pageserver: use tokio::time::timeout where possible (#4756)

Removes a bunch of cases which used `tokio::select` to emulate the
`tokio::time::timeout` function. I've done an additional review on the
cancellation safety of these futures, all of them seem to be
cancellation safe (not that `select!` allows non-cancellation-safe
futures, but as we touch them, such a review makes sense).

Furthermore, I correct a few mentions of a non-existent
`tokio::timeout!` macro in the docs to the `tokio::time::timeout`
function.
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2023-07-20 16:19:38 +02:00
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@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ or similar, to wake up on shutdown.
In async Rust, futures can be "cancelled" at any await point, by
dropping the Future. For example, `tokio::select!` returns as soon as
one of the Futures returns, and drops the others. `tokio::timeout!` is
another example. In the Rust ecosystem, some functions are
one of the Futures returns, and drops the others. `tokio::time::timeout`
is another example. In the Rust ecosystem, some functions are
cancellation-safe, meaning they can be safely dropped without
side-effects, while others are not. See documentation of
`tokio::select!` for examples.
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ function that you call cannot be assumed to be async
cancellation-safe, and must be polled to completion.
The downside of non-cancellation safe code is that you have to be very
careful when using `tokio::select!`, `tokio::timeout!`, and other such
functions that can cause a Future to be dropped. They can only be used
with functions that are explicitly documented to be cancellation-safe,
careful when using `tokio::select!`, `tokio::time::timeout`, and other
such functions that can cause a Future to be dropped. They can only be
used with functions that are explicitly documented to be cancellation-safe,
or you need to spawn a separate task to shield from the cancellation.
At the entry points to the code, we also take care to poll futures to