[WIP] factor out trace functionality into separate package and add Go docs

daemon/logging/trace/trace_context.go

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+package trace
+
+import "context"
+
+type contextKey int
+
+const (
+	contextKeyTraceNode contextKey = 1 + iota
+)
+
+var contextKeys = []contextKey{
+	contextKeyTraceNode,
+}
+
+// WithInherit inherits the task hierarchy from inheritFrom into ctx.
+// The returned context is a child of ctx, but its task and span are those of inheritFrom.
+//
+// Note that in most use cases, callers most likely want to call WithTask since it will most likely
+// be in some sort of connection handler context.
+func WithInherit(ctx, inheritFrom context.Context) context.Context {
+	for _, k := range contextKeys {
+		if v := inheritFrom.Value(k); v != nil {
+			ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, k, v) // no shadow
+		}
+	}
+	return ctx
+}