[release-3.3] Fix:Goroutine leaks when getting audit event sender times out (#5475)

* Fix:Goroutine leaks when getting audit event sender times out

* make it more readable

Co-authored-by: hzhhong <hung.z.h916@gmail.com>

pkg/apiserver/auditing/backend.go

@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ func (b *Backend) sendEvents(events *v1alpha1.EventList) {
 	defer cancel()
 
 	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
+	skipReturnSender := false
 
 	send := func() {
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), b.getSenderTimeout)
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ func (b *Backend) sendEvents(events *v1alpha1.EventList) {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			klog.Error("Get auditing event sender timeout")
+			skipReturnSender = true
 			return
 		case b.senderCh <- struct{}{}:
 		}
@@ -182,7 +184,9 @@ func (b *Backend) sendEvents(events *v1alpha1.EventList) {
 	go send()
 
 	defer func() {
-		<-b.senderCh
+		if !skipReturnSender {
+			<-b.senderCh
+		}
 	}()
 
 	select {