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authorRichard van der Hoff <1389908+richvdh@users.noreply.github.com>2018-07-18 14:27:50 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2018-07-18 14:27:50 +0100
commit65d6a0e477ce8dfb042dc6e508b681e87a39cc0c (patch)
tree575301bda9e0d81ae30ad43b5cde3b46831b20d9 /synapse/metrics/background_process_metrics.py
parentMerge pull request #3367 from matrix-org/rav/drop_re_signing_hacks (diff)
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downloadsynapse-65d6a0e477ce8dfb042dc6e508b681e87a39cc0c.tar.xz
Merge pull request #3553 from matrix-org/rav/background_process_tracking
Resource tracking for background processes
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2018 New Vector Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import six
+
+from prometheus_client.core import REGISTRY, Counter, GaugeMetricFamily
+
+from twisted.internet import defer
+
+from synapse.util.logcontext import LoggingContext, PreserveLoggingContext
+
+_background_process_start_count = Counter(
+    "synapse_background_process_start_count",
+    "Number of background processes started",
+    ["name"],
+)
+
+# we set registry=None in all of these to stop them getting registered with
+# the default registry. Instead we collect them all via the CustomCollector,
+# which ensures that we can update them before they are collected.
+#
+_background_process_ru_utime = Counter(
+    "synapse_background_process_ru_utime_seconds",
+    "User CPU time used by background processes, in seconds",
+    ["name"],
+    registry=None,
+)
+
+_background_process_ru_stime = Counter(
+    "synapse_background_process_ru_stime_seconds",
+    "System CPU time used by background processes, in seconds",
+    ["name"],
+    registry=None,
+)
+
+_background_process_db_txn_count = Counter(
+    "synapse_background_process_db_txn_count",
+    "Number of database transactions done by background processes",
+    ["name"],
+    registry=None,
+)
+
+_background_process_db_txn_duration = Counter(
+    "synapse_background_process_db_txn_duration_seconds",
+    ("Seconds spent by background processes waiting for database "
+     "transactions, excluding scheduling time"),
+    ["name"],
+    registry=None,
+)
+
+_background_process_db_sched_duration = Counter(
+    "synapse_background_process_db_sched_duration_seconds",
+    "Seconds spent by background processes waiting for database connections",
+    ["name"],
+    registry=None,
+)
+
+# map from description to a counter, so that we can name our logcontexts
+# incrementally. (It actually duplicates _background_process_start_count, but
+# it's much simpler to do so than to try to combine them.)
+_background_process_counts = dict()  # type: dict[str, int]
+
+# map from description to the currently running background processes.
+#
+# it's kept as a dict of sets rather than a big set so that we can keep track
+# of process descriptions that no longer have any active processes.
+_background_processes = dict()  # type: dict[str, set[_BackgroundProcess]]
+
+
+class _Collector(object):
+    """A custom metrics collector for the background process metrics.
+
+    Ensures that all of the metrics are up-to-date with any in-flight processes
+    before they are returned.
+    """
+    def collect(self):
+        background_process_in_flight_count = GaugeMetricFamily(
+            "synapse_background_process_in_flight_count",
+            "Number of background processes in flight",
+            labels=["name"],
+        )
+
+        for desc, processes in six.iteritems(_background_processes):
+            background_process_in_flight_count.add_metric(
+                (desc,), len(processes),
+            )
+            for process in processes:
+                process.update_metrics()
+
+        yield background_process_in_flight_count
+
+        # now we need to run collect() over each of the static Counters, and
+        # yield each metric they return.
+        for m in (
+                _background_process_ru_utime,
+                _background_process_ru_stime,
+                _background_process_db_txn_count,
+                _background_process_db_txn_duration,
+                _background_process_db_sched_duration,
+        ):
+            for r in m.collect():
+                yield r
+
+
+REGISTRY.register(_Collector())
+
+
+class _BackgroundProcess(object):
+    def __init__(self, desc, ctx):
+        self.desc = desc
+        self._context = ctx
+        self._reported_stats = None
+
+    def update_metrics(self):
+        """Updates the metrics with values from this process."""
+        new_stats = self._context.get_resource_usage()
+        if self._reported_stats is None:
+            diff = new_stats
+        else:
+            diff = new_stats - self._reported_stats
+        self._reported_stats = new_stats
+
+        _background_process_ru_utime.labels(self.desc).inc(diff.ru_utime)
+        _background_process_ru_stime.labels(self.desc).inc(diff.ru_stime)
+        _background_process_db_txn_count.labels(self.desc).inc(
+            diff.db_txn_count,
+        )
+        _background_process_db_txn_duration.labels(self.desc).inc(
+            diff.db_txn_duration_sec,
+        )
+        _background_process_db_sched_duration.labels(self.desc).inc(
+            diff.db_sched_duration_sec,
+        )
+
+
+def run_as_background_process(desc, func, *args, **kwargs):
+    """Run the given function in its own logcontext, with resource metrics
+
+    This should be used to wrap processes which are fired off to run in the
+    background, instead of being associated with a particular request.
+
+    Args:
+        desc (str): a description for this background process type
+        func: a function, which may return a Deferred
+        args: positional args for func
+        kwargs: keyword args for func
+
+    Returns: None
+    """
+    @defer.inlineCallbacks
+    def run():
+        count = _background_process_counts.get(desc, 0)
+        _background_process_counts[desc] = count + 1
+        _background_process_start_count.labels(desc).inc()
+
+        with LoggingContext(desc) as context:
+            context.request = "%s-%i" % (desc, count)
+            proc = _BackgroundProcess(desc, context)
+            _background_processes.setdefault(desc, set()).add(proc)
+            try:
+                yield func(*args, **kwargs)
+            finally:
+                proc.update_metrics()
+                _background_processes[desc].remove(proc)
+
+    with PreserveLoggingContext():
+        run()