Rework plugin tickers to prevent drift and spread write ticks (#7390)

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Daniel Nelson 2020-05-06 11:59:16 -07:00 committed by GitHub
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7 changed files with 530 additions and 104 deletions

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@ -265,57 +265,45 @@ func (a *Agent) runInputs(
interval = input.Config.Interval
}
var ticker Ticker
if a.Config.Agent.RoundInterval {
ticker = NewAlignedTicker(startTime, interval, jitter)
} else {
ticker = NewUnalignedTicker(interval, jitter)
}
defer ticker.Stop()
acc := NewAccumulator(input, dst)
acc.SetPrecision(a.Precision())
wg.Add(1)
go func(input *models.RunningInput) {
defer wg.Done()
if a.Config.Agent.RoundInterval {
err := internal.SleepContext(
ctx, internal.AlignDuration(startTime, interval))
if err != nil {
return
}
}
a.gatherOnInterval(ctx, acc, input, interval, jitter)
a.gatherLoop(ctx, acc, input, ticker)
}(input)
}
wg.Wait()
wg.Wait()
return nil
}
// gather runs an input's gather function periodically until the context is
// done.
func (a *Agent) gatherOnInterval(
func (a *Agent) gatherLoop(
ctx context.Context,
acc telegraf.Accumulator,
input *models.RunningInput,
interval time.Duration,
jitter time.Duration,
ticker Ticker,
) {
defer panicRecover(input)
ticker := time.NewTicker(interval)
defer ticker.Stop()
for {
err := internal.SleepContext(ctx, internal.RandomDuration(jitter))
if err != nil {
return
}
err = a.gatherOnce(acc, input, interval)
if err != nil {
acc.AddError(err)
}
select {
case <-ticker.C:
continue
case <-ticker.Elapsed():
err := a.gatherOnce(acc, input, ticker)
if err != nil {
acc.AddError(err)
}
case <-ctx.Done():
return
}
@ -327,11 +315,8 @@ func (a *Agent) gatherOnInterval(
func (a *Agent) gatherOnce(
acc telegraf.Accumulator,
input *models.RunningInput,
timeout time.Duration,
ticker Ticker,
) error {
ticker := time.NewTicker(timeout)
defer ticker.Stop()
done := make(chan error)
go func() {
done <- input.Gather(acc)
@ -341,7 +326,7 @@ func (a *Agent) gatherOnce(
select {
case err := <-done:
return err
case <-ticker.C:
case <-ticker.Elapsed():
log.Printf("W! [agent] [%s] did not complete within its interval",
input.LogName())
}
@ -514,10 +499,13 @@ func (a *Agent) runOutputs(
jitter = *output.Config.FlushJitter
}
ticker := NewRollingTicker(interval, jitter)
defer ticker.Stop()
wg.Add(1)
go func(output *models.RunningOutput) {
defer wg.Done()
a.flushLoop(ctx, startTime, output, interval, jitter)
a.flushLoop(ctx, output, ticker)
}(output)
}
@ -542,10 +530,8 @@ func (a *Agent) runOutputs(
// done.
func (a *Agent) flushLoop(
ctx context.Context,
startTime time.Time,
output *models.RunningOutput,
interval time.Duration,
jitter time.Duration,
ticker Ticker,
) {
logError := func(err error) {
if err != nil {
@ -558,44 +544,30 @@ func (a *Agent) flushLoop(
watchForFlushSignal(flushRequested)
defer stopListeningForFlushSignal(flushRequested)
// align to round interval
if a.Config.Agent.RoundInterval {
err := internal.SleepContext(
ctx, internal.AlignDuration(startTime, interval))
if err != nil {
return
}
}
// since we are watching two channels we need a ticker with the jitter
// integrated.
ticker := NewTicker(interval, jitter)
defer ticker.Stop()
for {
// Favor shutdown over other methods.
select {
case <-ctx.Done():
logError(a.flushOnce(output, interval, output.Write))
logError(a.flushOnce(output, ticker, output.Write))
return
default:
}
select {
case <-ctx.Done():
logError(a.flushOnce(output, interval, output.Write))
logError(a.flushOnce(output, ticker, output.Write))
return
case <-ticker.C:
logError(a.flushOnce(output, interval, output.Write))
case <-ticker.Elapsed():
logError(a.flushOnce(output, ticker, output.Write))
case <-flushRequested:
logError(a.flushOnce(output, interval, output.Write))
logError(a.flushOnce(output, ticker, output.Write))
case <-output.BatchReady:
// Favor the ticker over batch ready
select {
case <-ticker.C:
logError(a.flushOnce(output, interval, output.Write))
case <-ticker.Elapsed():
logError(a.flushOnce(output, ticker, output.Write))
default:
logError(a.flushOnce(output, interval, output.WriteBatch))
logError(a.flushOnce(output, ticker, output.WriteBatch))
}
}
}
@ -605,12 +577,9 @@ func (a *Agent) flushLoop(
// interval it fails to complete before.
func (a *Agent) flushOnce(
output *models.RunningOutput,
timeout time.Duration,
ticker Ticker,
writeFunc func() error,
) error {
ticker := time.NewTicker(timeout)
defer ticker.Stop()
done := make(chan error)
go func() {
done <- writeFunc()
@ -621,7 +590,7 @@ func (a *Agent) flushOnce(
case err := <-done:
output.LogBufferStatus()
return err
case <-ticker.C:
case <-ticker.Elapsed():
log.Printf("W! [agent] [%q] did not complete within its flush interval",
output.LogName())
output.LogBufferStatus()

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@ -5,53 +5,264 @@ import (
"sync"
"time"
"github.com/benbjohnson/clock"
"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
)
type Ticker struct {
C chan time.Time
ticker *time.Ticker
jitter time.Duration
wg sync.WaitGroup
cancelFunc context.CancelFunc
type empty struct{}
type Ticker interface {
Elapsed() <-chan time.Time
Stop()
}
func NewTicker(
interval time.Duration,
jitter time.Duration,
) *Ticker {
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
// AlignedTicker delivers ticks at aligned times plus an optional jitter. Each
// tick is realigned to avoid drift and handle changes to the system clock.
//
// The ticks may have an jitter duration applied to them as an random offset to
// the interval. However the overall pace of is that of the interval, so on
// average you will have one collection each interval.
//
// The first tick is emitted at the next alignment.
//
// Ticks are dropped for slow consumers.
//
// The implementation currently does not recalculate until the next tick with
// no maximum sleep, when using large intervals alignment is not corrected
// until the next tick.
type AlignedTicker struct {
interval time.Duration
jitter time.Duration
ch chan time.Time
cancel context.CancelFunc
wg sync.WaitGroup
}
t := &Ticker{
C: make(chan time.Time, 1),
ticker: time.NewTicker(interval),
jitter: jitter,
cancelFunc: cancel,
func NewAlignedTicker(now time.Time, interval, jitter time.Duration) *AlignedTicker {
return newAlignedTicker(now, interval, jitter, clock.New())
}
func newAlignedTicker(now time.Time, interval, jitter time.Duration, clock clock.Clock) *AlignedTicker {
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
t := &AlignedTicker{
interval: interval,
jitter: jitter,
ch: make(chan time.Time, 1),
cancel: cancel,
}
d := t.next(now)
timer := clock.Timer(d)
t.wg.Add(1)
go t.relayTime(ctx)
go func() {
defer t.wg.Done()
t.run(ctx, timer)
}()
return t
}
func (t *Ticker) Stop() {
t.cancelFunc()
t.wg.Wait()
func (t *AlignedTicker) next(now time.Time) time.Duration {
next := internal.AlignTime(now, t.interval)
d := next.Sub(now)
if d == 0 {
d = t.interval
}
d += internal.RandomDuration(t.jitter)
return d
}
func (t *Ticker) relayTime(ctx context.Context) {
defer t.wg.Done()
func (t *AlignedTicker) run(ctx context.Context, timer *clock.Timer) {
for {
select {
case tm := <-t.ticker.C:
internal.SleepContext(ctx, internal.RandomDuration(t.jitter))
case <-ctx.Done():
timer.Stop()
return
case now := <-timer.C:
select {
case t.C <- tm:
case t.ch <- now:
default:
}
case <-ctx.Done():
return
d := t.next(now)
timer.Reset(d)
}
}
}
func (t *AlignedTicker) Elapsed() <-chan time.Time {
return t.ch
}
func (t *AlignedTicker) Stop() {
t.cancel()
t.wg.Wait()
}
// UnalignedTicker delivers ticks at regular but unaligned intervals. No
// effort is made to avoid drift.
//
// The ticks may have an jitter duration applied to them as an random offset to
// the interval. However the overall pace of is that of the interval, so on
// average you will have one collection each interval.
//
// The first tick is emitted immediately.
//
// Ticks are dropped for slow consumers.
type UnalignedTicker struct {
interval time.Duration
jitter time.Duration
ch chan time.Time
cancel context.CancelFunc
wg sync.WaitGroup
}
func NewUnalignedTicker(interval, jitter time.Duration) *UnalignedTicker {
return newUnalignedTicker(interval, jitter, clock.New())
}
func newUnalignedTicker(interval, jitter time.Duration, clock clock.Clock) *UnalignedTicker {
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
t := &UnalignedTicker{
interval: interval,
jitter: jitter,
ch: make(chan time.Time, 1),
cancel: cancel,
}
ticker := clock.Ticker(t.interval)
t.ch <- clock.Now()
t.wg.Add(1)
go func() {
defer t.wg.Done()
t.run(ctx, ticker, clock)
}()
return t
}
func sleep(ctx context.Context, duration time.Duration, clock clock.Clock) error {
if duration == 0 {
return nil
}
t := clock.Timer(duration)
select {
case <-t.C:
return nil
case <-ctx.Done():
t.Stop()
return ctx.Err()
}
}
func (t *UnalignedTicker) run(ctx context.Context, ticker *clock.Ticker, clock clock.Clock) {
for {
select {
case <-ctx.Done():
ticker.Stop()
return
case <-ticker.C:
jitter := internal.RandomDuration(t.jitter)
err := sleep(ctx, jitter, clock)
if err != nil {
ticker.Stop()
return
}
select {
case t.ch <- clock.Now():
default:
}
}
}
}
func (t *UnalignedTicker) InjectTick() {
t.ch <- time.Now()
}
func (t *UnalignedTicker) Elapsed() <-chan time.Time {
return t.ch
}
func (t *UnalignedTicker) Stop() {
t.cancel()
t.wg.Wait()
}
// RollingTicker delivers ticks at regular but unaligned intervals.
//
// Because the next interval is scheduled based on the interval + jitter, you
// are guaranteed at least interval seconds without missing a tick and ticks
// will be evenly scheduled over time.
//
// On average you will have one collection each interval + (jitter/2).
//
// The first tick is emitted after interval+jitter seconds.
//
// Ticks are dropped for slow consumers.
type RollingTicker struct {
interval time.Duration
jitter time.Duration
ch chan time.Time
cancel context.CancelFunc
wg sync.WaitGroup
}
func NewRollingTicker(interval, jitter time.Duration) *RollingTicker {
return newRollingTicker(interval, jitter, clock.New())
}
func newRollingTicker(interval, jitter time.Duration, clock clock.Clock) *RollingTicker {
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
t := &RollingTicker{
interval: interval,
jitter: jitter,
ch: make(chan time.Time, 1),
cancel: cancel,
}
d := t.next()
timer := clock.Timer(d)
t.wg.Add(1)
go func() {
defer t.wg.Done()
t.run(ctx, timer)
}()
return t
}
func (t *RollingTicker) next() time.Duration {
return t.interval + internal.RandomDuration(t.jitter)
}
func (t *RollingTicker) run(ctx context.Context, timer *clock.Timer) {
for {
select {
case <-ctx.Done():
timer.Stop()
return
case now := <-timer.C:
select {
case t.ch <- now:
default:
}
d := t.next()
timer.Reset(d)
}
}
}
func (t *RollingTicker) Elapsed() <-chan time.Time {
return t.ch
}
func (t *RollingTicker) Stop() {
t.cancel()
t.wg.Wait()
}

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agent/tick_test.go Normal file
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@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
package agent
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"testing"
"time"
"github.com/benbjohnson/clock"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
)
var format = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999Z07:00"
func TestAlignedTicker(t *testing.T) {
interval := 10 * time.Second
jitter := 0 * time.Second
clock := clock.NewMock()
since := clock.Now()
until := since.Add(60 * time.Second)
ticker := newAlignedTicker(since, interval, jitter, clock)
expected := []time.Time{
time.Unix(10, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(20, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(30, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(40, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(50, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(60, 0).UTC(),
}
actual := []time.Time{}
for !clock.Now().After(until) {
select {
case tm := <-ticker.Elapsed():
actual = append(actual, tm.UTC())
default:
}
clock.Add(10 * time.Second)
}
require.Equal(t, expected, actual)
}
func TestAlignedTickerJitter(t *testing.T) {
interval := 10 * time.Second
jitter := 5 * time.Second
clock := clock.NewMock()
since := clock.Now()
until := since.Add(60 * time.Second)
ticker := newAlignedTicker(since, interval, jitter, clock)
last := since
for !clock.Now().After(until) {
select {
case tm := <-ticker.Elapsed():
require.True(t, tm.Sub(last) <= 15*time.Second)
require.True(t, tm.Sub(last) >= 5*time.Second)
last = last.Add(interval)
default:
}
clock.Add(5 * time.Second)
}
}
func TestAlignedTickerMissedTick(t *testing.T) {
interval := 10 * time.Second
jitter := 0 * time.Second
clock := clock.NewMock()
since := clock.Now()
ticker := newAlignedTicker(since, interval, jitter, clock)
clock.Add(25 * time.Second)
tm := <-ticker.Elapsed()
require.Equal(t, time.Unix(10, 0).UTC(), tm.UTC())
clock.Add(5 * time.Second)
tm = <-ticker.Elapsed()
require.Equal(t, time.Unix(30, 0).UTC(), tm.UTC())
}
func TestUnalignedTicker(t *testing.T) {
interval := 10 * time.Second
jitter := 0 * time.Second
clock := clock.NewMock()
clock.Add(1 * time.Second)
since := clock.Now()
until := since.Add(60 * time.Second)
ticker := newUnalignedTicker(interval, jitter, clock)
expected := []time.Time{
time.Unix(1, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(11, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(21, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(31, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(41, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(51, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(61, 0).UTC(),
}
actual := []time.Time{}
for !clock.Now().After(until) {
select {
case tm := <-ticker.Elapsed():
actual = append(actual, tm.UTC())
default:
}
clock.Add(10 * time.Second)
}
require.Equal(t, expected, actual)
}
func TestRollingTicker(t *testing.T) {
interval := 10 * time.Second
jitter := 0 * time.Second
clock := clock.NewMock()
clock.Add(1 * time.Second)
since := clock.Now()
until := since.Add(60 * time.Second)
ticker := newUnalignedTicker(interval, jitter, clock)
expected := []time.Time{
time.Unix(1, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(11, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(21, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(31, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(41, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(51, 0).UTC(),
time.Unix(61, 0).UTC(),
}
actual := []time.Time{}
for !clock.Now().After(until) {
select {
case tm := <-ticker.Elapsed():
actual = append(actual, tm.UTC())
default:
}
clock.Add(10 * time.Second)
}
require.Equal(t, expected, actual)
}
// Simulates running the Ticker for an hour and displays stats about the
// operation.
func TestAlignedTickerDistribution(t *testing.T) {
if testing.Short() {
t.Skip("skipping test in short mode.")
}
interval := 10 * time.Second
jitter := 5 * time.Second
clock := clock.NewMock()
since := clock.Now()
ticker := newAlignedTicker(since, interval, jitter, clock)
dist := simulatedDist(ticker, clock)
printDist(dist)
require.True(t, 350 < dist.Count)
require.True(t, 9 < dist.Mean() && dist.Mean() < 11)
}
// Simulates running the Ticker for an hour and displays stats about the
// operation.
func TestUnalignedTickerDistribution(t *testing.T) {
if testing.Short() {
t.Skip("skipping test in short mode.")
}
interval := 10 * time.Second
jitter := 5 * time.Second
clock := clock.NewMock()
ticker := newUnalignedTicker(interval, jitter, clock)
dist := simulatedDist(ticker, clock)
printDist(dist)
require.True(t, 350 < dist.Count)
require.True(t, 9 < dist.Mean() && dist.Mean() < 11)
}
// Simulates running the Ticker for an hour and displays stats about the
// operation.
func TestRollingTickerDistribution(t *testing.T) {
if testing.Short() {
t.Skip("skipping test in short mode.")
}
interval := 10 * time.Second
jitter := 5 * time.Second
clock := clock.NewMock()
ticker := newRollingTicker(interval, jitter, clock)
dist := simulatedDist(ticker, clock)
printDist(dist)
require.True(t, 275 < dist.Count)
require.True(t, 12 < dist.Mean() && 13 > dist.Mean())
}
type Distribution struct {
Buckets [60]int
Count int
Waittime float64
}
func (d *Distribution) Mean() float64 {
return d.Waittime / float64(d.Count)
}
func printDist(dist Distribution) {
for i, count := range dist.Buckets {
fmt.Printf("%2d %s\n", i, strings.Repeat("x", count))
}
fmt.Printf("Average interval: %f\n", dist.Mean())
fmt.Printf("Count: %d\n", dist.Count)
}
func simulatedDist(ticker Ticker, clock *clock.Mock) Distribution {
since := clock.Now()
until := since.Add(1 * time.Hour)
var dist Distribution
last := clock.Now()
for !clock.Now().After(until) {
select {
case tm := <-ticker.Elapsed():
dist.Buckets[tm.Second()] += 1
dist.Count++
dist.Waittime += tm.Sub(last).Seconds()
last = tm
default:
clock.Add(1 * time.Second)
}
}
return dist
}

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@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ following works:
- github.com/aristanetworks/glog [Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/aristanetworks/glog/blob/master/LICENSE)
- github.com/aristanetworks/goarista [Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/aristanetworks/goarista/blob/master/COPYING)
- github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go [Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
- github.com/benbjohnson/clock [MIT License](https://github.com/benbjohnson/clock/blob/master/LICENSE)
- github.com/beorn7/perks [MIT License](https://github.com/beorn7/perks/blob/master/LICENSE)
- github.com/caio/go-tdigest [MIT License](https://github.com/caio/go-tdigest/blob/master/LICENSE)
- github.com/cenkalti/backoff [MIT License](https://github.com/cenkalti/backoff/blob/master/LICENSE)

1
go.mod
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@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ require (
github.com/aristanetworks/goarista v0.0.0-20190325233358-a123909ec740
github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.3.0 // indirect
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.30.9
github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.0.0
github.com/bitly/go-hostpool v0.1.0 // indirect
github.com/bmizerany/assert v0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869 // indirect
github.com/caio/go-tdigest v2.3.0+incompatible // indirect

2
go.sum
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@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.3.0 h1:B7AQgHi8QSEi4uHu7Sbsga+IJDU+CENgjxoo81vDUq
github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.3.0/go.mod h1:zXjbSimjXTd7vOpY8B0/2LpvNvDoXBuplAD+gJD3GYs=
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.30.9 h1:DntpBUKkchINPDbhEzDRin1eEn1TG9TZFlzWPf0i8to=
github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.30.9/go.mod h1:5zCpMtNQVjRREroY7sYe8lOMRSxkhG6MZveU8YkpAk0=
github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.0.0 h1:78Jk/r6m4wCi6sndMpty7A//t4dw/RW5fV4ZgDVfX1w=
github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.0.0/go.mod h1:bGMdMPoPVvcYyt1gHDf4J2KE153Yf9BuiUKYMaxlTDM=
github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973 h1:xJ4a3vCFaGF/jqvzLMYoU8P317H5OQ+Via4RmuPwCS0=
github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KWe93zE9D1o94FZ5RNwFwVgaQK1VOXiVxmqh+CedLV8=

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@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ import (
"bytes"
"compress/gzip"
"context"
"crypto/rand"
"errors"
"fmt"
"io"
"math"
"math/big"
"math/rand"
"os"
"os/exec"
"runtime"
@ -211,12 +210,8 @@ func RandomSleep(max time.Duration, shutdown chan struct{}) {
if max == 0 {
return
}
maxSleep := big.NewInt(max.Nanoseconds())
var sleepns int64
if j, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, maxSleep); err == nil {
sleepns = j.Int64()
}
sleepns := rand.Int63n(max.Nanoseconds())
t := time.NewTimer(time.Nanosecond * time.Duration(sleepns))
select {
@ -234,11 +229,7 @@ func RandomDuration(max time.Duration) time.Duration {
return 0
}
var sleepns int64
maxSleep := big.NewInt(max.Nanoseconds())
if j, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, maxSleep); err == nil {
sleepns = j.Int64()
}
sleepns := rand.Int63n(max.Nanoseconds())
return time.Duration(sleepns)
}