package timecache import ( "context" "sync" "time" ) var backgroundSweepInterval = time.Minute func background(ctx context.Context, lk sync.Locker, m map[string]time.Time) { ticker := time.NewTicker(backgroundSweepInterval) for { select { case now := <-ticker.C: sweep(lk, m, now) case <-ctx.Done(): ticker.Stop() return } } } func sweep(lk sync.Locker, m map[string]time.Time, now time.Time) { lk.Lock() for k, expiry := range m { if expiry.Before(now) { delete(m, k) } } lk.Unlock() }