[ovs-dev] [PATCH v4] ovsdb: provide raft and command interfaces with priority

Dumitru Ceara dceara at redhat.com
Wed Jul 21 18:45:52 UTC 2021


On 7/9/21 7:27 PM, anton.ivanov at cambridgegreys.com wrote:
> From: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov at cambridgegreys.com>
> 
> Set a soft time limit of "raft election timer"/2 on ovsdb
> processing.
> 
> This improves behaviour in large heavily loaded clusters.
> While it cannot fully eliminate spurious raft elections
> under heavy load, it significantly decreases their number.
> 
> Processing is (to the extent possible) restarted where it
> stopped on the previous iteration to ensure that sessions
> towards the tail of the session list are not starved.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov at cambridgegreys.com>

Hi Anton,

This patch needs a small rebase after the ovsdb-relay patches went in.

Please see some more comments below.

Regards,
Dumitru

> ---
>  ovsdb/jsonrpc-server.c | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  ovsdb/jsonrpc-server.h |  2 +-
>  ovsdb/ovsdb-server.c   | 23 ++++++++++-
>  ovsdb/raft.c           |  6 +++
>  ovsdb/raft.h           |  3 ++
>  ovsdb/storage.c        | 12 ++++++
>  ovsdb/storage.h        |  2 +
>  7 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/ovsdb/jsonrpc-server.c b/ovsdb/jsonrpc-server.c
> index 4e2dfc3d7..e193776ff 100644
> --- a/ovsdb/jsonrpc-server.c
> +++ b/ovsdb/jsonrpc-server.c
> @@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ static struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_session *ovsdb_jsonrpc_session_create(
>      struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_remote *, struct jsonrpc_session *, bool);
>  static void ovsdb_jsonrpc_session_preremove_db(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_remote *,
>                                                 struct ovsdb *);
> -static void ovsdb_jsonrpc_session_run_all(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_remote *);
> +static void ovsdb_jsonrpc_session_run_all(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_remote *,
> +                                          uint64_t limit);
>  static void ovsdb_jsonrpc_session_wait_all(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_remote *);
>  static void ovsdb_jsonrpc_session_get_memory_usage_all(
>      const struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_remote *, struct simap *usage);
> @@ -128,6 +129,8 @@ struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_server {
>      bool read_only;            /* This server is does not accept any
>                                    transactions that can modify the database. */
>      struct shash remotes;      /* Contains "struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_remote *"s. */
> +    struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_remote *skip_to;

Please add a comment for 'skip_to'.

> +    bool must_wake_up;

Please add a comment for 'must_wake_up'.

>  };
>  
>  /* A configured remote.  This is either a passive stream listener plus a list
> @@ -137,6 +140,7 @@ struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_remote {
>      struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_server *server;
>      struct pstream *listener;   /* Listener, if passive. */
>      struct ovs_list sessions;   /* List of "struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_session"s. */
> +    struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_session *skip_to;

Please add a comment for 'skip_to'.

>      uint8_t dscp;
>      bool read_only;
>      char *role;
> @@ -279,6 +283,7 @@ ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_add_remote(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_server *svr,
>      remote->dscp = options->dscp;
>      remote->read_only = options->read_only;
>      remote->role = nullable_xstrdup(options->role);
> +    remote->skip_to = NULL;
>      shash_add(&svr->remotes, name, remote);
>  
>      if (!listener) {
> @@ -293,6 +298,11 @@ ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_del_remote(struct shash_node *node)
>  {
>      struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_remote *remote = node->data;
>  
> +    /* safest option - rerun all remotes */

Style: Safest option - rerun all remotes.

> +    if (remote->server->skip_to) {
> +        remote->server->skip_to = NULL;
> +    }

No need to check for non-NULL, this can be directly (without the if):

remote-server->skip_to = NULL;

> +
>      ovsdb_jsonrpc_session_close_all(remote);
>      pstream_close(remote->listener);
>      shash_delete(&remote->server->remotes, node);
> @@ -378,12 +388,24 @@ ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_set_read_only(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_server *svr,
>  }
>  
>  void
> -ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_run(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_server *svr)
> +ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_run(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_server *svr, uint64_t limit)
>  {
>      struct shash_node *node;
> +    uint64_t elapsed = 0;
> +    uint64_t start_time = time_msec();
> +
> +    svr->must_wake_up = false;
>  
>      SHASH_FOR_EACH (node, &svr->remotes) {
>          struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_remote *remote = node->data;
> +        if (svr->skip_to) {
> +            if (remote != svr->skip_to) {
> +                continue;
> +            } else {
> +                svr->skip_to = NULL;
> +                svr->must_wake_up = true;
> +            }
> +        }
>  
>          if (remote->listener) {
>              struct stream *stream;
> @@ -403,7 +425,18 @@ ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_run(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_server *svr)
>              }
>          }
>  
> -        ovsdb_jsonrpc_session_run_all(remote);
> +        /* We assume accept and session creation time to be
> +         * neglible for the purposes of computing timeouts.

Typo: negligible

> +         */
> +

Please remove this empty line.

> +        ovsdb_jsonrpc_session_run_all(remote, limit - elapsed);
> +
> +        elapsed = time_msec() - start_time;
> +        if (elapsed > limit) {
> +            svr->must_wake_up = true;
> +            svr->skip_to = remote;
> +            break;
> +        }
>      }
>  }
>  
> @@ -412,6 +445,16 @@ ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_wait(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_server *svr)
>  {
>      struct shash_node *node;
>  
> +    if (svr->must_wake_up) {
> +        /* We have stopped processing due to a time constraint.
> +         * In this case there is no point to walk all sessions
> +         * and rebuild the poll structure for the poll loop.
> +         */
> +        poll_immediate_wake();
> +        svr->must_wake_up = false;
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
>      SHASH_FOR_EACH (node, &svr->remotes) {
>          struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_remote *remote = node->data;
>  
> @@ -583,15 +626,53 @@ ovsdb_jsonrpc_session_set_options(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_session *session,
>  }
>  
>  static void
> -ovsdb_jsonrpc_session_run_all(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_remote *remote)
> +ovsdb_jsonrpc_session_run_all(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_remote *remote,
> +                              uint64_t limit)
>  {
>      struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_session *s, *next;
> +    uint64_t start_time = time_msec();
> +

Please remove this empty line.

>  
>      LIST_FOR_EACH_SAFE (s, next, node, &remote->sessions) {
> +        if ((remote->skip_to) && (s != remote->skip_to)) {

No need for the additional parenthesis, this can be:

if (remote->skip_to && s != remote->skip_to)

> +            /* Processing was interrupted, we skip to the point
> +             * where we had to interrupt it.
> +             * We cannot use the _CONTINUE macro as it is not safe
> +             * if the list has been changed in the meantime.
> +             */
> +            continue;
> +        }
> +
> +        /* Set ->next as skip point if we need to restart processing.
> +         * This way, even if current is removed, we always have a
> +         * valid pointer to continue processing.
> +         */
> +        remote->skip_to =
> +            CONTAINER_OF(s->node.next, struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_session, node);
> +

I think it's better to not use ovs_list internals directly, this can be:

        remote->skip_to = CONTAINER_OF(ovs_list_front(&s->node),
                                       struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_session,
                                       node);

> +        if (remote->skip_to == s) {
> +            /* The list is a singleton. This is a special case, where
> +             * deleting the node will invalide the pointer.

Typo: invalidate

> +             */
> +            remote->skip_to = NULL;
> +        }
> +
>          int error = ovsdb_jsonrpc_session_run(s);
> +

Please remove this empty line.

>          if (error) {
>              ovsdb_jsonrpc_session_close(s);
>          }
> +
> +        if (time_msec() - start_time > limit) {
> +            /* We bail leaving skip_to set. Next processing iteration
> +             * will skip everything up to skip_to which was set to
> +             * ->next earlier on.
> +             */
> +            break;
> +        } else {
> +            /* We are within time constraints, clear skip_to. */
> +            remote->skip_to = NULL;
> +        }
>      }
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/ovsdb/jsonrpc-server.h b/ovsdb/jsonrpc-server.h
> index e0653aa39..218152e9d 100644
> --- a/ovsdb/jsonrpc-server.h
> +++ b/ovsdb/jsonrpc-server.h
> @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_free_remote_status(
>  void ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_reconnect(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_server *, bool force,
>                                      char *comment);
>  
> -void ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_run(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_server *);
> +void ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_run(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_server *, uint64_t limit);
>  void ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_wait(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_server *);
>  
>  void ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_set_read_only(struct ovsdb_jsonrpc_server *,
> diff --git a/ovsdb/ovsdb-server.c b/ovsdb/ovsdb-server.c
> index b09232c65..62f841357 100644
> --- a/ovsdb/ovsdb-server.c
> +++ b/ovsdb/ovsdb-server.c
> @@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ main_loop(struct server_config *config,
>      char *remotes_error, *ssl_error;
>      struct shash_node *node;
>      long long int status_timer = LLONG_MIN;
> +    uint64_t limit = UINT64_MAX;

I see no reason to keep the 'limit' outside the loop, this (along with
computing the limit value) can be moved just before
ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_run().

>  
>      *exiting = false;
>      ssl_error = NULL;
> @@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ main_loop(struct server_config *config,
>              reconfigure_remotes(jsonrpc, all_dbs, remotes),
>              &remotes_error);
>          report_error_if_changed(reconfigure_ssl(all_dbs), &ssl_error);
> -        ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_run(jsonrpc);

I would move the computation of 'limit' here:

        /* Figure out current processing time limit. */
        uint64_t limit = UINT64_MAX;
        SHASH_FOR_EACH (node, all_dbs) {
            struct db *db = node->data;
            uint64_t db_limit =
                ovsdb_storage_max_processing_time(db->db->storage));
            limit = MIN(limit, db_limit);
        }
        if (ovs_replay_is_active()) {
            limit = UINT64_MAX;
        }


> +        ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_run(jsonrpc, limit);
>  
>          if (*is_backup) {
>              replication_run();
> @@ -225,9 +226,29 @@ main_loop(struct server_config *config,
>              }
>          }
>  
> +        /* Figure out current processing time limit. */
> +
> +        bool first_db = true;
> +        SHASH_FOR_EACH (node, all_dbs) {
> +            struct db *db = node->data;
> +            uint64_t db_limit;
> +
> +            db_limit = max_processing_time(db->db->storage);
> +            if (first_db) {
> +                /* reset the limit */
> +                limit = db_limit;
> +                first_db = false;
> +            }
> +            limit = MIN(db_limit, limit);
> +        }
> +        if (ovs_replay_is_active()) {
> +            limit = UINT64_MAX;
> +        }
> +

This whole chunk could be moved above.

>          struct shash_node *next;
>          SHASH_FOR_EACH_SAFE (node, next, all_dbs) {
>              struct db *db = node->data;
> +

Please remove this empty line.

>              ovsdb_txn_history_run(db->db);
>              ovsdb_storage_run(db->db->storage);
>              read_db(config, db);
> diff --git a/ovsdb/raft.c b/ovsdb/raft.c
> index 5bb901fd4..347badb4e 100644
> --- a/ovsdb/raft.c
> +++ b/ovsdb/raft.c
> @@ -407,6 +407,12 @@ raft_make_address_passive(const char *address_)
>      }
>  }
>  
> +uint64_t
> +raft_election_timer_value(const struct raft *raft)

To be aligned with the names of other raft APIs this should be:

uint64_t
raft_get_election_timer(const struct raft *raft)

> +{
> +    return raft->election_timer;
> +}
> +
>  static struct raft *
>  raft_alloc(void)
>  {
> diff --git a/ovsdb/raft.h b/ovsdb/raft.h
> index 3545c41c2..1d270ec0c 100644
> --- a/ovsdb/raft.h
> +++ b/ovsdb/raft.h
> @@ -188,4 +188,7 @@ void raft_take_leadership(struct raft *);
>  void raft_transfer_leadership(struct raft *, const char *reason);
>  
>  const struct uuid *raft_current_eid(const struct raft *);
> +
> +uint64_t raft_election_timer_value(const struct raft *);
> +
>  #endif /* lib/raft.h */
> diff --git a/ovsdb/storage.c b/ovsdb/storage.c
> index 40415fcf6..1c11cb328 100644
> --- a/ovsdb/storage.c
> +++ b/ovsdb/storage.c
> @@ -640,3 +640,15 @@ ovsdb_storage_peek_last_eid(struct ovsdb_storage *storage)
>      }
>      return raft_current_eid(storage->raft);
>  }
> +
> +uint64_t
> +max_processing_time(struct ovsdb_storage *storage)

To be aligned with other ovsdb-storage APIs this should be:

uint64_t
ovsdb_storage_max_processing_time(struct ovsdb_storage *storage)

> +{
> +    if (!storage->raft) {
> +        return UINT64_MAX;
> +    }
> +    if (raft_election_timer_value(storage->raft) > 2) {
> +        return raft_election_timer_value(storage->raft) / 2;
> +    }
> +    return 1;
> +}
> diff --git a/ovsdb/storage.h b/ovsdb/storage.h
> index 02b6e7e6c..9e195bbe8 100644
> --- a/ovsdb/storage.h
> +++ b/ovsdb/storage.h
> @@ -97,4 +97,6 @@ struct ovsdb_schema *ovsdb_storage_read_schema(struct ovsdb_storage *);
>  
>  const struct uuid *ovsdb_storage_peek_last_eid(struct ovsdb_storage *);
>  
> +uint64_t max_processing_time(struct ovsdb_storage *);
> +
>  #endif /* ovsdb/storage.h */
> 



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