Websocket freezes if disconnected abnormally - go

Question

I've created a simple websocket that publishes a JSON stream. I't works fine most of the time except for few cases where I think while looping through the clients to send them message, it gets hung up on a client that is being disconnected abnormally. What measure can I add to this code to mitigate it?
Client.go
import (
"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
)
type client struct {
socket *websocket.Conn
send chan *Message
}
func (c *client) read() {
defer c.socket.Close()
for {
_, _, err := c.socket.ReadMessage()
if err != nil {
log.Info("Websocket: %s", err)
break
}
}
}
func (c *client) write() {
defer c.socket.Close()
for msg := range c.send {
err := c.socket.WriteJSON(msg)
if err != nil {
break
}
}
}
Stream.go
import (
"net/http"
"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
)
const (
socketBufferSize = 1024
messageBufferSize = 256
)
var upgrader = &websocket.Upgrader{
ReadBufferSize: socketBufferSize,
WriteBufferSize: socketBufferSize,
}
type Stream struct {
Send chan *Message
join chan *client
leave chan *client
clients map[*client]bool
}
func (s *Stream) Run() {
for {
select {
case client := <-s.join: // joining
s.clients[client] = true
case client := <-s.leave: // leaving
delete(s.clients, client)
close(client.send)
case msg := <-s.Send: // send message to all clients
for client := range s.clients {
client.send <- msg
}
}
}
}
func (s *Stream) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, res *http.Request) {
socket, err := upgrader.Upgrade(w, res, nil)
if err != nil {
log.Error(err)
return
}
defer func() {
socket.Close()
}()
client := &client{
socket: socket,
send: make(chan *Message, messageBufferSize),
}
s.join <- client
defer func() { s.leave <- client }()
go client.write()
client.read()
}

Answer 1

See the Gorilla Chat Application for an example of how to avoid blocking on a client.
The key parts are:
Use a buffered channel for sending to the client. Your application is already doing this.
Send to the client using select/default to avoid blocking. Assume that the client is blocked on write when the client cannot immediately receive a message. Close the client's channel in this situation to cause the client's write loop to exit.
Write with a deadline.