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WIP: Implement preemptive sends to alleviate slow RPC propagation #860

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withings wants to merge 3 commits from withings/garage:feat/preemptive-rpc-strategy into main
pull from: withings/garage:feat/preemptive-rpc-strategy
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10
src/rpc/metrics.rs
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@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ use opentelemetry::{global, metrics::*};
pub struct RpcMetrics {
pub(crate) rpc_counter: Counter<u64>,
pub(crate) rpc_timeout_counter: Counter<u64>,
pub(crate) rpc_watchdogs_started_counter: Counter<u64>,
pub(crate) rpc_watchdogs_preemption_counter: Counter<u64>,
pub(crate) rpc_netapp_error_counter: Counter<u64>,
pub(crate) rpc_garage_error_counter: Counter<u64>,
@ -21,6 +23,14 @@ impl RpcMetrics {
.u64_counter("rpc.timeout_counter")
.with_description("Number of RPC timeouts")
.init(),
rpc_watchdogs_started_counter: meter
.u64_counter("rpc.watchdogs_started_counter")
.with_description("Number of RPC requests started with a watchdog")
.init(),
rpc_watchdogs_preemption_counter: meter
.u64_counter("rpc.watchdogs_preemption_counter")
.with_description("Number of RPC watchdogs which timed out and caused an extra RPC to be scheduled")
.init(),
rpc_netapp_error_counter: meter
.u64_counter("rpc.netapp_error_counter")
.with_description("Number of communication errors (errors in the Netapp library)")

132
src/rpc/rpc_helper.rs
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@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
//! Contain structs related to making RPCs
use std::collections::HashMap;
use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
use std::time::Duration;
@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ pub struct RequestStrategy<T> {
rs_quorum: Option<usize>,
/// Send all requests at once
rs_send_all_at_once: Option<bool>,
/// Start with enough RPCs to reach quorum, but send extras when some take too long
rs_preemptive_send: Option<bool>,
/// Request priority
rs_priority: RequestPriority,
/// Custom timeout for this request
@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ impl Clone for RequestStrategy<()> {
RequestStrategy {
rs_quorum: self.rs_quorum,
rs_send_all_at_once: self.rs_send_all_at_once,
rs_preemptive_send: self.rs_preemptive_send,
rs_priority: self.rs_priority,
rs_timeout: self.rs_timeout,
rs_drop_on_complete: (),
@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ impl RequestStrategy<()> {
RequestStrategy {
rs_quorum: None,
rs_send_all_at_once: None,
rs_preemptive_send: None,
rs_priority: prio,
rs_timeout: Timeout::Default,
rs_drop_on_complete: (),
@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ impl RequestStrategy<()> {
RequestStrategy {
rs_quorum: self.rs_quorum,
rs_send_all_at_once: self.rs_send_all_at_once,
rs_preemptive_send: self.rs_preemptive_send,
rs_priority: self.rs_priority,
rs_timeout: self.rs_timeout,
rs_drop_on_complete: drop_on_complete,
@ -94,11 +99,16 @@ impl<T> RequestStrategy<T> {
self.rs_quorum = Some(quorum);
self
}
/// Set quorum to be reached for request
/// Set flag to send all requests at once
pub fn send_all_at_once(mut self, value: bool) -> Self {
self.rs_send_all_at_once = Some(value);
self
}
/// Set flag to preemptively send extra requests after some wait
pub fn with_preemptive_send(mut self, value: bool) -> Self {
self.rs_preemptive_send = Some(value);
self
}
/// Deactivate timeout for this request
pub fn without_timeout(mut self) -> Self {
self.rs_timeout = Timeout::None;
@ -115,6 +125,7 @@ impl<T> RequestStrategy<T> {
RequestStrategy {
rs_quorum: self.rs_quorum,
rs_send_all_at_once: self.rs_send_all_at_once,
rs_preemptive_send: self.rs_preemptive_send,
rs_priority: self.rs_priority,
rs_timeout: self.rs_timeout,
rs_drop_on_complete: (),
@ -335,29 +346,53 @@ impl RpcHelper {
S: Send + 'static,
{
// Once quorum is reached, other requests don't matter.
// What we do here is only send the required number of requests
// The default here is to only send the required number of requests
// to reach a quorum, priorizing nodes with the lowest latency.
// When there are errors, we start new requests to compensate.
// TODO: this could be made more aggressive, e.g. if after 2x the
// average ping of a given request, the response is not yet received,
// preemptively send an additional request to any remaining nodes.
// Reorder requests to priorize closeness / low latency
let request_order =
self.request_order(&self.0.layout.read().unwrap().current(), to.iter().copied());
let layout_nodes_count = request_order.len();
// The send_all_at_once flag overrides the behaviour described
// above and sends an RPC to every node from the get-go. This
// is more demanding on the network but also offers the best
// chance to reach quorum quickly.
let send_all_at_once = strategy.rs_send_all_at_once.unwrap_or(false);
// The preemptive_send flag is an attempt at compromise: we
// start by sending just enough to reach quorum, but associate
// each RPC to a watchog which triggers after 2x the average
// ping for that peer. When a watchdog triggers, an extra RPC
// is sent as a preemptive "replacement" in case the slow node
// is having serious trouble and can't reply. This is
// overriden by send_all_at_once.
let preemptive_send = strategy.rs_preemptive_send.unwrap_or(false);
let mut preemptive_watchdogs = FuturesUnordered::new();
let mut completed_node_ids = HashSet::<Uuid>::new();
let metric_tags = [
KeyValue::new("rpc_endpoint", endpoint.path().to_string()),
KeyValue::new("from", format!("{:?}", self.0.our_node_id)),
KeyValue::new("to", format!("{:?}", to)),
];
// Build future for each request
// They are not started now: they are added below in a FuturesUnordered
// object that will take care of polling them (see below)
let msg = msg.into_req().map_err(garage_net::error::Error::from)?;
let mut requests = request_order.into_iter().map(|to| {
let mut requests = request_order.into_iter().map(|(avg_ping, to)| {
let self2 = self.clone();
let msg = msg.clone();
let endpoint2 = endpoint.clone();
let strategy = strategy.clone();
async move { self2.call(&endpoint2, to, msg, strategy).await }
(
async move { (to, self2.call(&endpoint2, to, msg, strategy).await) },
preemptive_send.then_some(async move {
tokio::time::sleep(2 * avg_ping).await;
to
}),
)
});
// Vectors in which success results and errors will be collected
@ -368,13 +403,26 @@ impl RpcHelper {
// (for the moment none, they will be added in the loop below)
let mut resp_stream = FuturesUnordered::new();
// The number of in-flight requests we want at the moment
let mut target_outbound_count = if send_all_at_once {
layout_nodes_count
} else {
quorum
};
// Do some requests and collect results
while successes.len() < quorum {
// If the current set of requests that are running is not enough to possibly
// reach quorum, start some new requests.
while send_all_at_once || successes.len() + resp_stream.len() < quorum {
if let Some(fut) = requests.next() {
resp_stream.push(fut)
// If our current outbound request count is not enough, start new ones
while successes.len() + resp_stream.len() < target_outbound_count {
if let Some((fut, watchdog)) = requests.next() {
if let Some(sleep) = watchdog {
preemptive_watchdogs.push(sleep);
self.0
.metrics
.rpc_watchdogs_started_counter
.add(1, &metric_tags);
}
resp_stream.push(fut);
} else {
break;
}
@ -385,14 +433,45 @@ impl RpcHelper {
break;
}
// Wait for one request to terminate
match resp_stream.next().await.unwrap() {
Ok(msg) => {
successes.push(msg);
let response_or_watchdog = async {
if preemptive_watchdogs.is_empty() {
// We don't have any watchdogs to listen to, just wait for a request
// This avoids waiting on a empty FuturesUnordered, which creates a busy wait
resp_stream
.next()
.await
.map(|(res, to)| WatchedRPCResult::Completed(res, to))
} else {
select! {
opt = resp_stream.next() => opt.map(|(res, to)| WatchedRPCResult::Completed(res, to)),
watchdog = preemptive_watchdogs.next() => watchdog.map(WatchedRPCResult::TimedOut),
}
Err(e) => {
errors.push(e);
}
};
// Wait for the next completed request, or for a watchdog to trigger
match response_or_watchdog.await {
Some(WatchedRPCResult::Completed(to, res)) => {
completed_node_ids.insert(to);
match res {
Ok(msg) => successes.push(msg),
Err(e) => errors.push(e),
}
}
Some(WatchedRPCResult::TimedOut(to)) => {
// A watchdog has triggered, meaning one of the active requests is taking too long
// Note that we don't cancel watchdogs after requests complete, so we need to ignore those
if target_outbound_count < layout_nodes_count
&& !completed_node_ids.contains(&to)
{
target_outbound_count += 1;
self.0
.metrics
.rpc_watchdogs_preemption_counter
.add(1, &metric_tags);
}
}
None => break,
}
}
@ -554,7 +633,7 @@ impl RpcHelper {
continue;
}
let nodes = ver.nodes_of(position, ver.replication_factor);
for node in rpc_helper.request_order(layout.current(), nodes) {
for (_, node) in rpc_helper.request_order(layout.current(), nodes) {
if !ret.contains(&node) {
ret.push(node);
}
@ -567,7 +646,7 @@ impl RpcHelper {
&self,
layout: &LayoutVersion,
nodes: impl Iterator<Item = Uuid>,
) -> Vec<Uuid> {
) -> Vec<(Duration, Uuid)> {
// Retrieve some status variables that we will use to sort requests
let peer_list = self.0.peering.get_peer_list();
let our_zone = layout.get_node_zone(&self.0.our_node_id).unwrap_or("");
@ -600,7 +679,7 @@ impl RpcHelper {
nodes
.into_iter()
.map(|(_, _, _, to)| to)
.map(|(_, _, ping, to)| (ping, to))
.collect::<Vec<_>>()
}
}
@ -709,3 +788,10 @@ where
)
}
}
// ------- utility for tracking RPC results and watchdog triggers --------
enum WatchedRPCResult<S> {
Completed(Uuid, Result<S, Error>),
TimedOut(Uuid),
}

6
src/table/table.rs
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@ -317,7 +317,8 @@ impl<F: TableSchema, R: TableReplication> Table<F, R> {
&who,
rpc,
RequestStrategy::with_priority(PRIO_NORMAL)
.with_quorum(self.data.replication.read_quorum()),
.with_quorum(self.data.replication.read_quorum())
.with_preemptive_send(true),
)
.await?;
@ -412,7 +413,8 @@ impl<F: TableSchema, R: TableReplication> Table<F, R> {
&who,
rpc,
RequestStrategy::with_priority(PRIO_NORMAL)
.with_quorum(self.data.replication.read_quorum()),
.with_quorum(self.data.replication.read_quorum())
.with_preemptive_send(true),
)
.await?;