groupcache/groupcache.go

/*
Copyright 2012 Google Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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// Package groupcache provides a data loading mechanism with caching
// and de-duplication that works across a set of peer processes.
//
// Each data Get first consults its local cache, otherwise delegates
// to the requested key's canonical owner, which then checks its cache
// or finally gets the data.  In the common case, many concurrent
// cache misses across a set of peers for the same key result in just
// one cache fill.
package groupcache

import (
	"errors"
	"math/rand"
	"strconv"
	"sync"
	"sync/atomic"

	pb "github.com/golang/groupcache/groupcachepb"
	"github.com/golang/groupcache/lru"
	"github.com/golang/groupcache/singleflight"
)

// A Getter loads data for a key.
type Getter interface {
	// Get returns the value identified by key, populating dest.
	//
	// The returned data must be unversioned. That is, key must
	// uniquely describe the loaded data, without an implicit
	// current time, and without relying on cache expiration
	// mechanisms.
	Get(ctx Context, key string, dest Sink) error
}

// A GetterFunc implements Getter with a function.
type GetterFunc func(ctx Context, key string, dest Sink) error

func (f GetterFunc) Get(ctx Context, key string, dest Sink) error {
	return f(ctx, key, dest)
}

var (
	mu     sync.RWMutex
	groups = make(map[string]*Group)

	initPeerServerOnce sync.Once
	initPeerServer     func()
)

// GetGroup returns the named group previously created with NewGroup, or
// nil if there's no such group.
func GetGroup(name string) *Group {
	mu.RLock()
	g := groups[name]
	mu.RUnlock()
	return g
}

// NewGroup creates a coordinated group-aware Getter from a Getter.
//
// The returned Getter tries (but does not guarantee) to run only one
// Get call at once for a given key across an entire set of peer
// processes. Concurrent callers both in the local process and in
// other processes receive copies of the answer once the original Get
// completes.
//
// The group name must be unique for each getter.
func NewGroup(name string, cacheBytes int64, getter Getter) *Group {
	return newGroup(name, cacheBytes, getter, nil)
}

// If peers is nil, the peerPicker is called via a sync.Once to initialize it.
func newGroup(name string, cacheBytes int64, getter Getter, peers PeerPicker) *Group {
	if getter == nil {
		panic("nil Getter")
	}
	mu.Lock()
	defer mu.Unlock()
	initPeerServerOnce.Do(callInitPeerServer)
	if _, dup := groups[name]; dup {
		panic("duplicate registration of group " + name)
	}
	g := &Group{
		name:       name,
		getter:     getter,
		peers:      peers,
		cacheBytes: cacheBytes,
		loadGroup:  &singleflight.Group{},
	}
	if fn := newGroupHook; fn != nil {
		fn(g)
	}
	groups[name] = g
	return g
}

// newGroupHook, if non-nil, is called right after a new group is created.
var newGroupHook func(*Group)

// RegisterNewGroupHook registers a hook that is run each time
// a group is created.
func RegisterNewGroupHook(fn func(*Group)) {
	if newGroupHook != nil {
		panic("RegisterNewGroupHook called more than once")
	}
	newGroupHook = fn
}

// RegisterServerStart registers a hook that is run when the first
// group is created.
func RegisterServerStart(fn func()) {
	if initPeerServer != nil {
		panic("RegisterServerStart called more than once")
	}
	initPeerServer = fn
}

func callInitPeerServer() {
	if initPeerServer != nil {
		initPeerServer()
	}
}

// A Group is a cache namespace and associated data loaded spread over
// a group of 1 or more machines.
type Group struct {
	name       string
	getter     Getter
	peersOnce  sync.Once
	peers      PeerPicker
	cacheBytes int64 // limit for sum of mainCache and hotCache size

	// mainCache is a cache of the keys for which this process
	// (amongst its peers) is authorative. That is, this cache
	// contains keys which consistent hash on to this process's
	// peer number.
	mainCache cache

	// hotCache contains keys/values for which this peer is not
	// authorative (otherwise they would be in mainCache), but
	// are popular enough to warrant mirroring in this process to
	// avoid going over the network to fetch from a peer.  Having
	// a hotCache avoids network hotspotting, where a peer's
	// network card could become the bottleneck on a popular key.
	// This cache is used sparingly to maximize the total number
	// of key/value pairs that can be stored globally.
	hotCache cache

	// loadGroup ensures that each key is only fetched once
	// (either locally or remotely), regardless of the number of
	// concurrent callers.
	loadGroup flightGroup

	// Stats are statistics on the group.
	Stats Stats
}

// flightGroup is defined as an interface which flightgroup.Group
// satisfies.  We define this so that we may test with an alternate
// implementation.
type flightGroup interface {
	// Done is called when Do is done.
	Do(key string, fn func() (interface{}, error)) (interface{}, error)
}

// Stats are per-group statistics.
type Stats struct {
	Gets           AtomicInt // any Get request, including from peers
	CacheHits      AtomicInt // either cache was good
	PeerLoads      AtomicInt // either remote load or remote cache hit (not an error)
	PeerErrors     AtomicInt
	Loads          AtomicInt // (gets - cacheHits)
	LoadsDeduped   AtomicInt // after singleflight
	LocalLoads     AtomicInt // total good local loads
	LocalLoadErrs  AtomicInt // total bad local loads
	ServerRequests AtomicInt // gets that came over the network from peers
}

// Name returns the name of the group.
func (g *Group) Name() string {
	return g.name
}

func (g *Group) initPeers() {
	if g.peers == nil {
		g.peers = getPeers()
	}
}

func (g *Group) Get(ctx Context, key string, dest Sink) error {
	g.peersOnce.Do(g.initPeers)
	g.Stats.Gets.Add(1)
	if dest == nil {
		return errors.New("groupcache: nil dest Sink")
	}
	value, cacheHit := g.lookupCache(key)

	if cacheHit {
		g.Stats.CacheHits.Add(1)
		return setSinkView(dest, value)
	}

	// Optimization to avoid double unmarshalling or copying: keep
	// track of whether the dest was already populated. One caller
	// (if local) will set this; the losers will not. The common
	// case will likely be one caller.
	destPopulated := false
	value, destPopulated, err := g.load(ctx, key, dest)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if destPopulated {
		return nil
	}
	return setSinkView(dest, value)
}

// load loads key either by invoking the getter locally or by sending it to another machine.
func (g *Group) load(ctx Context, key string, dest Sink) (value ByteView, destPopulated bool, err error) {
	g.Stats.Loads.Add(1)
	viewi, err := g.loadGroup.Do(key, func() (interface{}, error) {
		// Check the cache again because singleflight can only dedup calls
		// that overlap concurrently.  It's possible for 2 concurrent
		// requests to miss the cache, resulting in 2 load() calls.  An
		// unfortunate goroutine scheduling would result in this callback
		// being run twice, serially.  If we don't check the cache again,
		// cache.nbytes would be incremented below even though there will
		// be only one entry for this key.
		//
		// Consider the following serialized event ordering for two
		// goroutines in which this callback gets called twice for hte
		// same key:
		// 1: Get("key")
		// 2: Get("key")
		// 1: lookupCache("key")
		// 2: lookupCache("key")
		// 1: load("key")
		// 2: load("key")
		// 1: loadGroup.Do("key", fn)
		// 1: fn()
		// 2: loadGroup.Do("key", fn)
		// 2: fn()
		if value, cacheHit := g.lookupCache(key); cacheHit {
			g.Stats.CacheHits.Add(1)
			return value, nil
		}
		g.Stats.LoadsDeduped.Add(1)
		var value ByteView
		var err error
		if peer, ok := g.peers.PickPeer(key); ok {
			value, err = g.getFromPeer(ctx, peer, key)
			if err == nil {
				g.Stats.PeerLoads.Add(1)
				return value, nil
			}
			g.Stats.PeerErrors.Add(1)
			// TODO(bradfitz): log the peer's error? keep
			// log of the past few for /groupcachez?  It's
			// probably boring (normal task movement), so not
			// worth logging I imagine.
		}
		value, err = g.getLocally(ctx, key, dest)
		if err != nil {
			g.Stats.LocalLoadErrs.Add(1)
			return nil, err
		}
		g.Stats.LocalLoads.Add(1)
		destPopulated = true // only one caller of load gets this return value
		g.populateCache(key, value, &g.mainCache)
		return value, nil
	})
	if err == nil {
		value = viewi.(ByteView)
	}
	return
}

func (g *Group) getLocally(ctx Context, key string, dest Sink) (ByteView, error) {
	err := g.getter.Get(ctx, key, dest)
	if err != nil {
		return ByteView{}, err
	}
	return dest.view()
}

func (g *Group) getFromPeer(ctx Context, peer ProtoGetter, key string) (ByteView, error) {
	req := &pb.GetRequest{
		Group: &g.name,
		Key:   &key,
	}
	res := &pb.GetResponse{}
	err := peer.Get(ctx, req, res)
	if err != nil {
		return ByteView{}, err
	}
	value := ByteView{b: res.Value}
	// TODO(bradfitz): use res.MinuteQps or something smart to
	// conditionally populate hotCache.  For now just do it some
	// percentage of the time.
	if rand.Intn(10) == 0 {
		g.populateCache(key, value, &g.hotCache)
	}
	return value, nil
}

func (g *Group) lookupCache(key string) (value ByteView, ok bool) {
	if g.cacheBytes <= 0 {
		return
	}
	value, ok = g.mainCache.get(key)
	if ok {
		return
	}
	value, ok = g.hotCache.get(key)
	return
}

func (g *Group) populateCache(key string, value ByteView, cache *cache) {
	if g.cacheBytes <= 0 {
		return
	}
	cache.add(key, value)

	// Evict items from cache(s) if necessary.
	for {
		mainBytes := g.mainCache.bytes()
		hotBytes := g.hotCache.bytes()
		if mainBytes+hotBytes <= g.cacheBytes {
			return
		}

		// TODO(bradfitz): this is good-enough-for-now logic.
		// It should be something based on measurements and/or
		// respecting the costs of different resources.
		victim := &g.mainCache
		if hotBytes > mainBytes/8 {
			victim = &g.hotCache
		}
		victim.removeOldest()
	}
}

// CacheType represents a type of cache.
type CacheType int

const (
	// The MainCache is the cache for items that this peer is the
	// owner for.
	MainCache CacheType = iota + 1

	// The HotCache is the cache for items that seem popular
	// enough to replicate to this node, even though it's not the
	// owner.
	HotCache
)

// CacheStats returns stats about the provided cache within the group.
func (g *Group) CacheStats(which CacheType) CacheStats {
	switch which {
	case MainCache:
		return g.mainCache.stats()
	case HotCache:
		return g.hotCache.stats()
	default:
		return CacheStats{}
	}
}

// cache is a wrapper around an *lru.Cache that adds synchronization,
// makes values always be ByteView, and counts the size of all keys and
// values.
type cache struct {
	mu         sync.RWMutex
	nbytes     int64 // of all keys and values
	lru        *lru.Cache
	nhit, nget int64
	nevict     int64 // number of evictions
}

func (c *cache) stats() CacheStats {
	c.mu.RLock()
	defer c.mu.RUnlock()
	return CacheStats{
		Bytes:     c.nbytes,
		Items:     c.itemsLocked(),
		Gets:      c.nget,
		Hits:      c.nhit,
		Evictions: c.nevict,
	}
}

func (c *cache) add(key string, value ByteView) {
	c.mu.Lock()
	defer c.mu.Unlock()
	if c.lru == nil {
		c.lru = &lru.Cache{
			OnEvicted: func(key lru.Key, value interface{}) {
				val := value.(ByteView)
				c.nbytes -= int64(len(key.(string))) + int64(val.Len())
				c.nevict++
			},
		}
	}
	c.lru.Add(key, value)
	c.nbytes += int64(len(key)) + int64(value.Len())
}

func (c *cache) get(key string) (value ByteView, ok bool) {
	c.mu.Lock()
	defer c.mu.Unlock()
	c.nget++
	if c.lru == nil {
		return
	}
	vi, ok := c.lru.Get(key)
	if !ok {
		return
	}
	c.nhit++
	return vi.(ByteView), true
}

func (c *cache) removeOldest() {
	c.mu.Lock()
	defer c.mu.Unlock()
	if c.lru != nil {
		c.lru.RemoveOldest()
	}
}

func (c *cache) bytes() int64 {
	c.mu.RLock()
	defer c.mu.RUnlock()
	return c.nbytes
}

func (c *cache) items() int64 {
	c.mu.RLock()
	defer c.mu.RUnlock()
	return c.itemsLocked()
}

func (c *cache) itemsLocked() int64 {
	if c.lru == nil {
		return 0
	}
	return int64(c.lru.Len())
}

// An AtomicInt is an int64 to be accessed atomically.
type AtomicInt int64

// Add atomically adds n to i.
func (i *AtomicInt) Add(n int64) {
	atomic.AddInt64((*int64)(i), n)
}

// Get atomically gets the value of i.
func (i *AtomicInt) Get() int64 {
	return atomic.LoadInt64((*int64)(i))
}

func (i *AtomicInt) String() string {
	return strconv.FormatInt(i.Get(), 10)
}

// CacheStats are returned by stats accessors on Group.
type CacheStats struct {
	Bytes     int64
	Items     int64
	Gets      int64
	Hits      int64
	Evictions int64
}