metaCacheEntry, readQuorum int) error {
-	defer close(out)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(out)
 	top := make([]*metaCacheEntry, len(in))
 	nDone := 0
 	ctxDone := ctx.Done()

cmd/metacache-server-pool.go

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 )
 
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) listMerged(ctx context.Context, o listPathOptions,
 // When 'in' is closed or the context is canceled the
 // function closes 'out' and exits.
 func applyBucketActions(ctx context.Context, o listPathOptions, in <-chan metaCacheEntry, out chan<- metaCacheEntry) {
-	defer close(out)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(out)
 
 	for {
 		var obj metaCacheEntry
@@ -472,16 +473,16 @@ func (z *erasureServerPools) listAndSave(ctx context.Context, o *listPathOptions
 				funcReturnedMu.Unlock()
 				outCh <- entry
 				if returned {
-					close(outCh)
+					xioutil.SafeClose(outCh)
 				}
 			}
 			entry.reusable = returned
 			saveCh <- entry
 		}
 		if !returned {
-			close(outCh)
+			xioutil.SafeClose(outCh)
 		}
-		close(saveCh)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(saveCh)
 	}()
 
 	return filteredResults()

cmd/metacache-set.go

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/bucket/versioning"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/color"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/hash"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/console"
 )
@@ -679,7 +680,7 @@ func getQuorumDisks(disks []StorageAPI, infos []DiskInfo, readQuorum int) (newDi
 
 // Will return io.EOF if continuing would not yield more results.
 func (er *erasureObjects) listPath(ctx context.Context, o listPathOptions, results chan<- metaCacheEntry) (err error) {
-	defer close(results)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(results)
 	o.debugf(color.Green("listPath:")+" with options: %#v", o)
 
 	// get prioritized non-healing disks for listing

cmd/metacache-stream.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/s2"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/tinylib/msgp/msgp"
 	"github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool"
@@ -550,7 +551,7 @@ func (r *metacacheReader) readAll(ctx context.Context, dst chan<- metaCacheEntry
 	if r.err != nil {
 		return r.err
 	}
-	defer close(dst)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(dst)
 	if r.current.name != "" {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():

cmd/metacache-walk.go

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (s *xlStorage) WalkDir(ctx context.Context, opts WalkDirOptions, wr io.Writ
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer close(out)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(out)
 	var objsReturned int
 
 	objReturned := func(metadata []byte) {

cmd/metrics-v2.go

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/kes-go"
 	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/bucket/lifecycle"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/mcontext"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/rest"
@@ -1724,7 +1725,7 @@ func getGoMetrics() *MetricsGroup {
 func getHistogramMetrics(hist *prometheus.HistogramVec, desc MetricDescription) []Metric {
 	ch := make(chan prometheus.Metric)
 	go func() {
-		defer close(ch)
+		defer xioutil.SafeClose(ch)
 		// Collects prometheus metrics from hist and sends it over ch
 		hist.Collect(ch)
 	}()
@@ -3881,7 +3882,7 @@ func (c *minioClusterCollector) Collect(out chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 func ReportMetrics(ctx context.Context, metricsGroups []*MetricsGroup) <-chan Metric {
 	ch := make(chan Metric)
 	go func() {
-		defer close(ch)
+		defer xioutil.SafeClose(ch)
 		populateAndPublish(metricsGroups, func(m Metric) bool {
 			if m.VariableLabels == nil {
 				m.VariableLabels = make(map[string]string)

cmd/notification.go

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2"
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zip"
 	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	xnet "github.com/minio/pkg/v2/net"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/sync/errgroup"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/workers"
@@ -1263,7 +1264,7 @@ func (sys *NotificationSys) collectPeerMetrics(ctx context.Context, peerChannels
 	}
 	go func(wg *sync.WaitGroup, ch chan Metric) {
 		wg.Wait()
-		close(ch)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(ch)
 	}(&wg, ch)
 	return ch
 }
@@ -1488,7 +1489,7 @@ func (sys *NotificationSys) DriveSpeedTest(ctx context.Context, opts madmin.Driv
 
 	go func(wg *sync.WaitGroup, ch chan madmin.DriveSpeedTestResult) {
 		wg.Wait()
-		close(ch)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(ch)
 	}(&wg, ch)
 
 	return ch
@@ -1616,7 +1617,7 @@ func (sys *NotificationSys) GetReplicationMRF(ctx context.Context, bucket, node
 	}(mrfCh)
 	go func(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 		wg.Wait()
-		close(mrfCh)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(mrfCh)
 	}(&wg)
 	return mrfCh, nil
 }

cmd/object-api-utils.go

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/hash"
 	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/internal/http"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/trie"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/wildcard"
@@ -1081,7 +1082,7 @@ func newS2CompressReader(r io.Reader, on int64, encrypted bool) (rc io.ReadClose
 	comp := s2.NewWriter(pw, opts...)
 	indexCh := make(chan []byte, 1)
 	go func() {
-		defer close(indexCh)
+		defer xioutil.SafeClose(indexCh)
 		cn, err := io.Copy(comp, r)
 		if err != nil {
 			comp.Close()

cmd/peer-rest-client.go

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/bucket/bandwidth"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/event"
 	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/internal/http"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/rest"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/logger/message/log"
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ func (client *peerRESTClient) GetResourceMetrics(ctx context.Context) (<-chan Me
 	go func(ch chan<- Metric) {
 		defer func() {
 			xhttp.DrainBody(respBody)
-			close(ch)
+			xioutil.SafeClose(ch)
 		}()
 		for {
 			var metric Metric
@@ -625,7 +626,7 @@ func (client *peerRESTClient) doTrace(traceCh chan<- madmin.TraceInfo, doneCh <-
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(GlobalContext)
 
 	cancelCh := make(chan struct{})
-	defer close(cancelCh)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(cancelCh)
 	go func() {
 		select {
 		case <-doneCh:
@@ -663,7 +664,7 @@ func (client *peerRESTClient) doListen(listenCh chan<- event.Event, doneCh <-cha
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(GlobalContext)
 
 	cancelCh := make(chan struct{})
-	defer close(cancelCh)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(cancelCh)
 	go func() {
 		select {
 		case <-doneCh:
@@ -733,7 +734,7 @@ func (client *peerRESTClient) doConsoleLog(logCh chan log.Info, doneCh <-chan st
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(GlobalContext)
 
 	cancelCh := make(chan struct{})
-	defer close(cancelCh)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(cancelCh)
 	go func() {
 		select {
 		case <-doneCh:
@@ -860,7 +861,7 @@ func (client *peerRESTClient) GetPeerMetrics(ctx context.Context) (<-chan Metric
 	go func(ch chan<- Metric) {
 		defer func() {
 			xhttp.DrainBody(respBody)
-			close(ch)
+			xioutil.SafeClose(ch)
 		}()
 		for {
 			var metric Metric
@@ -887,7 +888,7 @@ func (client *peerRESTClient) GetPeerBucketMetrics(ctx context.Context) (<-chan
 	go func(ch chan<- Metric) {
 		defer func() {
 			xhttp.DrainBody(respBody)
-			close(ch)
+			xioutil.SafeClose(ch)
 		}()
 		for {
 			var metric Metric
@@ -1025,7 +1026,7 @@ func (client *peerRESTClient) GetReplicationMRF(ctx context.Context, bucket stri
 	go func(ch chan madmin.ReplicationMRF) {
 		defer func() {
 			xhttp.DrainBody(respBody)
-			close(ch)
+			xioutil.SafeClose(ch)
 		}()
 		for {
 			var entry madmin.ReplicationMRF

cmd/peer-rest-server.go

@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ func (s *peerRESTServer) ConsoleLogHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reques
 	}
 
 	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
-	defer close(doneCh)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(doneCh)
 
 	ch := make(chan log.Info, 100000)
 	err := globalConsoleSys.Subscribe(ch, doneCh, "", 0, madmin.LogMaskAll, nil)
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ func (s *peerRESTServer) GetBandwidth(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	bucketsString := r.Form.Get("buckets")
 
 	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
-	defer close(doneCh)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(doneCh)
 
 	selectBuckets := b.SelectBuckets(strings.Split(bucketsString, ",")...)
 	report := globalBucketMonitor.GetReport(selectBuckets)

cmd/perf-tests.go

@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func netperf(ctx context.Context, duration time.Duration) madmin.NetperfNodeResu
 	}
 
 	time.Sleep(duration)
-	close(r.eof)
+	xioutil.SafeClose(r.eof)
 	wg.Wait()
 	for {
 		if globalNetPerfRX.ActiveConnections() == 0 {
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ func siteNetperf(ctx context.Context, duration time.Duration) madmin.SiteNetPerf
 	}
 
 	time.Sleep(duration)
-	close(r.eof)
+	xioutil.SafeClose(r.eof)
 	wg.Wait()
 	for {
 		if globalSiteNetPerfRX.ActiveConnections() == 0 || contextCanceled(ctx) {

cmd/server-main.go

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/handlers"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/hash/sha256"
 	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/internal/http"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/certs"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/env"
@@ -737,7 +738,7 @@ func serverMain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 			logger.Fatal(config.ErrUnexpectedError(err), "Unable to configure one of server's RPC services")
 		}
 		// Allow grid to start after registering all services.
-		close(globalGridStart)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(globalGridStart)
 
 		httpServer := xhttp.NewServer(getServerListenAddrs()).
 			UseHandler(setCriticalErrorHandler(corsHandler(handler))).

cmd/service.go

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
 	"syscall"
+
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 )
 
 // Type of service signals currently supported.
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ func unfreezeServices() {
 		if val := globalServiceFreeze.Swap(_ch); val != nil {
 			if ch, ok := val.(chan struct{}); ok && ch != nil {
 				// Close previous non-nil channel.
-				close(ch)
+				xioutil.SafeClose(ch)
 			}
 		}
 		globalServiceFreezeCnt = 0 // Don't risk going negative.

cmd/sftp-server-driver.go

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7"
 	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7/pkg/credentials"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/auth"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/pkg/sftp"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ func (f *sftpDriver) Filecmd(r *sftp.Request) (err error) {
 
 		// Send object names that are needed to be removed to objectsCh
 		go func() {
-			defer close(objectsCh)
+			defer xioutil.SafeClose(objectsCh)
 			opts := minio.ListObjectsOptions{
 				Prefix:    prefix,
 				Recursive: true,

cmd/speedtest.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/minio/dperf/pkg/dperf"
 	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 )
 
 const speedTest = "speedtest"
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ type speedTestOpts struct {
 func objectSpeedTest(ctx context.Context, opts speedTestOpts) chan madmin.SpeedTestResult {
 	ch := make(chan madmin.SpeedTestResult, 1)
 	go func() {
-		defer close(ch)
+		defer xioutil.SafeClose(ch)
 
 		concurrency := opts.concurrencyStart
 

cmd/storage-interface.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 )
 
 // StorageAPI interface.
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ func (p *unrecognizedDisk) StatInfoFile(ctx context.Context, volume, path string
 }
 
 func (p *unrecognizedDisk) ReadMultiple(ctx context.Context, req ReadMultipleReq, resp chan<- ReadMultipleResp) error {
-	close(resp)
+	xioutil.SafeClose(resp)
 	return errDiskNotFound
 }
 

cmd/storage-rest-client.go

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/grid"
 	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/internal/http"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/rest"
 	xnet "github.com/minio/pkg/v2/net"
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) Healing() *healingTracker {
 func (client *storageRESTClient) NSScanner(ctx context.Context, cache dataUsageCache, updates chan<- dataUsageEntry, scanMode madmin.HealScanMode, _ func() bool) (dataUsageCache, error) {
 	atomic.AddInt32(&client.scanning, 1)
 	defer atomic.AddInt32(&client.scanning, -1)
-	defer close(updates)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(updates)
 
 	st, err := storageNSScannerHandler.Call(ctx, client.gridConn, &nsScannerOptions{
 		DiskID:   client.diskID,
@@ -771,7 +772,7 @@ func (client *storageRESTClient) StatInfoFile(ctx context.Context, volume, path
 // The resp channel is closed before the call returns.
 // Only a canceled context or network errors returns an error.
 func (client *storageRESTClient) ReadMultiple(ctx context.Context, req ReadMultipleReq, resp chan<- ReadMultipleResp) error {
-	defer close(resp)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(resp)
 	body, err := req.MarshalMsg(nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

cmd/storage-rest-server.go

@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ func (c *closeNotifier) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	n, err = c.rc.Read(p)
 	if err != nil {
 		if c.done != nil {
-			close(c.done)
+			xioutil.SafeClose(c.done)
 			c.done = nil
 		}
 	}
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ func (c *closeNotifier) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 
 func (c *closeNotifier) Close() error {
 	if c.done != nil {
-		close(c.done)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(c.done)
 		c.done = nil
 	}
 	return c.rc.Close()
@@ -826,10 +826,10 @@ func keepHTTPReqResponseAlive(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (resp func
 			} else {
 				write([]byte{0})
 			}
-			close(doneCh)
+			xioutil.SafeClose(doneCh)
 			return
 		}
-		defer close(doneCh)
+		defer xioutil.SafeClose(doneCh)
 		// Initiate ticker after body has been read.
 		ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second * 10)
 		for {
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ func keepHTTPResponseAlive(w http.ResponseWriter) func(error) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		defer close(doneCh)
+		defer xioutil.SafeClose(doneCh)
 		ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second * 10)
 		defer ticker.Stop()
 		for {
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ func streamHTTPResponse(w http.ResponseWriter) *httpStreamResponse {
 				} else {
 					write([]byte{0})
 				}
-				close(doneCh)
+				xioutil.SafeClose(doneCh)
 				return
 			case block := <-blockCh:
 				var tmp [5]byte

cmd/xl-storage-disk-id-check.go

@@ -279,12 +279,12 @@ func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) Healing() *healingTracker {
 
 func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) NSScanner(ctx context.Context, cache dataUsageCache, updates chan<- dataUsageEntry, scanMode madmin.HealScanMode, _ func() bool) (dataUsageCache, error) {
 	if contextCanceled(ctx) {
-		close(updates)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(updates)
 		return dataUsageCache{}, ctx.Err()
 	}
 
 	if err := p.checkDiskStale(); err != nil {
-		close(updates)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(updates)
 		return dataUsageCache{}, err
 	}
 
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) StatInfoFile(ctx context.Context, volume, path st
 func (p *xlStorageDiskIDCheck) ReadMultiple(ctx context.Context, req ReadMultipleReq, resp chan<- ReadMultipleResp) (err error) {
 	ctx, done, err := p.TrackDiskHealth(ctx, storageMetricReadMultiple, req.Bucket, req.Prefix)
 	if err != nil {
-		close(resp)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(resp)
 		return err
 	}
 	defer done(&err)

cmd/xl-storage.go

@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ func (s *xlStorage) NSScanner(ctx context.Context, cache dataUsageCache, updates
 	}()
 
 	// Updates must be closed before we return.
-	defer close(updates)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(updates)
 	var lc *lifecycle.Lifecycle
 
 	// Check if the current bucket has a configured lifecycle policy
@@ -2803,7 +2803,7 @@ func (s *xlStorage) VerifyFile(ctx context.Context, volume, path string, fi File
 // The resp channel is closed before the call returns.
 // Only a canceled context will return an error.
 func (s *xlStorage) ReadMultiple(ctx context.Context, req ReadMultipleReq, resp chan<- ReadMultipleResp) error {
-	defer close(resp)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(resp)
 
 	volumeDir := pathJoin(s.drivePath, req.Bucket)
 	found := 0

internal/dsync/drwmutex.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/mcontext"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/console"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/v2/env"
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ func refreshLock(ctx context.Context, ds *Dsync, id, source string, quorum int)
 	// We may have some unused results in ch, release them async.
 	go func() {
 		wg.Wait()
-		close(ch)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(ch)
 		for range ch {
 		}
 	}()
@@ -528,7 +529,7 @@ func lock(ctx context.Context, ds *Dsync, locks *[]string, id, source string, is
 	// We may have some unused results in ch, release them async.
 	go func() {
 		wg.Wait()
-		close(ch)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(ch)
 		for grantToBeReleased := range ch {
 			if grantToBeReleased.isLocked() {
 				// release abandoned lock

internal/grid/connection.go

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gobwas/ws/wsutil"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/pubsub"
 	"github.com/tinylib/msgp/msgp"
@@ -449,7 +450,7 @@ func (c *Connection) WaitForConnect(ctx context.Context) error {
 	defer cancel()
 	changed := make(chan State, 1)
 	go func() {
-		defer close(changed)
+		defer xioutil.SafeClose(changed)
 		for {
 			c.connChange.Wait()
 			newState := c.State()

internal/grid/debug.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/mux"
 )
 
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ func SetupTestGrid(n int) (*TestGrid, error) {
 		res.Listeners = append(res.Listeners, listeners[i])
 		res.Mux = append(res.Mux, m)
 	}
-	close(ready)
+	xioutil.SafeClose(ready)
 	for _, m := range res.Managers {
 		for _, remote := range m.Targets() {
 			if err := m.Connection(remote).WaitForConnect(ctx); err != nil {

internal/grid/handlers.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/hash/sha256"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/tinylib/msgp/msgp"
 )
@@ -579,7 +580,7 @@ func (h *StreamTypeHandler[Payload, Req, Resp]) register(m *Manager, handle func
 				// Don't add extra buffering
 				inT = make(chan Req)
 				go func() {
-					defer close(inT)
+					defer xioutil.SafeClose(inT)
 					for {
 						select {
 						case <-ctx.Done():
@@ -607,7 +608,7 @@ func (h *StreamTypeHandler[Payload, Req, Resp]) register(m *Manager, handle func
 			outT := make(chan Resp)
 			outDone := make(chan struct{})
 			go func() {
-				defer close(outDone)
+				defer xioutil.SafeClose(outDone)
 				dropOutput := false
 				for v := range outT {
 					if dropOutput {
@@ -629,7 +630,7 @@ func (h *StreamTypeHandler[Payload, Req, Resp]) register(m *Manager, handle func
 				}
 			}()
 			rErr := handle(ctx, plT, inT, outT)
-			close(outT)
+			xioutil.SafeClose(outT)
 			<-outDone
 			return rErr
 		}, OutCapacity: h.OutCapacity, InCapacity: h.InCapacity, Subroute: strings.Join(subroute, "/"),
@@ -695,7 +696,7 @@ func (h *StreamTypeHandler[Payload, Req, Resp]) Call(ctx context.Context, c Stre
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("internal error: stream request channel nil")
 		}
 		go func() {
-			defer close(stream.Requests)
+			defer xioutil.SafeClose(stream.Requests)
 			for req := range reqT {
 				b, err := req.MarshalMsg(GetByteBuffer()[:0])
 				if err != nil {
@@ -706,7 +707,7 @@ func (h *StreamTypeHandler[Payload, Req, Resp]) Call(ctx context.Context, c Stre
 			}
 		}()
 	} else if stream.Requests != nil {
-		close(stream.Requests)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(stream.Requests)
 	}
 
 	return &TypedStream[Req, Resp]{responses: stream, newResp: h.NewResponse, Requests: reqT}, nil

internal/grid/muxclient.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 	"github.com/zeebo/xxh3"
 )
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ func (m *muxClient) handleOneWayStream(start time.Time, respHandler chan<- Respo
 			fmt.Println("Mux", m.MuxID, "Request took", time.Since(start).Round(time.Millisecond))
 		}()
 	}
-	defer close(respHandler)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(respHandler)
 	var pingTimer <-chan time.Time
 	if m.deadline == 0 || m.deadline > clientPingInterval {
 		ticker := time.NewTicker(clientPingInterval)
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ func (m *muxClient) handleOneWayStream(start time.Time, respHandler chan<- Respo
 
 func (m *muxClient) handleTwowayResponses(responseCh chan Response, responses chan Response) {
 	defer m.parent.deleteMux(false, m.MuxID)
-	defer close(responseCh)
+	defer xioutil.SafeClose(responseCh)
 	for resp := range responses {
 		responseCh <- resp
 		m.send(message{Op: OpUnblockSrvMux, MuxID: m.MuxID})
@@ -534,7 +535,7 @@ func (m *muxClient) closeLocked() {
 		return
 	}
 	if m.respWait != nil {
-		close(m.respWait)
+		xioutil.SafeClose(m.respWait)
 		m.respWait = nil
 	}
 	m.closed = true

internal/grid/muxserver.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 )
 
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ func newMuxStream(ctx context.Context, msg message, c *Connection, handler Strea
 		m.inbound = make(chan []byte, inboundCap)
 		handlerIn = make(chan []byte, 1)
 		go func(inbound <-chan []byte) {
-			defer close(handlerIn)
+			defer xioutil.SafeClose(handlerIn)
 			// Send unblocks when we have delivered the message to the handler.
 			for in := range inbound {
 				handlerIn <- in
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ func newMuxStream(ctx context.Context, msg message, c *Connection, handler Strea
 			if debugPrint {
 				fmt.Println("muxServer: Mux", m.ID, "Returned with", handlerErr)
 			}
-			close(send)
+			xioutil.SafeClose(send)
 		}()
 		// handlerErr is guarded by 'send' channel.
 		handlerErr = handler.Handle(ctx, msg.Payload, handlerIn, send)
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ func (m *muxServer) message(msg message) {
 			logger.LogIf(m.ctx, fmt.Errorf("muxServer: EOF message with payload"))
 		}
 		if m.inbound != nil {
-			close(m.inbound)
+			xioutil.SafeClose(m.inbound)
 			m.inbound = nil
 		}
 		return
@@ -324,12 +325,9 @@ func (m *muxServer) close() {
 	m.cancel()
 	m.recvMu.Lock()
 	defer m.recvMu.Unlock()
-	if m.inbound != nil {
-		close(m.inbound)
+	xioutil.SafeClose(m.inbound)
 	m.inbound = nil
-	}
-	if m.outBlock != nil {
-		close(m.outBlock)
+
+	xioutil.SafeClose(m.outBlock)
 	m.outBlock = nil
 }
-}

internal/ioutil/ioutil.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"runtime/debug"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -418,3 +419,13 @@ func CopyAligned(w io.Writer, r io.Reader, alignedBuf []byte, totalSize int64, f
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// SafeClose safely closes any channel of any type
+func SafeClose[T any](c chan<- T) {
+	if c != nil {
+		close(c)
+	}
+	// Print stack to check who is sending `c` as `nil`
+	// without crashing the server.
+	debug.PrintStack()
+}

internal/logger/target/http/http.go

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	xhttp "github.com/minio/minio/internal/http"
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger/target/types"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/once"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/store"
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@ func (h *Target) Cancel() {
 	// and finish the existing ones.
 	// All future ones will be discarded.
 	h.logChMu.Lock()
-	close(h.logCh)
+	xioutil.SafeClose(h.logCh)
 	h.logCh = nil
 	h.logChMu.Unlock()
 

internal/logger/target/kafka/kafka.go

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/IBM/sarama"
 	saramatls "github.com/IBM/sarama/tools/tls"
 
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger/target/types"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/once"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/store"
@@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ func (h *Target) Cancel() {
 	// and finish the existing ones.
 	// All future ones will be discarded.
 	h.logChMu.Lock()
-	close(h.logCh)
+	xioutil.SafeClose(h.logCh)
 	h.logCh = nil
 	h.logChMu.Unlock()
 

internal/store/store.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	xioutil "github.com/minio/minio/internal/ioutil"
 	xnet "github.com/minio/pkg/v2/net"
 )
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ func replayItems[I any](store Store[I], doneCh <-chan struct{}, log logger, id s
 	keyCh := make(chan Key)
 
 	go func() {
-		defer close(keyCh)
+		defer xioutil.SafeClose(keyCh)
 
 		retryTicker := time.NewTicker(retryInterval)
 		defer retryTicker.Stop()