Style fix: https://twitter.com/andrzejkrzywda/status/404943844896423937

app/controllers/posts_controller.rb

@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
     params = create_params
 
     key = params_key(params)
+    error_json = nil
 
-    result = DistributedMemoizer.memoize(key, 120) do
+    payload = DistributedMemoizer.memoize(key, 120) do
       post_creator = PostCreator.new(current_user, params)
       post = post_creator.create
       if post_creator.errors.present?
@@ -38,24 +39,21 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
         # If the post was spam, flag all the user's posts as spam
         current_user.flag_linked_posts_as_spam if post_creator.spam?
 
-        "e" << MultiJson.dump(errors: post_creator.errors.full_messages)
+        error_json = MultiJson.dump(errors: post_creator.errors.full_messages)
+        raise Discourse::InvalidPost
+
       else
         post_serializer = PostSerializer.new(post, scope: guardian, root: false)
         post_serializer.topic_slug = post.topic.slug if post.topic.present?
         post_serializer.draft_sequence = DraftSequence.current(current_user, post.topic.draft_key)
-        "s" << MultiJson.dump(post_serializer)
+        MultiJson.dump(post_serializer)
       end
     end
 
+    render json: payload
 
-    payload = result[1..-1]
-    if result[0] == "e"
-      # don't memoize errors
-      $redis.del(DistributedMemoizer.redis_key(key))
-      render json: payload, status: 422
-    else
-      render json: payload
-    end
+  rescue Discourse::InvalidPost
+    render json: error_json, status: 422
   end
 
   def update
@@ -157,7 +155,6 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
     posts.each {|p| guardian.ensure_can_delete!(p) }
 
     Post.transaction do
-      topic_id = posts.first.topic_id
       posts.each {|p| PostDestroyer.new(current_user, p).destroy }
     end
 

lib/discourse.rb

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ module Discourse
   # When ImageMagick is missing
   class ImageMagickMissing < Exception; end
 
+  class InvalidPost < Exception; end
+
   # Cross site request forgery
   class CSRF < Exception; end
 

lib/distributed_memoizer.rb

@@ -15,18 +15,25 @@ class DistributedMemoizer
 
       start = Time.new
       got_lock = false
-      while Time.new < start + MAX_WAIT && !got_lock
-        LOCK.synchronize do
-          got_lock = get_lock(redis,redis_lock_key)
-        end
-        sleep 0.001
-      end
 
-      unless result = redis.get(redis_key)
-        result = yield
-        redis.setex(redis_key, duration, result)
+      begin
+        while Time.new < start + MAX_WAIT && !got_lock
+          LOCK.synchronize do
+            got_lock = get_lock(redis,redis_lock_key)
+          end
+          sleep 0.001
+        end
+
+        unless result = redis.get(redis_key)
+          result = yield
+          redis.setex(redis_key, duration, result)
+        end
+
+      ensure
+        # NOTE: delete regardless so next one in does not need to wait MAX_WAIT
+        #   again
+        redis.del(redis_lock_key)
       end
-      redis.del(redis_lock_key)
     end
 
     result